Susan Price

  • WEF threat to leave caused baton charge

    MELBOURNE — World Economic Forum officials threatened to "pack up and go home" at the end of the summit's first day on September 11 if police could not ensure more delegates were brought into the conference on time on September 12,

  • WEF excludes alternative media

    MELBOURNE — Green Left Weekly condemned as censorship a decision by organisers of the World Economic Forum summit to deny accreditation to the newspaper's journalists. The World Economic Forum knocked back applications from other

  • Protests for refugee rights

    BY SUSAN PRICE& STUART MARTIN More than 200 people rallied outside the Maribyrnong Detention Centre in Melbourne on August 26 in support of refugees' rights. The facility is run on behalf of the Australian government by Australian Corrections

  • Student union's opposition to S11 rejected

    MELBOURNE — The ALP-controlled Melbourne University Student Union (MUSU) on August 31 succeeded in scuttling a student general meeting scheduled for September 1 to overturn the MUSU's decision to outlaw support for the September 11

  • Women's liberation: not an impossible dream

    Women today face a concerted ideological backlash and escalating attacks on our rights as the leaders of neo-liberalism attempt to eradicate many of the hard won gains of the second wave of the women's liberation movement in the

  • IWD broadens participation

    SYDNEY — This year's International Women's Day (IWD) march and rally here will be open to all supporters of women's rights following a decision by the organising collective on February 22. Since the early 1980s, the impact of

  • Victoria's uncensored voice

      MELBOURNE — Community radio 3CR is Victoria's truly uncensored voice. Programs at 3CR give a public voice to progressive organisations and communities which are excluded or marginalised by the establishment

  • Textile workers force company to talk

    Textile workers force company to talkMELBOURNE After 50 days of being locked out, members of the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union (TCFUA) at the Australian Dyeing Company (ADC) have won a couple of victories in

  • Victory for Werribee anti-dump campaign

    Victory for Werribee anti-dump campaignMELBOURNE The campaign against the Werribee toxic waste dump has won a major victory. CSR, the company that wanted to build the dump, has been forced to sell the land which was the proposed

  • MUA-Fluor Daniel deal criticised

    MUA-Fluor Daniel deal criticised By Susan Priceand Ben Reid MELBOURNE — News of the agreement between the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and contractor Fluor Daniel has caused uproar among unionists. The agreement, which entails substantial

  • Unions question Longford gas disaster inquiry

    By Susan Priceand Ben Reid MELBOURNE — The sincerity of the intentions of the state Liberal government's royal commission into the Longford gas disaster is being questioned. The fire at the Longford plant in September left much of Victoria

  • Abortion speak-out

    MELBOURNE — More than 50 protesters held a speak-out at the State Library on August 8 calling for the repeal of abortion laws in Australia. The action, organised by the Pro-Choice Coalition, was part of a national day of action on