DURBAN — On the opening day of the United Nations-sponsored World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance (WCAR), 20,000 people marched to protest the failure of the South African government's land
463
BY RUTH RATCLIFFE
DARWIN — Teachers throughout the Northern Territory have voted overwhelmingly to reject the 6% pay rise offer made by the new Labor government and to go on strike for a day.
If the strike goes ahead it will be the first full
Sexism everywhere you look
A recently released Just Jeans television commercial for "candy stitch" jeans shows three women moving along the conveyor belt of a production line. They are still and their faces shiny, as if they were mannequins. The
BY GRANT COLEMAN
Secondary students across the country took action in protest at the government's handling of the refugee crisis on the MS Tampa, taking part in school walkouts and rallies organised by the socialist youth group, Resistance.
In
US dock workers and protesters in Portland on August 16 and Oakland on August 18 prevented the Italian ship, Cielo di San Francisco, from unloading its cargo.
Protesters and members of the International Longshore Workers Union acted against the
BY JILL HICKSON
"Where are our missing children? We have nothing — no land, no houses, nothing to do, no materials to work with to make an income. The women here are dying from childbirth because they have no money for doctors, there is little
M1: People Resist Corporate GlobalisationActively Radical TV, Sydney$30 individuals, $60 organisationsSend cheque to 73-75 Princes Highway, St Peters, NSW, 2044Phone (02) 9565 5522
REVIEW BY LAUREN CARROLL HARRIS
Everyone who took part in this
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — The changing face of politics and grass roots activism are addressed in four works in the Festival of the Contemporary Arts theatre program.
Canberra's fifth Festival of the Contemporary Arts (FoCA5) is being held from
BY SARAH STEPHEN
One of immigration minister Philip Ruddock's central arguments against accepting "queue jumpers" (read, onshore arrivals) from Afghanistan is because they know that they have a better chance of being granted asylum in Australia
BY HAMISH ALCORN
We don't have to look very far to discover that the Commonwealth Heads of State Meetings are all about spreading human rights and democracy and struggling against poverty, disease and environmental degradation.
In the words of
SYDNEY - "Open the borders", "Refugees are welcome" and "Close the camps" were just some of the slogans that resounded through the city on September 9. More than 1500 people marched from Town Hall to Prime Minister John Howard's office to protest
BY GRANT COLEMAN
PERTH — In February, just before it was elected to government in Western Australia, the state ALP promised it would repeal legislation enforcing voluntary student unionism (VSU) within 100 days of being elected.
Two months
- Page 1
- Next page