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Union officials end Puerto Rican strike

By Lisa Macdonald The 41-day strike by 6400 telephone workers to stop the privatisation of the Puerto Rico Telephone Company (PRTC) ended on July 29. The sale, to US-based General Telephone and Electronics, and Banco Popular, will go ahead for

GST

GST Tax reform so they saywill increase our paybut we'll pay through the nose;so oppose — GST.It'll be easy comeand then easy goesas we pay through the nose;so oppose — GST. We don't wish to be rudebut it seems rather crude —this tax on our

Secretive nuclear bill: Liberal and Labor increase radiation threat

Secretive nuclear bill: Liberal and Labor increase radiation threat By Jim Green The federal government has pushed a bill through the House of Representatives which will increase the radiation threat in Australia. The Labor "opposition" did

GM — a political strike confronts capitalism

By David Bacon SAN FRANCISCO — The most unusual factor of the month-long strike of two General Motors auto parts plants near Detroit is that the company has accomplished what generations of left-wing activists in the factories have not been able

MUA fight: the CPA failed a crucial test

MUA fight: the CPA failed a crucial test By Dick Nichols My articles in Green Left Weekly issues 322 and 323 on the deal between Patrick Stevedores and the Maritime Union of Australia were aimed at stirring up some open debate about the most

Terminator food: coming soon to your table

By Robyn Marshall We will not know if the food we put in our mouths has been genetically engineered, if proposals from the Australian and New Zealand Food Authority are accepted by the government. There will be no requirement that fruit and

Queensland students defy threats

Queensland students defy threats By Peter Robson and Sarah Cunningham BRISBANE — Threats of expulsion didn't stop more than 2000 high school students protesting here on July 28 against racism and One Nation. The rally, which started at King

Past master for a new generation

Past master for a new generation Past MastersBy Roy Bailey Review by John McGill British left-wing MP Tony Benn calls Roy Bailey "the greatest socialist folk singer of his generation". Reviewer Martin Pearson says, "Roy Bailey is not an act, he

Action updates

Indigenous women meet MELBOURNE — On July 26, 200 people, mainly women, heard Aboriginal women discuss how to fight Howard and Hanson's racism and win justice for Aboriginal people. Monica Morgan, a Yorta Yorta woman, explained that the only

End union collusion with Hansonism!

Comment by Iggy Kim According to Kevin Reynolds, secretary of the WA CFMEU, it is ACTU policy to work with immigration cops to rid workplaces of "illegal" migrants who take Australians' jobs. Acting on this policy in mid-July, the union reported a

Sydney rally against racism

By Aaron Benedek SYDNEY — Around 5000 people demonstrated against the racist policies of Pauline Hanson and John Howard on August 1. Commencing in Hyde Park, the march wound its way through the city to Howard's office, before finishing at First

The Northcote by-election

By Ben Reid MELBOURNE — The state by-election in Northcote on August 15 will be an important event in Victorian politics. On July 29, One Nation announced Nikolas Kavalenka as its candidate. Kavalenka says he supports Pauline Hanson's statements