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STREETS FREE TO ARTISTS

Advertisement STREETS FREE TO ARTISTS see Australia: http://www.brushtail.com.au USA: http://openair.org/alerts/artist/nyc.html

Castro: the Third World must take the helm

CUBA Castro: the Third World must take the helm The G-77 heads of state and government meeting was held in Havana, Cuba, April 12-14. The G-77 brings together representatives of Third World countries. Below are excerpts of Cuban President FIDEL

ZIMBABWE: Australian Democrats back white privilege, IMF austerity in Zimbabwe

Democrats back white privilege, IMF austerity in Zimbabwe On April 4, Australian Democrat senator for Western Australia Andrew Murray successfully moved a notice of motion asking the Senate to "support the British government's strongly expressed

Young people rally against 'legalised racism'

Young people rally against 'legalised racism' Hundreds of secondary students walked out of school last week to protest the racist policies of the federal government, in particular its refusal to repeal mandatory sentencing laws in Western Australia

UNITED STATES: 16 years for pinching a chocolate

UNITED STATES: 16 years for pinching a chocolate According to an April 5 report on ABC radio, mandatory sentencing laws in the US state of Texas resulted in a man being jailed for 16 years for stealing a Snickers chocolate bar. Listeners to the AM

Industrial campaign at SCU builds

BY NICK FREDMAN LISMORE — "There's something rotten in the state of Lismore!", thundered Maurie O'Sullivan, president of the NSW Public Sector Association, at a picket and rally at Southern Cross University (SCU) here on April 11. O'Sullivan was

Students serve log of claims

Students serve log of claims BY ADAM BAKER AND KATE STEWART BRISBANE — Griffith University students, incensed at deteriorating campus conditions, have served a log of claims on their university administration. The students marched through the

Mangrove-destroying road dumped

Mangrove-destroying road dumped BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — The Queensland government has decided to drop the controversial Mackay East-West Connector Road project after a six-year campaign by conservationists, anglers and businesspeople. In an

Education should be GST-free

Education should be GST-free BY PHILIPPA STANFORD ADELAIDE — The Australian Education Union's South Australian branch president, John Gregory, has called for all aspects of education to be totally exempt from the goods and services tax.

Tax office pay dispute

Tax office pay dispute BY CHRIS SLEE The tax section council of the Community and Public Sector Union has recommended that CPSU members in the Australian Tax Office reject management's draft agency agreement. Management is offering a 4% a year

Victory for the Independent Education Union

BY JOHN GAUCI A comprehensive agreement between the Catholic Commission for Employment Relations (CCER) and the Independent Education Union (IEU) was reached on April 14. The agreement applies to all Catholic dioceses and relevant Catholic

COSTA RICA: Strikes, marches force delay of privatisation

Just after midnight on April 5, weary government and civic representatives inked a deal that put a halt to three weeks of sometimes violent national strikes in Costa Rica. The strikes were the largest mass protests seen in this Central American