When a High Court judge warns against "industrial ayatollahs" who are out to attack the trade unions, we know something serious is afoot. Justice Michael Kirby gave this passionate, if elliptical, warning at the centenary convention of the Australian
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Steve Earle Hits Hard
REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS
The Revolution Starts . . . Now!Steve Earle
Artemis RecordsAvailable from <http://www.artemisrecords.org> or most CD stores
Steve Earle doesn't pull punches. With a rebel red star
Sarah Stephen
On November 16, Lorna Bennie, Lyn Rafferty and Judy Gaskin will be among half a dozen people from the Blue Mountains Refugee Support Group hopping onto a minibus to go to Canberra to protest against the Howard government's refugee
The national minimum weekly wage is $467.40 gross per week (less than $25,000 per annum). Federal MPs and Senators receive a basic annual salary of $106,770 per year.
In addition, pollies receive an electorate allowance of between $27,300 and
On October 16, at least 15,000 Tahitians participated in the largest protest march ever staged in French Polynesia, marching through the streets of Papeete, the capital, to demand the dissolution of the territory's parliament and new elections. The
More than 100 people were involved in a street battle in Nuneaton on October 15, after racist thugs attacked people returning from evening prayers to a bail hostel. A witness told IC Coventry that "five or six lads were out there giving racist abuse
Zoe Kenny,
Melbourne
October 19, 40 people attended a public forum at
the Victorian Trades Hall organised by the Refugee Action
Collective (RAC) to discuss perspectives for the
refugee-rights movement after the re-election of the Coalition
Liam Mitchell, Sydney
As the Christmas holiday period draws near, industrial disputes at Qantas threaten to escalate on three fronts as its management prepares to use Patrick Stevedores-style strike-breaking techniques to defeat a possible strike
Rohan Pearce
They call it the "war on terror", but under the guise of fighting terrorism Washington's warmongers are strengthening the US empire. Part of this has been carrying out a worldwide realignment of US military forces — the better to
Doug Lorimer
Strengthening fears that another attempt to retake the rebel city of Fallujah will occur straight after the November 2 US presidential election, on October 15 the US military imposed a siege on the city, stopping any of its 250,000
Joan Silk
SYDNEY — For 44 years Cuba has stood firm against a blockade enforced on it by successive US administrations. This blockade restricts travel to Cuba and denies the people access to medicines, food and other trade.
The Bush
France's state-un Electricity Firm has announced the construction of a new nuclear power station on the coast of Normandy. Nuclear power accounts for 80% of the country's electricity.From Green Left Weekly, October 27, 2004.
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