On June 29, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) picketed the Johannesburg offices of BHP Billiton in solidarity with Australian unions fighting against the government's draconian anti-worker laws. A COSATU statement noted that "These
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Alex Miller
Prime Minister Tony Blair's government has announced that nearly 900 additional troops are to be sent to Afghanistan, bringing the total number of British troops there to around 4500.
The July 11 British Guardian reported that an
PERTH — Three women set off from Perth on July 11 to cross the Nullarbor on foot and deliver a message against racism to Canberra.
Jane Paterson (70), Kathryn Newmar (62) and Pam Morris (74) will be armed with petitions, to be completed by people
One hundred and seven construction workers on the Mandurah to Perth rail line are facing fines of $22,000 each, simply for taking industrial action last February.
Their industrial action was to get their union delegate, Peter Ballard, his job back.
John Hallam
Since the first two times nuclear weapons were used to destroy cities 60 years ago, no further use has been made of them. Though it has nearly been broken a number of times, a "taboo" has existed against their use because the
In response to the bombing of seven trains in Mumbai on July 11, which killed some 200 people and wounded hundreds more, the Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) made the following statement.
The CPI(ML) condemns in the strongest words the
Eva Cheng
On July 12, rebel legislator "Long Hair" Leung Kwok-hung and fellow pro-democracy activist Koo Sze-yiu won a partial victory against the Hong Kong government in the Court of Final Appeal, and were awarded their legal costs for the case.
We note your work against the new industrial laws in Australia, the recent high-school walkouts, the campaign in solidarity with the Venezuelan revolution, against the war in Iraq and in support of the Socialist Alliance.
Green Left Weekly has
Ten CanoesWritten by Rolf de Heer and the people of RaminginingCo-directed by Peter Djigirr and Rolf de HeerScreening nationally at selected cinemas
REVIEW BY LACHLAN MALLOCH
"We come from this land. People, Balanda [white people], always come,
Zoe Kenny, Sydney
Gilda Chacon, representing the Cuban Federation of Workers (CTC), told the 35th Resistance national conference on July 9 that youth are central to the revolution in Cuba. "They are the generation who have to continue defending it,
Reconstruction I
"We are passing through a phase marked by unprecedented chaos and corruption in government ranks." — Iraqi planning minister Ali Khalib Baban, quoted in the June 20 Baghdad Azzaman daily.
Reconstruction II
"RAMADI, Iraq, July
Ian Jamieson, Fremantle
In an unprecedented and alarming move, 107 construction workers employed on the Leighton Kumagai consortium's $1.5-billion Perth to Mandurah railway line project were issued with writs on July 5 that could result in them
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