GLW issue 681, published 2006-08-30.

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Unionist picket Liberal Party conference

HOBART — On August 26, 100 trade unionists protested for workers' rights outside the state Liberal Party conference. The conference was attended by workplace relations minister Kevin Andrews and PM John Howard. Represented at the protest were the

Queer youth fight back

Farida Iqbal Life is often painfully difficult for young people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex. They are faced with a choice — to live a life of shame and isolation in "the closet", or to "come out". Coming out often means

Israel's shame and Lebanon's misery

Pip Hinman Keysar Trad, who was instrumental in organising the two Sydney rallies against Israel's bombing of Lebanon and Gaza, thinks the current ceasefire is a farce. "Israel ignores it at will", he told Green Left Weekly. On whether the United

Write On: Letters to the Editor

Tommy Sheridan In reply to my article on the Scottish Socialist Party crisis (GLW #679), Chris Edwards (GLW #680) accuses Alan McCombes and his supporters in the SSP of adopting a "phony moralistic stance" on Tommy Sheridan's sexual activities.
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