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AMWU sets a militant way forward

BY JUSTINE KAMPRAD MELBOURNE — At its conference on April 22-23, the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) mapped out ambitious industrial goals, condemned an internal investigation into the state branch, and

Food workers offered a militant alternative

BY SUE BOLTON SYDNEY — In the election for national secretary of the food and confectionary division of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), workers have the opportunity to vote in favour of militant unionism. Assistant state

From M1 to M1

BY PETER BOYLE The indications from around the world are that the movement against globalised capitalist power has not been cowed by the United States' military and ideological offensive that masquerades as the post-September 11 "war against

ITALY: 'The piazzas are too small today'

BY DICK NICHOLS MILAN — Question: How can you tell when a general strike really is a general strike and not just the most organised parts of the working class taking a day off? Answer: When it's like the April 16 Italian general strike against

Refugee activists plan protest

BY MATT RICH MELBOURNE — Refugee-rights protesters will hit the streets again on June 23, following a decision of the Refugee Action Collective-Victoria (RAC-Vic) to endorse a rally at 1pm that day outside the State Library in the city, around

Show Mercy: support for refugees grows

BY LISA MACDONALD SYDNEY — Those are "the real queues", Julie McCrossin told the capacity crowd inside Sydney Town Hall on April 21, referring to the hundreds of refugee-rights supporters outside who'd been unable to get tickets for the

UNITED STATES: Fighting for change in the belly of the beast

BY ALISON DELLIT "The idea that the United States is just one big pool of reactionary politics is false — there is resistance to President George Bush, and we want to extend that", Ahmed Shawki, a leader of the US International Socialist

Fighting for global justice after M1

Fighting for global justice after M1 The 2001 May 1(M1) blockades of AustraliaÂ’s stock exchanges rallied support for the cancellation of Third World debt and the abolition of institutions such the World Bank and the International

Ruddock grilled in London

BY SARAH STEPHEN Federal immigration minister Philip Ruddock was no doubt looking forward to a pleasant speaking engagement at the April 22 Commonwealth Lawyers' Association function in London. A little awed by the illustrious status of the

and ain't i a woman?: Howard's sexism and homophobia

and ain't i a woman?: Howard's sexism and homophobia "I believe that all children deserve a dad", Prime Minister John Howard told reporters on April 22, defending his decision to attempt to deny single women and lesbians legal access to

Tribune copies wanted

91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly requires copies of Tribune, which was the weekly newspaper of the now-dissolved Communist Party of Australia, for its research library. Ddonatations or loans of early issues of Tribune, particularly, but not exclusively,

Action Updates

Caltex workers strike for new agreement BRISBANE — On April 23, around 80 maintenance workers employed by sub-contractors at the Caltex oil refinery on the mouth of the Brisbane river, voted to continue their strike. The Australian