BY CHRIS LATHAM
PERTH — Despite heavy rain and a fierce campaign of misinformation by the state Labor government, 5000 teachers attended a rally on November 18 as part of their campaign for a new certified agreement.
The first full-day strike
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BY JIM MCILROY
BRISBANE — On November 17, maintenance workers who had been contracted to the Patrick stevedoring company set up a "community protest camp" opposite the wharf at Fishermen's Island, Port of Brisbane, to protest victimisation of
BY SEAN SEYMOUR-JONES& TONY ILTIS
MELBOURNE — On November 22, 300 people rallied in Footscray Mall to protest against police racism and violence, and to call for an end to religious profiling and attacks on youth. The protesters marched through
BY SONNY MELENCIO
MANILA — On November 6, my son, 23-year-old Marx Vergel Melencio (BJ to us), was shot in the chest and head by an unidentified man. A CT scan showed that a bullet hit his optic nerve.
Witnesses say the attack followed an
SYDNEY — Potest rally on November 19 against the NSW Labor government's attacks on TAFE, including up to 300% fee increases, underfunding and attacks on TAFE staff conditions.
Photo by Nick Everett From Green Left Weekly, November 26, 2003.
BY DICK NICHOLS
With each new comment on the Australian economy, smug federal treasurer Peter Costello becomes even more smug. "Look at my beautiful numbers", he seems to purr. "Real wages are increasing and yet inflation is contained at 2.6%. And
BY SUE BOLTON
On November 20, ABC Radio's PM program and most TV network news programs reported that Australian Manufacturing Workers Union national secretary Doug Cameron had been punched on the nose outside his home on November 18. On November
BY NICK FREDMAN
In the face of broad opposition to the attacks on higher education contained in last May's federal budget, education minister Brendan Nelson has announced numerous, if minor, concessions hoping to win over top university bureaucrats
BY TAMARA PEARSON
SYDNEY — Fancy-suited councillors grumbled about feeling "intimidated" when protesters packed into an Auburn council meeting on November 19 to oppose the construction of a waste compacting plant at the former Clyde rail yards,
BY ALISON DELLIT
"I hate to disappoint your readers", an earnest David Barsamian told Green Left Weekly on November 6, "but most Americans are not genetically ignorant. For people to believe that Iraq is about to attack them, that they are
BY MARCUS GREVILLE& JULIAN COPPENS
LONDON — In a tremendous display of opposition to US President George Bush's and British Prime Minister Tony Blair's invasion and occupation of Iraq, a vast crowd — estimates vary between 200,000 and 300,000
BY MARCUS GREVILLE& JULIAN COPPENS
LONDON — Australians Against the War (AATW) on November 20 held a successful demonstration outside the Australian High Commission to protest against the Australian government's participation in the US-led
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