Sue Bolton, Melbourne
Press reports on October 20 announced that the notorious Johnson Tiles factory in Melbourne's outer-eastern suburb of Bayswater will close in December and move offshore. One-hundred workers will lose their jobs when the
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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
In a defiant show of Black unity, members of the rival Black Power and Mongrel Mob gangs walked side by side in a hikoi (march) on October 16, called to protest a government bill that will remove Maori rights over the seabed and foreshore. According
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
Tim Gooden
It's absolutely critical that there is a serious campaign to free former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Craig Johnston from jail. This is not just because Craig is a nice bloke who's done a lot of good
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
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
James Balowski, Jakarta
On October 20, former general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono — popularly known as SBY — and business tycoon Jusuf Kalla were sworn in as Indonesia's first directly elected president and vice-president.
The Yudhoyono-Kalla
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
James Barrett, Johannesburg
The streets of Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban reverberated on October 16 with cries of "Free Free Palestine", "Isolate Apartheid Israel", "Boycott Israel" and "No to Bantustans", to mark the forthcoming visit of
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
The small African country of Benin ground to a halt on October 19, as public sector workers began a three-day strike for a 20-30% pay increase, better pensions and lower university fees. The strike, called by four out of the country's five trade
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