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
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Allen Myers, Hanoi
Mai Giang Vu was a conscript in the Saigon regime's military from 1968 to 1973, when he was wounded, losing his left eye. In 1968 he accompanied an infantry patrol on a week-long defoliation operation. In 1970 and 1971 he was
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
On March 25, a million-strong march of immigrants made its way through the streets of Los Angeles in protest at proposed laws that would further entrench the oppression of undocumented workers in the US. Tens of thousands have joined protests in
Sue Bull, Ballarat
The long campaign for an enterprise agreement at the University of Ballarat has turned a corner. The March 7 departure of Vice-Chancellor Kerry Cox, who is also head of the employer body, has opened the way for a resumption of
Noreen Navin, Sydney
Actively Radical TV, a community-based
volunteer group that produces progressive programs, was suspended from broadcasting indefinitely on March 31.
ARTV had been broadcasting on Channel 31 for more than 10 years until the
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,
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.
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
Barry Healy
PM John Howard's government is using the cover of a Productivity Commission inquiry into waste production in Australia to downgrade recycling and revitalise the landfill industry.
Treasurer Peter Costello announced the Waste
Forever Lenin: The Secret Story of a Mummy — Charts the journey Lenin's embalmed body has made throughout Russia, reflecting the events of the 20th century there. SBS, Saturday, April 15, 7.30pm.
Reza: Shooting Back — An Iranian in exile in
John Percy
Traffic on the Green Left Weekly website jumped significantly during March, with an average of 19,791 visitors to the site every day. This compares to the average number of visitors in the previous six months of about 11-12,000.
The
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