Campaign Against Racism established in Melbourne
By Maurice Sibelle
MELBOURNE — Campaign Against Racism was set up here at a meeting on June 12. CAR was established to oppose the racism of Howard and Hanson following the successful
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Conservationist defects to mining lobby
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Frances Herbert, former Queensland Conservation Council spokesperson on the Stradbroke Island anti-sand-mining campaign, took up the position of public policy officer with
Self-esteem and market shareSelf-esteem and market share
The Body Shop has recently launched a very trendy, very clever advertising campaign. It's all about "self-esteem", defined in the slick campaign booklet as "self-authority, dignity,
New threat to Aboriginal Day of Mourning site
By Chris Martin
SYDNEY — Aboriginal activists campaigning to save the historic Day of Mourning conference site in Elizabeth Street are stepping up their campaign following the lodging of a
Pakistani carpet workers strike
On June 11, 20,000 members of the United Carpet Industries Labour Union struck in Lahore, closing all 130 workplaces in the city. Red flags were flying outside the occupied factories and above the four strike
By Max Lane
The Indonesian press has described riots at Medaeng prison in Surabaya on June 11 and 12 as the biggest in Indonesian history. According to Pos Kota daily, 575 prisoners rioted, destroying 12 buildings, including six prison blocks.
Reject Coalition's anti-union push: WA workers show the way
By Ana Kailis
PERTH — In 1995, when WA Coalition labour relations minister Graham Kierath tried to introduce the "second wave" of anti-union laws, the whole Coalition was
By Marina Cameron
The government announced on June 18 that from July next year, a new common youth allowance will replace unemployment benefits for young people aged 18-20, Austudy and youth training, sickness and family allowances. The
By Nikki Ulasowski and Russell Pickering
AMSTERDAM — On June 14, 50,000 people from across Europe gathered in Amsterdam at Dam Square to protest against "unemployment, exclusion and insecurity". The protest preceded the Inter Governmental
Anti-racism and trade unions
As one of the speakers at the protest rally outside Hanson's One Nation meeting in Adelaide on June 12, I took up the theme of trade unions campaigning against racism. I referred to the past history of activism in
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