BRISBANE — On April 5, about 130 delegates attended two combined union delegates' meetings organised by the Queensland Council of Unions to discuss the campaign against the Howard government's Work Choices laws.
At each meeting, QCU
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Pip Hinman, Karachi
Renowned author and activist Tariq Ali was a hit, particularly with young Pakistanis, at the Karachi World Social Forum, held March 24-29. Wherever he spoke, whether at the 5000-strong opening ceremony or at seminars on
Dale Mills
Sylvia Boyes and Helen John, both in their sixties, are the latest suspected "terrorists" to be charged in Britain, according to a front page story in the April 6 edition of the London Independent.
Both women are long-time activists,
Graham Matthews
Barely one week after the federal government's anti-worker legislation became law on March 27, and following a spate of sackings nationally — the most publicised being the Cowra Abattoir workers in NSW — the new power that Work
Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas
A "dangerous situation" is being created in Venezuela after a series of much-publicised murders in recent weeks, according to Carolus Wimmer, a deputy to the Latin American Parliament and prominent member of the
Paul Benedek, Brisbane
"Whenever I want to ride a bus to university, I pray that the bus driver won't be racist, pray that he will look beyond my scarf and treat me like everyone else", Salam El-Merebi, an activist with Al-Nisa, a Muslim women's
British anti-terrorism detectives escorted a man from a plane after a taxi driver had earlier become suspicious when the passenger started singing along to a track by punk band The Clash, according to the April 6 Sydney Morning Herald. Detectives
Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the Warsaw ghetto uprising during the Second World War, has accused the conservative religious broadcaster Radio Maryja of "xenophobia, chauvinism and anti-Semitism" and has called on Prime Minister
SYDNEY — Fifty-five people attended an April 4 forum at the University of NSW on "War and racism: why are Muslims targeted?" It was the first public event organised by the UNSW Students Against War.
Waleed Khadous from the UNSW Islamic Society
The mayor of Greater Caracas, Juan Barreto, announced on March 27 that the city will confiscate some 400 buildings and sell them to the people currently renting apartments within them.
"All good rented buildings which were constructed between 10
Chris Latham
On March 31, Delphi, the largest auto-parts company in the US and the former parts arm of General Motors, applied to US courts to cancel its labour contracts with unions to allow the company to reorganise and continue to function.
Chris Peterson, Melbourne
I work at a video store in a Melbourne suburb. Everyone I've told reckons it'd be such a great job. But I work in a small store, in a shopping centre, and I work by myself. Only one person is ever rostered on at a time
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