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TAB workers strike for security

BY BRONWEN BEECHEY ADELAIDE — South Australian TAB workers took industrial action for the first time on October 14, shutting down all TAB outlets and phone betting, and picketing the board's headquarters to oppose a government plan to sell the

and ain't i a woman: Helping him quit

Switching on the radio, I heard a man's despairing voice: "I tried to quit, I tried to stop, but I realised I couldn't do it on my own. I needed help." It was part of the "Men's Help-line" campaign, a newly funded project of the Western Australian

BHP workers fight for entitlements

BY BRONWEN BEECHEY ADELAIDE — One hundred and twenty steelworkers at BHP's Whyalla plant walked off the job on October 17, after the company refused to secure their entitlements. The workers, all members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers

SA Labor reassures business

BY BRONWEN BEECHEY ADELAIDE — The South Australian Labor Party's annual convention on October 13 departed from tradition in two ways, both of which sought to reassure big business that the party will cooperate if it wins the next election. The

PALESTINE: The world according to the US media

The formula for United States media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is simple: Report on the latest developments in the fragile "peace process". Depict US officials as honest brokers in the negotiations. Emphasise the need for restraint

Women march in world action against poverty

BY ANTHEA STUTTER & KAMALA EMANUEL HOBART — A lively evening rally and march was held on the Salamanca Lawns on October 13 as part of the World March of Women 2000. Combining with the annual Reclaim the Night march, the action was initiated to

A history of aggression

1917: Britain captured Palestine from Ottoman empire. Balfour Declaration commits the British government to an independent Jewish state in Palestine. 1936-39: Palestinian Arab uprising against British rule. 1947: UN voted to partition Palestine

EAST TIMOR: Australia bleeds Timor for oil

While little has been revealed about the discussions during the first formal round of negotiations between the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) and Australia on the future of the Timor Gap Treaty, the Australian

SOUTH AFRICA: 'Cancel arms spending!'

Anger is rising at the rising cost of South Africa's massive rearmament program. The National Assembly's standing committee on public accounts learned on October 11 that the cost of the program — budgeted at 30 billion rand (US$4.2 billion) in

S11 videos document the truth

S11: This is What Democracy Looks LikeProduced by Jill Hickson and John Reynolds, Actively Radical TV, Sydney Melbourne RisingProduced by SKA TV, Melbourne REVIEW BY SIMON BUTLER The 20,000-strong blockade of the World Economic Forum's summit

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CUBA: US tightens blockade

On October 18, the United States Senate approved legislation that will tighten the blockade against Cuba. The legislation was passed by the US House of Representatives last week. Claims that the bill has relaxed the blockade are untrue. For the