On November 6, under pain of a $50 fine, we will all be marched off to the polling booths to vote on whether Australia is to become a republic. The absence of popular excitement is deafening, and with good reason: the choice before us has been
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Comment by Sue Boland
Most Labor Party voters at the last election hoped that the ALP would resist the Coalition agenda. Instead, the Labor "opposition" is preparing a deal with the government to pass its package of corporate tax cuts. The
Indonesian trade union seeks legal recognition
Indonesia's economic crisis has, over the last two years, dramatically increased levels of unemployment and reduced the capacity of Indonesian workers to meet basic living costs. At the same time, the
Johannesburg workers march against privatisation
By Norm Dixon
Around 20,000 members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) paralysed the streets of Johannesburg on October 26 to protest against the African National
A timely look backwards
Stop Uranium Mining! Australia's decade of protest, 1975-85By Greg AdamsonResistance Books, 199947pp., $4.95 (pb)Available at Resistance Bookshops, or send payment (plus $2 postage) to PO Box 515, Broadway 2007 Review by
Public service anger over performance pay bonuses
By Phil Shannon
CANBERRA — Staff in the commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care will soon be voting on their next certified agreement. An unpopular attempt to introduce performance pay
Comment by Zanny Begg
SYDNEY — Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH) was established to organise against attempts by the Liberty Christian Ministry (LCM) to hold a "Coming out of homosexuality" conference here on September 25. The conference
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Philippine left unites and claims the streets
By Reihana Mohideen
Manila — A broad alliance consisting of the "white forces" of the Catholic Church, the "yellow forces" of the supporters of the former president Cory Aquino and the "red forces"
The rich people's games
By Sean Healy
SYDNEY — Any hopes that the 2000 Olympics would live up to their billing as the "people's games" were dashed on October 26 when SOCOG, the body responsible for running the games, revealed how few tickets
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