BRISBANE — Workers at garage-door company Gliderol became a test case for Howard's new industrial relations laws. According to Darren Needham, the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) delegate at Gliderol, the company refused to negotiate
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The revolutionary history of Indonesia is one of youth and student struggle against imperialism. The great radical Indonesian author Pramoedya Ananta Toer relentlessly asserted the special role revolutionary youth can play in changing the world into
The Real Oliver Twist: Robert Blincoe — A Life that Illuminates an AgeBy John WallerIcon Books, 2005468pp, $39.95 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
The beatings and tortures were cruel and constant — Robert Blincoe, a mere child, would be kicked
Today, more people are deeply disillusioned with the capitalist system than for many decades. The permanent wars, gross inequality and ecological unsustainability of the system are undeniable. There is widespread awareness that something is
Tony Iltis, Melbourne
Following an emergency demonstration of 150 people on July 5 to call for a halt to Israel's military assault on Gaza and recognition of Palestine's national and democratic rights, a second rally supporting these demands and
Kerry Smith
On July 11, more than 1000 workers at Coles Myer distribution centres — 440 in Somersby near Gosford and 580 in Hampton Park in Melbourne — received redundancy notices.
The Somersby workers say they had heard rumours the warehouse
Alby Dallas
Hendrik Ervan Baldus from the People's Democratic Party of Indonesia is the chairperson of the Papuan National Student Front. He attended the 35th Resistance national conference, giving greetings from both organisations.
Baldus
Lisa Macdonald, Sydney
Braving heavy rain, around 100 people rallied at Sydney Town Hall on July 15 to demand "Close Guantanamo", "Stop the torture" and "Bring David Hicks home".
The action, organised by Sydney's Stop the War Coalition, the
Jim McIlroy& Coral Wynter, Barquisimeto
Some 800-1000 members of revolutionary organisations from around Venezuela gathered in the regional centre of Barquisimeto in the state of Lara on July 1-2 for the First National Conference of Revolutionaries
Andrew Hall
Nearly five years after their boats entered Australian waters, 45 Afghan asylum seekers, along with many others including children, remain trapped in dehumanising Australian-funded camps in Lombok, Indonesia.
Twenty-three-year-old
The following is abridged from a statement issued on July 10 by Friends of the Earth International.
Friends of the Earth International, the Climate Justice Programme and Greenpeace have reacted angrily after the World Heritage Committee refused to
Liz Turner, Melbourne
RMIT University had agreed to compensate a student who paid for, but did not receive, 80 contact hours for a TAFE furniture design course. International students pay $13.99 per contact hour for this course.
Prapass Chairat
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