Ships of shame
The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) Australia won A$156,000 in back pay for exploited Asian crew on board two vessels in Australian ports during the first three days of its "Asia Pacific flag of convenience"
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By Jeffrey Mackler
SAN FRANCISCO — On November 7, a militant demonstration of 2500 people here broadened the support for a new trial and for freedom for US political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal, whose appeal against his frame-up conviction on a
Howard: who's pulling the strings?
When US President Bill Clinton called on the Australian government to back a US military strike against Iraq, Prime Minister John Howard enthusiastically agreed.
In 1991, Labor's Bob Hawke was just as
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