Ben Courtice, Melbourne
According to the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), 35 casual workers employed at Ballarat's MaxiTrans, which builds semi-trailers, have been sacked while 25 guest worker welders hired last year have been kept
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Doug Lorimer
Opposition by Russia and China appears to have stalled Washington's attempt to have the UN Security Council adopt a resolution requiring that Iran, under threat of punitive action, halt its production of nuclear fuel (low-enriched
Hope: A fifty-minute documentary about Amal BasryDirected by Steve Thomas and Sue BrooksIn production
PREVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN
Hope is a story of survival and determination, of the indomitable and forgiving spirit of Iraqi refugee Amal Basry, who
Justin Tutty, Darwin
Since the Country Liberal Party's federal MP David Tollner first proposed plans to dump nuclear waste in the NT, fierce opposition has grown.
The Radioactive Waste Management Bill 2005 identified three sites (none of which
On May 6, the third day of the European Social Forum in Athens, more than 100,000 people demonstrated against neoliberalism and the possible war on Iran. Many different left groups from across Europe participated in the ESF, the largest contingent
On May 14, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez proposed a program to provide cheap heating oil to low-income communities in Europe. This follows a successful program in the US by Venezuelan oil subsidiary Citgo, providing subsidised heating
Stuart Munckton
The June 1 student strike against Work Choices and "voluntary student unionism" (VSU), which was initiated by Resistance, has struck a chord with high-school and campus activists, as well as some unionists.
The list of
James Vassilopoulos, Melbourne
Martin Kingham, secretary of the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, urged the 150 people who attended a May 17 forum at Brunswick Town Hall to "join with us for the June 28
Katie Cherrington, Wollongong
On May 19, 35 student anti-war activists from universities in Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle and Wollongong attended a cross-campus Students Against War conference hosted by the University of Wollongong Undergraduate
Peter Boyle
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Caracas bureau got a mention in Time magazine last week. But our two journalists were dismissed by the cynical Time reporter as "revolutionary tourists".
But they were in good company. As Time put it, "Actor Danny
MELBOURNE — The employer of two workers who were sacked and then reinstated after a community picket at their workplace subsequently encouraged Channel Nine's A Current Affair show to film the two workers at the factory against their wishes,
Pip Hinman
Dr Salam Ismael, an Iraqi doctor and one of the first medicos to get into Fallujah following the US army's first siege of that city in April 2004, is touring Australia describing life under US occupation. Ismael will address the Unity
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