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Union members reject undemocratic restructure

Union members reject undemocratic restructure By Paul Oboohov CANBERRA — Union delegates here have rejected their leaders' attempt to restructure the Community and Public Sector Union. A special conference of the CPSU's ACT branch on March 9

'Welfare' capitalism and neo-liberal globalisation

By Doug Lorimer The following article is abridged from a talk presented to the Marxism 2000 conference in Sydney, January 5-9, 2000. Utilising Karl Marx's theory of capitalist development, V.I. Lenin concluded 85 years ago that all the features

Inner-city bypass condemned

Inner-city bypass condemned By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — "The ALP-controlled Brisbane City Council's planned inner-city bypass will cut a swathe through beautiful Victoria Park and spew traffic out into suburban streets already overloaded in

IWD around the world

In a colourful and militant display, 8000 women from all over Chiapas, Mexico, converged on San Cristobal de las Casas on March 8 for the International Women's Day (IWD) activities. Wearing traditional dress plus ski masks or handkerchiefs on their

and ain't i a woman?: Back to normal?

Back to normal? Had enough of the special women's editions or episodes that have been on the screens, pages and airwaves for the past week? Then don't despair — with International Women's Day out of the way, you won't see them for another

Rallies condemn mandatory sentencing

By Cathy Pereira BRISBANE — Aboriginal elders spoke out passionately against mandatory sentencing at a rally here on March 5, branding the laws an abuse of human rights. One hundred and fifty people had gathered in heavy rain to call for an end

West Papuans demand independence vote

By Mark Abberton Five hundred people participated in a four-day congress beginning February 23 in Sentani, in Indonesian-controlled West Papua, to discuss efforts to build a unified leadership for independence. About 1000 security personnel stood

Fighting for education rights in the Philippines

On February 14 in Manila, 3000 students participated in a rally against education funding cuts and tuition fee increases. It was the biggest student rally in three years. The budget for state universities for the year 2000 has been cut by 700 million

Western Sydney underground music breaks through

AristarchusGlisterOrder at <http://www.chaosmusic.com/glister> or 27 Meredith St, Blaxland, NSW, 2774EgoSandalbuttOracle RecordsRalph Music, PO Box 378, Blaxland, NSW, 2774True-lTrue-l<http://truel.8m.com>CuriosityFifth Place7

Cuba's battle for socialist renewal

Cuba's battle for socialist renewal By Rafael Hernandez HAVANA — "What will happen when Castro dies?" That's the inevitable question I'm invited to talk about on Cuba overseas. Curiously enough, I also get a repeated question from the most

Leftists attacked in Iraqi Kurdistan

Leftists attacked in Iraqi Kurdistan The Worker Communist Party of Iraq (WCPI) has accused the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) — which jointly rules Iraqi Kurdistan with the Kurdish Democratic Party at the behest of Washington — of a savage

Radical art on the net

Radical art on the net Created by a global network of campaigners and artists, Subvertise.org documents, develops and promotes what it calls "the art form of the post-corporate millennium" — "subvertising". Subvertising is "the art of cultural