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Anti-Hanson web site (http://www.nanou.com.au/hanson) — The creators of this page want this site to be a platform to show Australia and the world that a majority of Australians are strongly opposed to the One Nation party and Pauline Hanson's racist views. Make a stand and express your views in the open forum.

Teamster strike — 185,000 members of the US Teamsters Union employed by the United Parcel Service went on strike beginning August 3 in support of a new contract. Find out more at http://www.valuu.net/users/traylc (Teamsters rank and file), http://www.igc.org/tdu (Teamsters for a Democratic Union) and http://www.teamster.org/ (official Teamsters Union site).

Liverpool dockers still going strong! — Find out the latest about the Liverpool dockers' inspiring two-year-long struggle for their jobs, as well as their tussle with their own union leaders. Check it out at http://www.gn.apc.org/labournet/intdock.html.

TamilNet (www.TamilNet.com)TamilNet is an independent electronic medium that brings you news and views from the homeland of the Tamil people, north and east Sri Lanka. It contains news, book reviews and links to news sources. TamilNet aims to reveal to the world the tragedy that is taking place on the island of Sri Lanka, where the Tamil people are being subjected to genocide by the Sri Lankan government. The Sri Lankan military has set about destroying the very fabric of the Tamil nation, under the lofty claim of "fighting terrorism". This genocide takes place behind under a blanket of censorship. TamilNet aims to break this censorship.

OBUlletins: Daily labour news on the web — A web page where you can find labour and class war news from around the world. Hosted by the latter-day Wobblies (IWW), whose motto is "Through solidarity and direct action we can defeat capitalism". It is at http://www.teleport.com/~obu/obulletins.html.

Release Josephine Hayden! — Republican Sinn Féin has launched a "Release Josephine Hayden" web page. The page outlines the conditions endured by Josephine Hayden in Limerick Prison and the call by Sinn Féin for her release. Hayden is the only woman political prisoner in the 26 counties. The web page is at http://iol.ie/~saoirse/hayden.

Cyber-Picket Line (http://www.cf.ac.uk/ccin/union/) — With links to more than 1000 trade union and trade union-related sites, the Cyber-Picket Line shows the massive strides that the labour movement has taken in high-tech communications over the last few years. Union sites from every continent — from South African miners to Brazilian dockers; from council shop stewards in Sheffield to journalists in Hong Kong; from Croatian rail workers to Canadian loggers.

Left On-line welcomes information on new and interesting left and progressive Web sites. Send a short description to glw@greenleft.org.au or visit http://www.greenleft.org.au/. Don't forget to recommend the GLW home page on your travels through the Web!

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