GLW issue 502, published 2002-07-31.

Tax office jobs under threat

BY CHRIS SLEE Public sector management is threatening the job security and flextime rights of workers in the Australian Taxation Office. Negotiations are underway for a new industrial agreement for the ATO. The Community and Public Sector Union

ACEH: Activists arrested for 'insulting' president

BY PIP HINMAN Seven activists from the Acehnese Democratic Women's Organisation (ORPAD), including a high school student, were arrested while staging a peaceful protest on July 16 in the territory's capital Banda Aceh. They were demanding

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and ain't i a woman: Why there are more men than women in India

and ain't i a woman: Why there are more men than women in India For the last two centuries, unlike most of the world, India's population has contained more men than women. Millions of women and girls have been killed — through situ (the

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GLW celebrates BRISBANE — More than 100 people attended the Green Left Weekly 500th issue celebration dinner at the Ukranian Hall on July 20, which raised $1500 to help GLW keep producing. Congratulations to GLW were given by: Sam Watson,

Refugee Assistance Centre opens

BY RACHEL EVANS MELBOURNE — In a sign of growing support for refugees' rights, the Dundas Street Centre in Thornbury — an offshoot of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre in Footscray — has begun operation. The centres are not funded government

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International News

What is ExxonMobil afraid of?

The right to freedom of expression on the internet was dealt a blow on July 9 when a Paris judge ordered Greenpeace to stop using a parody of the Esso logo in its Stop Esso campaign in France, pending a full hearing. Oil giant ExxonMobil, which

ECUADOR: Blood on the bananas

BY DAVID BACON SAN FRANCISCO — Bonita, the word for beautiful in Spanish, is not a bad description for the nearly flawless bananas available from fruit and vegetable markets across the United States. It is also the name printed on stickers

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Editorial

Attack on Workers First is an attack on the left

The attacks launched against the militant leadership of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's Victorian branch by the union's national leadership are more than an internal faction fight. They are an attack on the left. The vicious campaign

Cultural Dissent

A little (true) story

A senior work colleague,A family friend.A beer gut, a beardand a gold wedding band.A young employee,A confident womanA coffee at workAn unwanted question ..."Will you fuck me?"It slowly sunk inThe "friendly" affectionThe attention from him.She felt

Don't bring your mother

BY MARGARET ALLUM Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too)Directed by Alfonso CuaronStarring Gael Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel VerduScreened at the 49th Sydney Film Festival, June 7-21 Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too) was the film

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