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Workers demand restoration of WorkCover

Workers demand restoration of WorkCover By Chris Slee MELBOURNE — More than 4000 workers marched to the office of the Victorian Employers Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI) on March 23 to demand improvements to WorkCover, Victoria's

Suicide seeds on the fast track

Suicide seeds on the fast track "We've continued right on with work on the Technology Protection System [Terminator]. We never really slowed down. We're on target, moving ahead to commercialize it. We never really backed off." — Harry Collins,

Networker: To ashes

Networker: To ashes To ashes A network of satellites circling near the earth could deliver every imaginable communication service: television, videos, telephone, fax, internet, computer connections, and lots more. Such a

Kagarlitsky: How I became an enemy of the state

A few months ago I was simply a political analyst. However, since March, I have stepped back into a role I had almost forgotten — that of coordinator of an informal political movement, in this case to organise a boycott of the Russian presidential election.

Will Chen Shui-bian lead Taiwan to independence?

By Eva Cheng Chen Shui-bian became Taiwan's second freely elected president on March 18. His victory has kick-started an unprecedented process that may force democratisation in Taiwan to be speeded and greatly increase popular pressure on Beijing

East Timor activist faces court

By James Vassilopoulos CANBERRA — East Timor solidarity activist Gareth Smith faced charges of willful damage in the ACT Magistrate's Court on March 24. Last September, Smith painted "Shame Australia shame" on the front of Parliament House. If

Militant unions and the Labor government

Militant unions and the Labor government By Jorge Jorquera MELBOURNE — On March 22, Green Left Weekly's regular Politics in the Pub at Comrades Bar hosted a discussion on issues facing the union movement in Victoria. Speakers included Dave

Loose cannons

Or anything else "I do not even remember the taste of liquor." — Philippines President Joseph Estrada, denying his chief of staff's report that Estrada often makes policy decisions during late-night drinking sessions with cronies. Union-free

Catholic university wants to open medical school

By Sean Martin-Iverson PERTH — An announcement by the private, Catholic Notre Dame University that it intends to open a new medical school has been condemned by student activists and the WA branch of the National Union of Students. Notre Dame's

Life of Riley: Makes you think

Makes you think Word has it that sole parents and the disabled could be required to make themselves more employable or forfeit their full payment under the federal government's next round of mutual obligation initiatives. We are supposed to be

Rallies condemns mandatory sentencing

By Nick Fredman LISMORE — Chanting "Stop these racist laws!", 200 people marched through the streets of Lismore on March 25. They had just heard speakers condemn the federal government's inaction on mandatory sentencing. The protesters were also

Mandatory detention of asylum seekers condemned

By Sean Healy SYDNEY — Asylum seekers coming to Australia hoping for protection from persecution are suffering at the hands of "our national obsession with locking people up and our paranoia about Asia", human rights commissioner Chris Sidoti