BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — "When [Richard] Court and [Graham] Kierath were in power we had security guards and thugs on the wharves, now [Geoff] Gallop and the ALP are in and we have the same thing happening on construction sites. Is this what we
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BY PHIL HEARSE
LONDON — More than 50,000 people participated in a marched through this city's streets on November 18 to protest the war in Afghanistan.
Organised by the Stop the War coalition, the march was notable both for the much-increased
BY NICK FREDMAN
CONDONG — "Standin' on the picket line, cross the road from the mill/The war ain't over till the fat man pays the bill", local singer Steve MacDonald sang to cheering sugar mill workers and supporters on November 18. Pickets have
BY LEE SUSTAR
CHICAGO — The top US military brass, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wanted a war — but they didn't have popular support for military action. Their solution? Stage an attack on an American military base, followed by a series of
SYDNEY - One-hundred and eighty people packed into Casa DÂ’Italia
in Leichhardt on November 24 to celebrate 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly and
raise funds to support it. Enjoying the delicate flavours of Middle Eastern
food, attendees were entertained
BY MELANIE COUTMAN
NEWCASTLE — Posters have started to appear around the University of Newcastle advertising the next Critical Mass. But rather than promote the action as what it is, a bike ride protest against car dependence, the posters imply
BY JODY BETZIEN
MELBOURNE — More than 500 workers from the five western suburbs sites of carpet maker Feltex Industries have ended their industrial action, after the company was forced to withdraw legal action against workers and union
BY NORM DIXON
The speed with which the forces allied to the Northern Alliance (NA) took control of northern and western Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban's retreat from Kabul on November 12 left Washington flat-footed. The US is now scrambling
Stop hating us and we'll stop killing you
"I support this war unequivocally. We were attacked on our soil. We have to bomb those people until we teach them not to hate us." — singer Eartha Kitt on the educational value of cluster bombing Afghan
Museworthy: The Law of Ears and Also Things Close
"If sound waves carry on to infinity,where are their screams now?"Anne Michaels, Fugitive Pieces
sound as close as my earsand upon the side of the green hilla lace of seagullsunravelling its own
BY LUKE FOMIATTI
SYDNEY — Aboriginal education will continue at the Bankstown campus of the University of Western Sydney, as the student occupation of the Goolangullia Aboriginal Unit ended in victory on November 9.
The university agreed to all
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS
GEELONG — Workers are facing divide and rule tactics from the bosses of the Godfrey Hirst carpet factory in South Geelong.
Due to begin a 48-hour strike on November 27 as part of an ongoing four-week campaign of rolling
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