Stop MAI campaign launched
By Jo Brown
SYDNEY — The launch of a campaign against the Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) was held here on January 15. The MAI, which has been largely hidden from public debate in Australia, is an
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ALP failed on 'right to negotiate'
By Bob Brown
In respect of land use, native title holders would be little more than onlookers under proposals from both the ALP and Coalition. Imagine a large piece of leasehold land near the sea. The
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland ALP leader Peter Beattie has urged the Labor Party not to adopt a "heart-on-the-sleeve" approach to the native title issue at the party's national conference in Hobart, as Premier Rob Borbidge gears up for an
White privilege and working-class unity
By Lisa Macdonald
It is not just in Australia that racism is on the rise. A poll of 16,000 people in the 15 European Union countries in December found that 9% said they were "very racist", 24% said they
Give them some
"I say, listen, you're rich. Politicians need money. If you like them, then there's nothing wrong with giving them some of it." — Silicon Valley lobbyist Wade Randlett on how to win friends among influential people.
Money talks
Port Hinchinbrook resort protest
By Darran Gould
PORT HINCHINBROOK — On December 14, the first stage of the Port Hinchinbrook resort was opened by Premier Rob Borbidge and developer Keith Williams. Police and private guards were deployed to
Russian miners targeted by anti-worker offensive
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — According to recently announced plans of the Russian government, 1998 is to be the year when the country's coal industry is gutted and cut up, the most toothsome
By James Vassilopoulos
The Christmas roast turkey had barely enough time to be digested before the Sydney Morning Herald launched a broadside against wharfies and the Maritime Union of Australia, hoping to isolate them from other workers and thus
Union's long battle with Hamersley Iron
By Anthony Benbow
Reading James Vassilopolous' article on the disgusting practices of Rio Tinto and its allies (GLW #300), I was struck by a passage dealing with the company's activity in WA's Pilbara,
New elite triumphs at ANC conference
By Oupa Lehulere
The 50th conference of the African National Congress, held in December in the North West Province capital of Mafikeng, has been hailed as a "changing of the guard" in the movement that
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