Ron Perkins, Perth
Four blue-collar WA unions have resolved to organise a rally on June 28 as part of the nationwide protests against the Work Choices legislation, despite the refusal of UnionsWA to endorse it. The four unions are the Maritime
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Doug Lorimer
On April 11, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that two days earlier Iranian scientists had succeeded in producing "nuclear fuel" — uranium gas enriched with 3.5% of the fissionable uranium-235 isotope (natural uranium
Simon Tayler
In the face of a mounting wave of street protests and following the failure of his party to secure enough seats in the April 2 general election to be able to convene the country's parliament, Thaksin Shinawatra announced on April 4
Fred Fuentes & Amber Pike
"If the French can do it, we can too. We're going to fight to stop VSU!" This popular chant at a march in Melbourne on April 12 summed up protesters' feelings about the federal government's "voluntary student unionism"
Fred Fuentes
To mark the four-year anniversary of the attempted coup in Venezuela, defeated within 72 hours by a popular uprising in which President Hugo Chavez was reinstated, a week of activity was organised by the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity
MELBOURNE — On April 14, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) ordered Qantas to try to stop 480 workers employed at the airline's Sydney maintenance centre from losing their jobs as a result of the company's push to move its Boeing
Farida Iqbal & Jo Delaney
Queer activists in Canberra are organising to support ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope's Civil Unions Bill 2006, which will allow couples access to many of the legal benefits of marriage, but without the formal title.
Connecting Diversity: Paradoxes of Multicultural Australia Forum — Personal experiences, community ties and media engagement through the eyes of 16- to 40-year-olds in locations across Australia. SBS, Saturday, April 29, 3pm.
No More Tears Sister
Kim Bullimore
Palestinians have protested US and European Union economic and political sanctions against the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority government, which was elected on January 25. On April 7, Washington and the EU both moved to freeze all
On March 19, 450 people attended the London launch of the Campaign for a New Workers Party (CNWP), at which it was announced that more than 1300 people, including leaders and members from 25 different unions, Labour Party councillors, Green Party
Refugee Action Coalition, April 13
"[The Howard government] has used the excuse of the crisis over West Papuans to put its preferred policy in place. It is now clear why the government has been building such a large detention centre on Christmas
BY JOHN TOMLINSON
Autonomy not integrationfreedom not transmigrationindependence not exterminationliving forests not devastationdecency not exploitationfair dealing not expropriationpeaceful lives not annihilationindigenous voice not usurpation.
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