SYDNEY — The US war on the people of Iraq has persisted since 1991, an October 9 public meeting in Bondi Junction, hosted by the Eastern Sydney branch of the Socialist Alliance, was told.
Layla Mohammad, from the Worker
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SYDNEY — In the last two weeks, four branches of the Socialist Alliance in metropolitan Sydney have pre-selected their lower house candidates for the upcoming federal election. These candidates, in the seats of Kingsford Smith,
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Unionists set upon by cops, then lawyersSYDNEY — Having failed to keep construction union officials out of enterprise agreement negotiations at its Rooty Hill factory on July 7, giant construction parts company CSR has now
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Work conditions not in the 'Olympic spirit'SYDNEY — Construction work at Olympics venues across the city has been disrupted by the discovery that 24 New Zealand workers were employed on inferior conditions to their Australian
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Sydney protests against the GSTSYDNEY — On the day the curtain was raised on the "new tax system", 200 people participated in a lively demonstration outside the Sydney Town Hall to protest against the impact the GST will have on
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By Alana Kerrand Jen Crothers SYDNEY — "go girl!", the Sydney Women's Festival held in the Domain on March 7, was attended by around 7000 people. Those who believed the hype that the festival was to be the new face of the feminist movement would
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SYDNEY — The Children (Protection and Parental Responsibility) Act 1997 passed in NSW in August gives police extra powers to take young people from public spaces. The law, which contravenes international human rights conventions,
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The proposals in the National Commission of Audit that Commonwealth funding of higher education be replaced by a system of "scholarships", student fees and loans sounds very familiar to those who campaigned against the Coalition's
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Another backlash ideology being given plenty of play in the media and explicitly presented by Helen Garner in her book The First Stone concerns a supposed generation gap between feminists.
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Melbourne rally against privatisationMELBOURNE — Ten thousand people rallied on June 26 against the state government's plans to privatise Victoria's gas, water and electricity utilities. The rally and march, organised
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Save Albert Park forumMELBOURNE — On June 13 a public forum organised by the Save Albert Park group was held at the South Melbourne town hall. The forum, titled "The Grand Prix: where the political parties stand", was
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Kraft strike in sixth weekMELBOURNE — Seventy-three members of the Electrical Trades Union and the Automotive, Food, Metals and Engineering Union have entered their sixth week of an around-the-clock picket outside Kraft's