By Tony Iltis
HOBART — A three-week strike by workers on the Emu Bay Railway in Tasmania's remote west coast, has defeated moves by the railway's new owner to sack the entire work force and contract out the jobs. The EBR once carried passengers,
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UNSW staff and students support wharfies
By Helen Jarvis
Around 100 staff and students at the University of NSW enthusiastically expressed their support to the wharfies at a meeting on April 30. A Maritime Union Support Group has been established
Philippines: a new approach to student and youth campaigns
GERRY ARANCES, a student at the Technical University of the Philippines, is a member of the Filipino socialist youth organisation Kamalayan, and attended the Asia Pacific Solidarity
New EIS for Jabiluka demanded
By Sarah Peart
Energy Resources Australia (ERA) is seeking to shift the milling of uranium extracted at its proposed mine at Jabiluka from the existing Ranger mine to the Jabiluka site. This is despite opposition
'Bloody Friday' in Villawood detention centre
SYDNEY — The following report of a vicious attack on refugees in the Villawood Detention Centre is abridged from the Arab community newspaper, El-Telegraph. It was translated for Green Left Weekly by
By Sue Boland
The current discussion about labour productivity is not new. Ever since trade unions began organising last century to restrict the ability of capitalists to exploit workers, capitalists have been trying to persuade (or force) workers
Anti-APEC conference scheduled for New Zealand
By Murray Addison
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group, APEC, is holding its 1999 summit meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, on September 13. Democratic rights activists are planning a counter
By Susan Price
MELBOURNE — Hundreds of protesters successfully thwarted attempts by anti-abortion campaigners from reaching Parliament House here on April 26. Braving inclement weather, pro-choice supporters held a colourful rally and speak-out
Daffodils
By Brandon Astor Jones
"I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodilsContinuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way.Ten thousand saw I
EDWIN GOZAL, one of two Indonesian People's Democratic Party (PRD) representatives to attend the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference, is the party's Asia Pacific representative. MAX LANE asked him about his impressions of the conference and the PRD's
Countless hours of research, writing and editing go into each issue of Green Left Weekly. The paper's production team puts a great deal of effort — along with a pinch of hair-pulling and stress — into producing Australia's leading alternative
Howard, Reith must go!
By James Vassilopoulos
In its war against the Maritime Union of Australia, the Howard government suffered a double blow last week. First, an opinion poll showed a big drop in support for the Coalition. Then the current
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