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By Michael Karadjis There is considerable contention on the left about the Kosova Liberation Army's relationship to NATO and position in the Balkans war. It is charged of being an extreme nationalist organisation that would "slaughter" the Serbs if
Niddrie residents oppose toxic dump By Chris Spindler MELBOURNE — Hot on the heels of the victory against the proposed CSR toxic dump at Werribee, residents at Niddrie in Melbourne's west are opposing a proposed toxic dump in a disused quarry.
By Eva Cheng Two days after the close of the May 12-16 rolling general strike led by hospital and metalworkers, the South Korean government issued arrest warrants for many union leaders, including those who led the nine-day subway workers' general
By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Two hundred people attended a SA United Trades and Labor Council (UTLC) public meeting on May 21 to hear Jennie George, ACTU president, speak on the latest round of changes to the federal industrial relations laws
By Nick Southall and Justin Randell WOLLONGONG — More than 100 people gathered on May 29 at Allen Street Park for the Port Kembla Loitering Festival. The festival was organised by Illawarra Community Action for Public Space (ICAPS) to protest
Sorry Day: no healing without justice Comment by Margaret Allum May 26 was the first anniversary of Sorry Day, a day to mark the plight of the “stolen generations”: For most of this century (until the early 1970s in some states) the
Antarctic meltdown: can we stop it in time? By Norm Dixon You stumble out of bed in bare feet to make that pot of coffee to start the heart, you approach the fridge and — step in a huge puddle of chilly water. Somebody didn't shut the fridge
Union protesters target Woolworths SYDNEY — The Woolworths Metro store in George Street was picketed by around 100 people on May 27 in response to the sacking of 30 workers by Metro Shopfitting, a company engaged by Woolworths to do its
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this a great time to be alive? It would be very difficult to be bored right now wouldn't it? At this precise moment of historical time, I mean. What with a bang up shootin' war courtesy of Bill Clinton and NATO, 50
By Sarah Cunningham Ask most teenage women in Australia who they consider their idol and they would probably reply Kate Moss, Gwyneth Paltrow or even Sabrina, the teenage witch. My choice would be Dita Sari. Dita Indah Sari, aged 26, has been a

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