Alison Dellit, Sydney
"I responded to my experience at Pizza Hut by becoming more radical. But many workers don't, they simply give up", Andrea told me. A former union delegate at the chain restaurant/takeaway store, she had become enraged at the
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Paul Oboohov, Canberra
The rank-and-file group Members First has announced it will contest the national governing council and agency-based section council positions of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) in elections due later this year.
On September 24, huge crowds attended anti-war protests in a number of US cities. In Washington DC, the White House was surrounded by a sea of protesters demanding the return of US troops from Iraq. The ANSWER anti-war coalition estimated that more
BY DALE MILLS
An exhibition critical of the "war on terrorism" has been withdrawn — the second time that a work funded by the Melbourne City Council has been banned in the last 18 months.
The work's title, Canberra's 18, refers to the 18 groups
MELBOURNE — On September 17, the National Coalition of Palestine Solidarity Groups met in Melbourne to discuss joint campaigns for the upcoming year. The coalition agreed to support the campaign to boycott Israeli products and the "Disinvest from
Nick Fredman, Lismore
In recent weeks, a bright orange bus emblazoned with the slogan "your rights at work" has been touring regional NSW, carrying a message of opposition to the federal government's industrial relations reforms and helping to
Louay Alzaher& Doug Lorimer
Tension ran high in southern Iraq on September 20 after British troops attacked the central police station in Basra, Iraq's second largest city, the previous day. The incident was sparked when British soldiers used
On October 2-3, the socialist youth organisation Resistance is holding its 34th national conference in Melbourne. Green Left Weekly spoke to three Resistance activists about some of the campaigns they are currently involved in.
Solidarity with
Silke Stockle, Freiburg& Norman Brewer, Bremen
The results of the September 18 federal election in Germany have opened up heated talks over which parties will form a coalition government. Neither the centre-left government of Chancellor Gerhard
Sarah Stephen
Iraqi refugees on temporary and permanent protection visas are being asked to go to the immigration department (DIMIA) to discuss their visas, a refugee advocate, who asked not to be named, told Green Left Weekly.
"It's all very
Provisional results from New Zealand's September 17 parliamentary election suggest that the Labour government of Prime Minister Helen Clark has narrowly won a third term in office.
Is there a fast-food chain ripping off young workers near you? Want to help organise a picket? Want to help distribute information about the campaign for young workers' rights at your school/workplace/campus? Get in touch with Resistance — see
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