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AMWU court decision fails to resolve dispute

BY STUART MARTIN MELBOURNE — On October 4, the Federal Court handed down its judgement on the dispute over control of the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union. The decision was not a clear victory for either the

WTO: Attacks on public health to escalate

BY EVA CHENG "The [World Health Organisation's] objective is 'the attainment of all peoples of the highest possible level of health', and WHO defines health as 'a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence

Make Cunningham 'a referendum on war and racism'

WOLLONGONG — Green Left Weekly's OWEN RICHARDS spoke to CHRIS WILLIAMS, the Socialist Alliance's candidate in the October 19 by-election for the federal seat of Cunningham. What's the focus of the Socialist Alliance campaign? We want to make

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the Green Left news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9565 5522. Visit

The heart and soul of French America

REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS Coeur FideleCap EnrageZachary RichardSelect RecordsVisit <http://www.zacharyrichard.com> Everyone interested in the struggle for the soul and heart of the North American continent should own these two fiery albums.

Chemical weapons: Bush's hysterical hypocrisy

BY ROHAN PEARCE The main argument made by the US government to justify its planned invasion of Iraq is that, as George Bush told reporters at a March 13 press conference: "[Iraq] is a nation run by a man who is willing to kill his own people by

CHECHNYA: Between war and peace

BY BORIS KAGARLITSKY MOSCOW — It is paradoxical that every time the pace of military engagements increases in the mountains of Chechnya, plans are revived in Moscow for the peaceful regulation of the conflict. Chechnya is like an unhealed

Beyond Religion

"Religion is the heart of a heartless world",Marx said, resolving some confusion.If we change society, transform the system,we won't need those old illusions. The Body of Christ will become wafer againand His Blood will be drunk at our

Outworkers take corporate Australia to court

BY RACHEL EVANS MELBOURNE — Braving wet and windy conditions on September 26, 45 people came to Melbourne's Federal Court to support the prosecution of 30 companies over alleged breaches of the outworker and contractor provisions of the

Australian Jews slam Israel's policies

CANBERRA — On September 22, a group of Australian Jews released a statement in support of the rights of Palestinians and condemning the actions of the Israeli government in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Rick Kuhn, a

Labor under pressure to close Honeymoon uranium mine

BY JIM GREEN The future of the Honeymoon uranium mine in South Australia is in jeopardy. It has been revealed that the owner, Canadian-based company Southern Cross Resources (SCR), does not have a commercial mining and milling licence. The

Socialist Alliance organises against Bush's war

BY JOHN GAUCI SYDNEY — On October 10, 30 people gathered at the Manly library to watch John Pilger's documentary Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq. The screening was organised by the Northside Socialist Alliance branch.