GLW issue 437, published 2001-02-21.

Government back-down on nuclear waste plan

BY JIM GREEN Federal industry and science minister Nick Minchin announced on February 8 that the Howard government no longer intends to co-locate a store for long-lived intermediate-level radioactive wastes alongside the planned underground dump

Forestry Tasmania tries on its jackboots

BY TOM WILSON HOBART — Forestry Tasmania should change its name to Jackboot Tasmania, if its recent antics are anything to go by. In its latest move, the authority has resorted to unlawful threats and intimidation in a desperate attempt to cover

Loose cannons

But it does a good imitation "... the US cannot condemn corruption abroad while allowing its own banks to make a fortune off it." — A New York Times editorial, noting that most corrupt government leaders launder their loot through US banks.

Write on: Letters to the editor

Socialist alliance in the Qld elections? The Democratic Socialists ran two candidates in the February 17 Queensland elections under a slogans: End corruption! Support socialism! For a workers' alternative to Labor!. The two candidates, Adam Baker

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Australian News

Yallourn workers launch new union district

BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — Workers in the power stations and coal mines of the Latrobe Valley have launched a new division of their union, the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, which will give them substantially more autonomy and

News briefs

BHP fire crew strike WOLLONGONG — Eighty Port Kembla fire, ambulance and security workers at BHP's Port Kembla mill went on strike for 24 hours on February 12, forcing the company to stand down 2000 steelworkers whose safety could not be

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International News

SCOTLAND: Socialists arrested in anti-nuke protest

BY NORM DIXON The Scottish Socialist Party's member in the Scottish parliament, Tommy Sheridan, was among the more than 370 anti-nuclear weapons protesters arrested at the Faslane navy base near Glasgow on February 12. Scottish Labour MP George

ZIMBABWE: Mugabe escalates harassment of critics

BY NORM DIXON Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) have escalated the violent harassment and repression of their critics. Mugabe faces a presidential poll in 2002. He will be

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Editorial

No to 'user pays' unionism

The Industrial Relations Commission has endorsed the ability of unions to collect a "service fee" from non-unionists who benefit from union-negotiated pay rises. "Fee for service" unionism was adopted as policy at the 2000 ACTU national congress.

General

Calendar

Adelaide International Women's Day Collective meeting. Sat Feb 17 (& every Sat), noon-2pm. Women's Studies Resource Centre, 64 Pennington Tce, Nth Adelaide. Ph 8231 6982. Women fighting for global justice against corporate tyranny. International

Feminism and socialism

By Lauren Carroll Harris Everyday, women are oppressed by capitalist society's ideal of "beauty" and are told that what we look like is more important than what we think. Meanwhile, millions of migrant women work in sweatshops, "honour" killings

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Cultural Dissent

Alister Hulett tours

SYDNEY — Alistair Hulett, former frontperson of the legendary punk-folk band Roaring Jack and long-time Newtown resident, now lives in Scotland. Hulett is back in Australia for a short solo tour. Hulett was well-known for his strong support for the

Cuba as alternative

REVIEW BY MARCEL CAMERON Cuba as Alternative: An Introduction to Cuba's Socialist RevolutionBy Neville Spencer et. al.Resistance Books 2000116pp, $11.95 (pb)Order at <http://www.dsp.org.au/rb/rb.htm> When the Soviet Union collapsed in

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'Sharpen your axe on the hardest stone'

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