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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Punks across the USA are debating, organising, building websites, thrashing and rocking against Bush. Bands that are part of this movement include NOFX, Green
Kurds
I would like to congratulate you for your article on Kurdish self-determination. I used to purchase GLW regularly either in Central Station or Summer Hill Station, always paying the solidarity price. But as a born and bred leftist and as a
Raul Bassi
On October 31, Uruguayans will go to the polls to elect a new president. According to opinion polls, Tabare Vazquez of the centre-left Encuentro Progresista-Frente Amplio-Nueva Mayoria (Progressive Meeting-Broad Front-New Majority) bloc
PM John Howard designed the Pacific Solution to hold the people of the Tampa behind walls of razor wire. The Aboriginal political leadership now calls on the good people of this land to support the call from the refugee-rights movement to take a
Murri community leader and Socialist Alliance Senate candidate Sam Watson has issued a call to action for the November 16 convergence on federal parliament in Canberra to say "Stop, Howard!" [see page 7.] Green Left Weekly's Marce Cameron spoke to
Nick Everett, Canberra
On October 22, customs workers covered by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) held a national strike to demand better pay and staffing conditions. The strike interrupted customs operations at international airports,
Roberto Jorquera, Sydney
"Quit with all this 'I'm moving to New Zealand' stuff. The only thing regarding NZ that we should be talking about is the Maori proverb 'To cry with a dry face' ... They landed a flush blow to the temple but it didn't knock
Nearly 40,000 people protested across Germany on October 19, trying to stop General Motors from axing one-fifth of the European work force, and possibly closing a plant. The biggest protest was in the north-western town of Bochum, home to one of GM's
Walden Bello
The following are excerpts from a speech given at an international conference of anti-war and anti-globalisation campaigners held in Beirut in September. Bello is executive director of the Bangkok-based research organisation Focus on
A poll conducted by Knowledge Networks between September 3 and October 18 has found a startling level of ignorance about world affairs and President George Bush's position on them, among his supporters. A large majority of self-identified Bush
Peter Boyle
In the wake of the October federal election, former Australian Labor Party president and current senior vice-president of the ALP Barry Jones has condemned the rightward trajectory of his party.
"Australia now has two mainstream
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