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Green Left Weekly issue #763, 20 August 2008
Write on: Letters to the editor

LETTERS, AUSTRALIA NUS tailors policy to suit ALP

RESISTANCE!, AUSTRALIA A number of student organisations have responded angrily to the revelation that the National Union of Students (NUS) has reneged on agreements to advocate that the government lower the age of “independence” to 18-years-old immediately. » The Olympics are political

RESISTANCE!, AUSTRALIA As the Olympic Games opened in Beijing, world leaders have been issuing entreaties to “put politics aside”. » The challenge for unions

OUR COMMON CAUSE When does a worker, even a casual or part-time worker, join a union? When it’s clear that membership brings better pay, working conditions and job security. Why, then, is union membership among workers at an all-time low? Because in so many industries union membership doesn’t seem to bring... » The challenge for unions

OUR COMMON CAUSE, AUSTRALIA When does a worker, even a casual or part-time worker, join a union? When it’s clear that membership brings better pay, working conditions and job security. Why, then, is union membership among workers at an all-time low? Because in so many industries union membership doesn’t seem to bring... » Channel Seven, the Olympics and censorship

AUSTRALIA With the focus on media censorship in China during the Olympics, it is somewhat ironic that Channel Seven refused to run an ad encouraging PM Kevin Rudd, while he was in China, not to remain silent on the repression of the Tibetan people. » Sudanese refugees to contest council elections

“All those who want to live in a healthy, equal society should vote for the Socialist Alliance”, Soubhi Iskander, one of three candidates to contest ward 3 of the Blacktown City Council elections for Socialist Alliance on September 13, told Green Left Weekly. » Carbon criminals, forests and climate change

AUSTRALIA It’s easy to get confused about forests and climate change. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute to around 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to the burning of fossil fuels to produce energy. Climate scientists say that preserving our forests is a quick, easy and cheap ... » Habib still fighting for justice

AUSTRALIA Mamdouh Habib, who was tortured in Egypt then detained in the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay for three-and-a-half years before being released in February 2005 without charge, has faced continal harassment and persecution since his return to Australia. » No ‘performance pay’ for teachers!

AUSTRALIA On August 4, the Australian Education Union’s (AEU) federal president Angelo Gavrielatos announced the union’s proposed reforms for teachers’ career structure and salaries. It amounts to an endorsement of the divisive “performance pay”, in which schools are treated as busine... »


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