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2 Free Craig Johnston campaign gains support SYDNEY — The campaign to free jailed Victorian union militant Craig Johnston has achieved its first union support in NSW, with the adoption of motions of support by three local branches of the NSW

Iraqi resistance pushes the US back

Doug Lorimer Iraqi resistance fighters are steadily rolling back the US-led occupation of their country, turning one city after another into a "no-go" zone for the occupation troops. Over the past eight months, US troops have been driven out of

A woman's place is in the struggle: Burmese military regime sanctions rape

"The military, mostly high-ranking officers, continued to use rape as a weapon to subdue ethnic minorities between 2003 into 2004", the Women's League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella organisation for groups of different ethnic origin, said in a report,

On the box

Ochre and Water — The Himba people of Namibia are on a collision course with the forces of progress due to a massive dam that would provide much-needed energy but would flood huge tracts of Himba land, destroying sacred grave sites and vital

Bankstown students reject admin attacks

Stuart Munckton& Sarah Alamein, Sydney "Why do we need a brand new garden bed? I just want access to courses!" said University of Western Sydney (UWS) student Melissa Abram to 100 cheering students on September 8 at a speak-out against course cuts

Free Trade Agreement

We all want an FTA with the USA.We've got lots of money to give away.Don't worry about the jobs we lose,sacked workers can hit the booze.Australian intellectual property rightswill only lead to endless fights.If you worry about the PBSit will only

Sudanese call for world's attention.

SYDNEY — Three-hundred people, mostly of Sudanese background, marched on September 5, singing and chanting Peace, peace in Sudan" and "Down, down Janjaweed!" Hugh Rimington from Channel 9's Nightline called for governments to act through the

In brief

SOUTH AFRICA: Stop Telkom retrenchments Workers employed by South Africa's Telkom are facing a new wave of retrenchments. The telecommunications giant plans to shed another 4181 workers in three years, despite its record 4.592 billion rand profit

School cleaners win jobs guarantee

Paul Benedek, Sydney "The union would have no control, we'd lose the award, lose hours, lose jobs - we're being flushed down the cleaners!", said Condell Park High School cleaner John Everett, one of 2000 cleaners who rallied on September 8 to

Many ways to say "capitalism bites"

Love and Rage Volume 1Various artistsLove and Rage Records REVIEW BY HANG THE DJ This is the CD that came before Warnography, reviewed in Green Left Weekly #587. Like Warnography, Love and Rage Volume 1 is a compilation of political music in a

Shut Ranger down say Greens, socialists

Kathy Newnam Candidates for the Greens and the Socialist Alliance have called for the Northern Territory's Ranger uranium mine to be permanently shut down. On September 4, operations at the mine were disrupted after 20 litres of radioactive

'If you do't fight, you lose'

Ian 'Jammo' Jamieson, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Fremantle, explains why he is contesting the federal election. I have been involved in the socialist movement for 35 years. Currently I'm working as a wharfie down in Fremantle. Since the