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SYDNEY — The NSW branch of the National Union of Workers (NUW) has called on the Labor Party to commit to a reversal of PM John Howard's industrial relations agenda should it win office in 2007. In a June 15 media statement, NUW state secretary
Stuart Munckton Washington's increasing isolation in the Americas — its own backyard — was dramatically illustrated at the 35th general assembly of the Organization of American States, held June 5-7 at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. After failing
Green Suede ShoesBy Larry KirwanThunder's Mouth Press, 2005 BY BILL NEVINS Larry Kirwan despises US President George Bush's war policy. "Our troops have been betrayed by a bunch of grasping politicians who have cast them into this morally
PERTH — The anti-racism group Fight Dem Back! announced on June 9 that it uncovered evidence that white supremacists plan to set up a "hit list" website called Redwatch Downunder. The site will feature names, photographs, home and work addresses,
Contending that water is a resource belonging to the people of Guam, I Nasion Chamoru organised a protest involving 30 members of indigenous rights organisations on June 13, protesting efforts to privatise the Guam Waterworks Authority (GWA). A
James Lehrer, La Paz Following over three weeks of social upheaval, now known as the Second Gas War, Bolivians have thrown out their second president in less than two years. On June 9, after weeks of blockades, marches and strikes that bought
SYDNEY — Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) employees in Sydney struck for an hour at lunchtime on June 16 to protest over stalled bargaining negotiations. Workers in the NSW state office rallied at Belmore Park, supported by
Why are we not surprised "In mounting [a court] challenge to an Internal Revenue Service ruling that branded a certain tax shelter abusive and illegal, a promoter of the shelter has had to provide a rare glimpse of the investors who bought into it.
Douglas Wood, the US-based, Australian construction contractor held for six weeks by Iraqi resistance fighters, has been freed. But what about the hundreds of Arabic- speaking and Turkomen Iraqis who have been abducted at gunpoint in the northern
Sarah Stephen After four meetings culminating in six hours of crisis talks on June 17, Prime Minister John Howard emerged with a deal he could be proud of. Speaking at a press conference that same day, Howard called the compromise deal with four
Stealing a NationDirected by John Pilger and Christopher MartinProduced by Granada Television REVIEW BY MELANIE BARNES If anyone is in any doubt about the illusion of democracy in Western nations, John Pilger's latest documentary Stealing a
Scottish Socialist Party parliamentarian Rosie Kane, recently returned from Cuba, reported in the June 12 Sunday Mail on her visit to a bar in the Cuban capital: "Over a rum and ice, I got chatting with the locals. They wanted to know about Scotland,