BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
Following
successful campaigns to gain electoral registration at the federal level,
and in NSW and Tasmania, the Socialist Alliance is now campaigning for
electoral registration in Victoria.
“To register in
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BY SUE BOLTON & SAM WAINWRIGHT
On July 24, the day after the Australian Industrial Relations Commission rejected the Australian Council of Trade Unions' petition to compensate workers for excessive overtime, Construction, Forestry, Mining and
A senior work colleague,A family friend.A beer gut, a beardand a gold wedding band.A young employee,A confident womanA coffee at workAn unwanted question ..."Will you fuck me?"It slowly sunk inThe "friendly" affectionThe attention from him.She felt
REVIEW BY KATRINA CHANNELLS& JIM MCILROY
Bend It Like BeckhamDirected by Gurinder ChadhaStarring Parminder Nagra and Keira KnightleyScreening at major cinemas
This film is excellent because it encourages young women to play soccer! It is a
BY ADAM HANIEH
RAMALLAH — The Israeli F-16 airstrike early on July 23 that killed Hamas leader Salah Shehada and 15 Palestinian civilians in a crowded Gaza neighbourhood suddenly put the roiling Israeli-Palestinian conflict back in the Western
The attacks launched against the militant leadership of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's Victorian branch by the union's national leadership are more than an internal faction fight. They are an attack on the left.
The vicious campaign
BY STEPHEN MARKS
MANAGUA — The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) returned to its anti-imperialist symbols and messages at the celebration of the 1979 revolution here on July 19. Pink and yellow, which had been the FSLN's colours in
BY NORM DIXON
According to a report published in the July 27 New Scientist, US defence contractors are developing a laser weapon for fighter aircraft that may be powerful enough to blind people on the ground, even if they are relatively far from
Fond Memories of Cuba I
Senor Bradbury (Write On #501), may I suggest you learn Russian and get on the next Aeroflot flight to Moscow to do a little comparative piece on the degeneration of a revolutionary process and the consequences of force
BY JIM GREEN
A shipment of mixed uranium and plutonium oxide (MOX) nuclear fuel travelling from Japan to England has generated a storm of protest because of the safety risks it poses and the additional risk of nuclear weapons proliferation.
Two
BY RACHEL EVANS
MELBOURNE — In a sign of growing support for refugees' rights, the Dundas Street Centre in Thornbury — an offshoot of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Footscray — has begun operation. The centres are not funded government
BY NORM DIXON
A bitter strike by the 120,000-strong South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) has ended in victory. The strikers returned to work on July 22.
SAMWU members had endured sustained police violence and state repression. One worker
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