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Union Choir Power

Union Power By Geoff Francis The US Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE!) has released a new CD by the Whiteville Choir — Union Power. The CD can be purchased on the internet at Hard Miles Music,

Colombia: The real terrorists

[The following communiqué was issued in May by the command of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army.] Once again the State Department of the United States, has classified the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's

A rebuttal of hatred

Primo Levi: Tragedy of an OptimistBy Myriam AnissimovAurum Press, 1998. 452 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon Eight thousand Italian Jews were deported to Auschwitz during World War II. Only 600 came back. Primo Levi was one of these few. As

NSW public servants fight massive cuts

By Jenny Long SYDNEY — Even before the newly re-elected Labor Party's NSW budget was released, rumours of savage cuts to the state public service were confirmed. Cuts, which will effect every department, have been announced in several

International day demands end to Third World debt

International day demands end to Third World debt By Paul Oboohov CANBERRA — A spirited and noisy group of 100 people braved a cold early morning outside the Treasury building on June 18 to tell the government to drop Third World debt. The

Good turnout at activist conference

Good turnout at activist conference By Mel Bull MELBOURNE — On June 5-6 more than 200 people attended the "Educate and Activate" weekend conference at Melbourne University. The weekend was attended by land rights and environmental activists

Meg's GST

Meg's GST By Geoff Francis and Peter Hicks Mum and Dad and Daisy went to graduation day at Tassie Uni,(It was a long hike from Glenorchy).Someone had to go to get the shopping first and it was me who drew the card,I did Coles, K-Mart and Target

Indonesian army rigging East Timor vote

The decision by Indonesian President B.J. Habibie on January 27 to allow the people of East Timor to choose between autonomy within Indonesia and independence prompted a reaction within the Indonesian armed forces, the Indonesian National Army (TNI,

Imperialist sharks circle Kosova

By Ralph Schoenman As the blood flows across Serbia and Kosova, the imperial sharks seek to crowd each other out as they circle in a scarcely concealed feeding frenzy to devour the cadaver of a destroyed Kosova. "Rivals Compete to Administer a

Sacked workers reinstated after protest

Sacked workers reinstated after protest By Tom Flanagan SYDNEY — After lively protest actions at Woolworth stores, involving building workers and other unionists, students, activists and parliamentarians, around 30 workers sacked by

Looking out: Punishing released prisoners

Punishing released prisoners By Brandon Astor Jones "I joined the army. This [was not a situation in which] they drafted me." — James Doctor The speaker of the words above would like for us to know that he was not dragged, kicking and

The debt chain around the Third World's neck

The debt chain around the Third World's neck Your Money or Your Life!: The Tyranny of Global FinanceBy Eric ToussaintTranslated from French by Raghu Krishnan (with Vicki Briault Manus)Published by Vikas Adhyayan Kendra, India(e-mail: