GLW issue 107, published 1993-07-21.

Isuzu workers in fight for fair deal

By Jeremy Smith MELBOURNE — Members of the AMEU at the Isuzu plant in Dandenong have gone out in protest at the company's refusal to negotiate adequate redundancy packages. Upon news of the plant's closure and Isuzu's shoddy proposals for

Militant Labour launched on independent path

By Frank Noakes LONDON — Suddenly the lights went out, the crowd stirred. The music, from Jaws, drummed menacingly as smoke filled the platform. A thin beam of light shot out, then another stabbed the darkness. The tension built as the

The toy store and the jobless recovery

By Michael Rafferty The retail giant Coles Myer is pioneering a novel recruiting technique to deal with the flood of applicants for its new chain of toy stores. Job seekers will queue via their telephones, waiting on line for a preliminary

Cuba: 'Society has been changed forever'

By Sean Malloy On July 26, 1953, 131 young Cubans attacked the Moncada military garrison in Santiago de Cuba, while a smaller group attacked army headquarters at Bayamo. The events were the beginning of a mass movement that would end of the

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Australian News

International green left meeting set

International green left meeting set By Claudine Holt After the very successful 1990 and 1991 Socialist Scholars Conferences, plans are now under way to hold an International Green Left Conference in 1994. The gathering will be in Sydney

WA rail jobs to be cut

WA rail jobs to be cut By Stephen Robson PERTH — Westrail announced on July 13 that a further 460 jobs will be cut, in addition to the 750 to be lost with the planned closure of the Midland railway workshops. The 460 jobs will be

Further Australian News

International News

British inquiry threatens rights of defendants

By Nick Fredman LONDON — Key recommendations of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice are not only inadequate, but positively harmful to the rights of the accused, according to supporters of civil liberties here. The royal

'We are going to do wonderful things in New Zealand'

Matt McCarten is president of the New Zealand NewLabour Party and chair of the Alliance (involving NewLabour, the Greens, the Maori party Mana Motuhake, the Liberals and the Democrats). In April, he visited the United States, speaking on the

Further International News

General

Militant Labour launched on independent path

Cultural Dissent

The dancer who survived

The dancer who survived The Tenth Dancer A film by Sally Ingleton Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey Most of us are aware of the recent history of Cambodia, and the appalling devastation wreaked on that country by the Pol Pot regime. One

Deep sea diving machismo

Deep sea diving machismo Dark Side of the Heart A film by Eliseo Subiela and Roger Frappier Screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival Reviewed by Peter Boyle Argentinean Eliseo Subiela, the producer of the

Further Cultural Dissent

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