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'Certainty' still there for the big landholders

'Certainty' still there for the big landholders By Chris Spindler Confidence in the value and profitability of land clearly remains strong in the eyes of big property holders, despite claims from the National Farmers Federation and the

US activists calls for protests if US attacks Iraq

On November 11, the International Action Centre called for demonstrations in San Francisco, New York and other cities should the Pentagon launch a military attack on Iraq. The IAC has just sent a delegation to Iraq, led by former Attorney General

I Take Solace in History

I Take Solace in History I take solace in history.I could have been a galley salve,sold on the auction block,spiked by the Maidenhung, drawn and quartered,damned in the convict dock;gassed by Nazis, disembowelled by Huns,put to the stake by the

Island residents support ferry strike

By Tony Iltis HOBART — On November 14, as tenders closed for the privatisation of the vehicular ferry that provides the only link between Bruny Island and mainland Tasmania, a strike and picket by ferry workers ended its seventh day. Nine

Palestinian hunger striker protests detention

Palestinian hunger striker protests detention By Adam Hanieh RAMALLAH — Palestinian prisoner, Itaf Alayan, has entered the third week of a hunger strike in the Israeli prison, Neve Tirza. Her hunger strike entered a critical stage last

Student movement: why we need to discuss strategy

Comment by Marcel Cameron MELBOURNE — On October 20, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology decided to proceed with the implementation of up-front fees. The decision ignores the recent referendum in which 10,431 students and staff, 80% of

Life of Riley: Mum

Mum Did I tell you about me mum? She's a widow woman, isn't she? That's the one. Me dear old mum's 84 come next month. That's a fine age. Sure is, but age hasn't slowed her down any. Still gets about does she?

'For all those caught up in this inhumane system'

JANET MAYBIN, a British correspondent of Green Left Weekly columnist Brandon Astor Jones, attended his resentencing trial in Cobb County, Georgia, September 8-23. Printed here is her account of the trial. Each day we sat through the court proceedings

The 12-hour work day

By James Vassilopoulos Twelve-hour shifts are increasingly being put into new enterprise agreements. Also increasingly common are cuts to penalty rates and the averaging of working hours over a month instead of a week. The five-day, 40-hour

WA Greens: 'Constitutional change is needed'

WA Greens: 'Constitutional change is needed' WA Greens Senator DEE MARGETTS has been embarrassing the Coalition with the findings of parliamentary committees revealing the Native Title Amendment Bill to be unconstitutional and racially

Sri Lankan government sterilises Tamils

Sri Lankan government sterilises Tamils A program to systematically and radically reduce the Tamil population in Sri Lanka's plantation sector is secretly but effectively being carried out with state assistance and misdirected foreign aid. The

Women for Wik: 'The ground swell will build'

Women for Wik: 'The ground swell will build' Green Left Weekly's CARLA GORTON spoke to WIN CHILDS, national co-convener of Women for Wik about the growing community opposition to Howard's Wik bill. Question: How did Women for Wik form?