GLW issue 484, published 2002-03-13.

Workers poisoned at Caltex refinery

BY SAM WAINWRIGHT SYDNEY — In the small hours of March 4 two production workers and a contract fitter from the Caltex oil refinery at Kurnell were admitted to Sutherland Hospital suffering exposure to hydrogen sulphide gas. Prolonged exposure

Afghan woman to address conference

BY SARAH STEPHEN Tahmeena Faryal, a 23-year-old activist involved in the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA), will be a featured speaker at the Second Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference, which will be held in

Museworthy: Silence and its Answer

Museworthy: Silence and its Answer The uprooting of words took place here in the country with no tongue The most silent of plants grows here It is an animal that turns its belly to the blade and faces with the heart's generic

How the 'free market' ruined the airline industry

BY ALISON DELLIT A decade after a federal ALP government began the process of deregulating domestic air travel and privatising government-owned airlines, safety standards have fallen, services to regional areas are in crisis, airline workers who

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Forum discusses power station GEELONG — On March 4, the Socialist Alliance hosted a discussion around the topic "Our energy, our future, is there space for community democracy?". This "politics in the pub" continued nine months of campaigning

Thousands march to support meatworkers

BY LAURA COX ROCKHAMPTON — Almost 3000 spirited protesters marched through the CBD on March 2, in support of the 1350 workers who lost their jobs when Consolidated Meat Group (CMG) closed the Lakes Creek abattoir in mid-January. Mounting

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PHILIPPINES: Peace Camp opposes Bush's 'second front'

With the Philippines now the "second front" in the US "war on terrorism", Green Left Weekly's ALLEN JENNINGS interviewed Rasti Delizo, head of the general secretariat of the Philippines Campaign for Peace with Justice. Can you give us some

BOUGAINVILLE: 'Rio Tinto must be brought to justice'

BY LARRY DOUGLAS On March 7, 200 Bougainvilleans "visited" the Papua New Guinea-appointed governor, John Momis, in Buka and handed him a statement disapproving of the decision of the PNG government to oppose the Bougainvillean law suit against

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Editorial

Sacrificed on the altar of imperialism

Sacrificed on the altar of imperialism �It is more dangerous, but at the end of the day ... the sure way to work against the enemy is to put people on the ground�, General Tommy Franks, the commander of Washington's war in Afghanistan,

Cultural Dissent

Howard's truth

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How Muhammad Ali became a legend

AliDirected by Michael MannWritten by Eric Roth and Michael MannWith Will Smith, Jon Voight, Jamie Foxx and Mario Van PeeblesScreening at major cinemas REVIEW BY NICK EVERETT Michael Mann's Ali is a welcome departure from typical Hollywood

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