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Students, staff demand VC resignation

Students, staff demand VC resignation BY ROHAN PEARCE HOBART — Students and staff at the University of Tasmania have called for the resignation of the vice-chancellor, Don McNichol. One hundred and fifty students and staff marched on the VC's

The spectre of Frantz Fanon

The spectre of Frantz Fanon DURBAN, South Africa — July 20 is the 75th anniversary of Frantz Fanon's birth but his spirit lives on. A few days after McDonald's opened its first branch here, some large and bold graffiti appeared on the

Unionists oppose unjust world economic order

Unionists oppose unjust world economic order BY MELANIE SJOBERG The protests in Seattle and Washington against the global corporate rich have become a catalyst for activity in the struggle for a more humane and just world. In Melbourne on

Spotlight on Indonesia

Spotlight on Indonesia Right to form unions The Indonesia House of Representatives passed a bill on July 10 easing restrictions on workers' right to form unions. The law also allows public servants to form and join unions; for decades they were

Hospital dispute grows bitter

Hospital dispute grows bitter BY STAN THOMPSON BRISBANE — Despite early signs of a breakthrough, the hospital workers' pay dispute escalated last week, with stop-work meetings and 24-hour strikes in dozens of hospitals across the state. Labor

ZIMBABWE: ISO MP — 'We hope to influence events'

MUNYARADZI GWISAI, a member of the International Socialist Organisation (ISO) Zimbabwe, was elected to the national parliament in the June 24-25 general election as a Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) MP. PETER MANSON, from the British Weekly

GM food — myth and reality

GM food — myth and reality BY DANIEL JARDINE The proponents of using genetically modified organisms in food put forward six main reasons as to why GMOs are needed. All six are false and deliberately misleading. Myth 1: GMOs are needed to "feed

NSW Labor's commuter chaos

NSW Labor's commuter chaos BY SAM WAINWRIGHT SYDNEY — "CityRail regrets to announce ...". Before the details are even out, you can feel the atmosphere on the platform thicken with anger and exasperation. What is it this time: signal failure,

A parable of globalisation

The history of the eradication of the Haitian Creole pig population in the 1980s is a classic parable of globalisation. Haiti's small, black, Creole pigs were at the heart of the peasant economy. An extremely hearty breed, well adapted to Haiti's

Wildlife conservationists protest

Wildlife conservationists protest SYDNEY — Activists from a wide range of environment groups gathered outside the Australian Museum on July 13 to protest against a NSW Liberal opposition proposal that endangered native animal species be conserved

Work conditions not in the 'Olympic spirit'

Work conditions not in the 'Olympic spirit' BY ALANA KERR SYDNEY — Construction work at Olympics venues across the city has been disrupted by the discovery that 24 New Zealand workers were employed on inferior conditions to their Australian

Prisons 'out of bounds' for media

Prisons 'out of bounds' for media BY KAREN FREDERICKS BRISBANE — Queensland police have charged three women prisoners and a journalist with criminal offences after an article appeared in the Townsville Bulletin alleging abusive treatment in the