Glenn Shields is the Socialist Alliance candidate for Franklin. As a long time campaigner for a healthier environment and for the preservation of Tasmania's forests, he has played a leading role in challenging the introduction of wood-fired power stations in Tasmania such as the Southwood Woodchip Mill.
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"The military, mostly high-ranking officers, continued to use rape as a weapon to subdue ethnic minorities between 2003 into 2004", the Women's League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella organisation for groups of different ethnic origin, said in a report,
Doug Lorimer
Iraqi resistance fighters are steadily rolling back the US-led occupation of their country, turning one city after another into a "no-go" zone for the occupation troops.
Over the past eight months, US troops have been driven out of
Stuart Munckton& Sarah Alamein, Sydney
"Why do we need a brand new garden bed? I just want access to courses!" said University of Western Sydney (UWS) student Melissa Abram to 100 cheering students on September 8 at a speak-out against course cuts
Ochre and Water — The Himba people of Namibia are on a collision course with the forces of progress due to a massive dam that would provide much-needed energy but would flood huge tracts of Himba land, destroying sacred grave sites and vital
We all want an FTA with the USA.We've got lots of money to give away.Don't worry about the jobs we lose,sacked workers can hit the booze.Australian intellectual property rightswill only lead to endless fights.If you worry about the PBSit will only
SOUTH AFRICA: Stop Telkom retrenchments
Workers employed by South Africa's Telkom are facing a new wave of retrenchments. The telecommunications giant plans to shed another 4181 workers in three years, despite its record 4.592 billion rand profit
SYDNEY — Three-hundred people, mostly of Sudanese background, marched on September 5, singing and chanting Peace, peace in Sudan" and "Down, down Janjaweed!" Hugh Rimington from Channel 9's Nightline called for governments to act through the
Paul Benedek, Sydney
"The union would have no control, we'd lose the award, lose hours, lose jobs - we're being flushed down the cleaners!", said Condell Park High School cleaner John Everett, one of 2000 cleaners who rallied on September 8 to
Love and Rage Volume 1Various artistsLove and Rage Records
REVIEW BY HANG THE DJ
This is the CD that came before Warnography, reviewed in 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly #587. Like Warnography, Love and Rage Volume 1 is a compilation of political music in a
Kathy Newnam
Candidates for the Greens and the Socialist Alliance have called for the Northern Territory's Ranger uranium mine to be permanently shut down.
On September 4, operations at the mine were disrupted after 20 litres of radioactive
Cascade Brewery workers formed a picket line on September 10 in response to the company's attempt to stand down 30 workers. By the end of the day the jobs were reinstated and the workers won a pay rise. The workers previously imposed work bans
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