Raj Patel, Durban
It was an ordinary mugging. The bastard had a gun, a swagger, a gang and didn't seem to want me to take his photo when he was roughing someone up. So he came up to me and told me to hand over the camera. Timid as I am, and not
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Sue Bolton, Melbourne
In the largest nationwide demonstration for workers' rights, up to 600,000 people mobilised across the country on November 15 to oppose the federal government's unprecedented attack on the entire work force. The following day,
Sue Bolton
New Zealand unionists in Auckland and Wellington joined unionists in 22 other countries on November 15 to protest outside Australian embassies against the Australian government's attacks on workers.
Two Unite organisers, Simon
Doug Lorimer
A claim by US intelligence officials that they possess "strong circumstantial" evidence that Iran has a secret nuclear weapons program were dismissed on November 14 by US nuclear weapons expert David Albright.
According to the
"This protest, with its terrific turn out, was a huge slap in the face to Howard. The solidarity among unions and with community organisations was inspiring, and on the basis of that solidarity Howard can be defeated.
"The turnout by WA Maritime
Anna Migdal
From November 28 to December 9, the first meeting of the 154 signatories to the Kyoto Protocol will take place in Montreal, Canada. Prime Minister John Howard and US President George Bush, who will not commit to reducing fossil fuel
Barry Healy, Perth
A Perth demolition company has been fined just $40,000 in the case of an industrial accident that left a young worker permanently paralysed.
In November 2003, a director of Murphy Demolition cut a safety pin off a "quick hitch"
Chris Spindler
On November 15 we witnessed one of the biggest mobilisations of workers and their communities, supporters and families. At least 200,000 participated in the Melbourne rally and march against PM John Howard's IR laws, certainly the
We were pleased with our members' turn out on November 15. Not only the well-organised areas came out; there were contractors, retail workers and mail officers, and night shift workers who came straight from work to the rally, and they were still
On November 3, Friends of the Earth (FoE) responded to the Company Law Reform Bill, tabled in the House of Lords the previous day, by accusing the government of putting the interests of big business before those of people and the environment. FoE,
The Venezuelan-owned and US-based fuel refiner and distributor Citgo will begin distributing discounted heating oil to poor US communities next week. Rafael Ramirez, Venezuela's minister of energy and petroleum, made the announcement yesterday,
Sue Bull, Geelong
Nobody in Geelong can remember a rally that was bigger than the one on November 15. The unions estimate that up to 30,000 people rallied — that's one in seven Geelong residents.
Every building worker and metalworker was there,
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