The British military announced on May 29 that two of its soldiers had died in a roadside bomb attack in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, bringing the total number of British military fatalities in May to nine. "The deaths are a clear sign that rebel
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Local issues
While GLW does an excellent job concerning issues of war and peace and the Work Choices legislation, there are essential local issues that merit additional attention.
I am trying to obtain a housing commission flat in Canterbury and
CANBERRA — On May 25, the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) held a lunchtime protest outside the ACT Legislative Assembly to oppose a planned cut to superannuation contributions for all future ACT government employees.
Labor Chief Minister
Fred Fuentes
Before and on June 1, the day that students around the country protested against Work Choices, the mass media and the NSW education minister, Labor's Carmel Tebbutt, campaigned against high-school students' right to protest, saying
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: The Shocking Inside Story of How America Really Took Over the WorldBy John PerkinsEbury Press, 2006250 pages, $24.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
John Perkins cut a brazen figure at meetings of the international
Graham Matthews
The workers' rights lobby group Unite, which formed in Melbourne in 2003 to "name and shame" dodgy bosses in the retail and fast-food industry, relaunched itself as an unregistered union on May 30.
"The fast-food and retail
Barry Weisleder & John Riddell, Toronto
"General jubilation" greeted the Bolivian government's move to take control of the country's hydrocarbon resources on May 1, according to the Cuban daily newspaper Granma. "An impressive multitude [that]
Roberto Jorquera
On May 31, Associated Press reported that for a second day Santiago police sprayed water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters supporting a nationwide strike by high-school students demanding a national government takeover of
On May 1, millions of immigrants and their supporters took part in protests and stay-aways throughout the US. Hundreds of thousands of others skipped school or boycotted shopping. It was a spectacular manifestation of the movement that arose in
Graham Matthews, Sydney
Up to 80 people rallied and marched against racism in Auburn on June 3, in a community action against the federal and state governments' attacks on the Arab and Muslim communities. With chants of "Migrants are welcome,
What Every Radical Should Know About State RepressionBy Victor SergeOcean Press 2005148 pages (pb) $25
REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER
Victor Serge was born to Russian refugee parents in Brussels in 1890. Originally an anarchist, he joined the Russian
Jon Lamb
While the fighting between different factions of the East Timor Defence Force (FDTL) and the East Timor National Police (PNTL) has ceased with the arrival of the Australian-led international security force, sporadic street skirmishes and
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