War drums in the Pacific
Coming hard on the heels of George Speight's terrorist coup in Fiji, the
Australian capitalist media's battalion of analysts were quick to pronounce
the Malaita Eagle Force's (MEF) June 5 seizure of Solomon
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BY SUSAN AUSTIN
BRISBANE â Twelve health unions, led by the Queensland Nurses Union,
are planning to step up industrial action in response to Queensland Health's
refusal to budge in negotiations on a new enterprise agreement.
Work
BY CHRIS SPINDLER
MELBOURNE — Some three weeks after winning the ballot, Craig Johnston was on June 9 confirmed as the new Victorian state secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. Johnston was delayed from taking office by court
Asbestos scare in Parramatta
BY OWEN RICHARDS
SYDNEY — The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union has banned construction work on the old David Jones site in Parramatta here after discovering asbestos. CFMEU state secretary Andrew
On June 13, the general strike that began a week earlier forced the
Nigerian federal government to all but reverse fuel price increases it
had announced earlier. On June 1, the government of President Olusegun
Obasanjo had announced a surprise
UNITED STATES: Left internet site censored
Since 1993, the Burn! internet site has been an important source
of solidarity for militant liberation movements. Burn! hosts the
web sites of groups in the front line of struggles in Chiapas
Green Left Weekly and the GST
With the introduction of the GST on July 1, we will be forced to increase
the price of Green Left Weekly. This will be the first price increase
for GLW since August 1995.
Through the GST, the government
Western Mining present eviction notice to Arabunna
BY JOHN NEBAUER
ADELAIDE â Western Mining Corporation has handed an eviction notice
to Arabunna traditional landowners camped near Lake Eyre in protest at
the company's uranium mining
Forum: Sri Lanka bans 'talk of peace'
BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS
CANBERRA â Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga has banned
talk of peace and for the first time in Sri Lankan history if you criticise
the president, laws are used
HANOVER, Germany â Scientists have found evidence that genes used to
modify crops can jump the species barrier and cause bacteria and even fungi
to mutate.
One aim of Expo 2000 in Hanover last month was to popularise GM (genetic
LAHORE â The leader of Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) and Labour Unity
Rawalpindi, Bashir Botter, who was arrested on May 26, has been released
on bail. However, the charges against him â organising illegal strikes
and demonstrations,
DILI â This city has been rocked by snap public transport stoppages
since June 2 in response to a rise in the price of fuel. Small minibuses,
mikrolets, that provide cheap public transport around Dili, and private
taxis have all taken part,
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