Led by metalworkers and nurses, more than 70,000 workers from more than 140 trade unions joined the first day of a general strike which swept South Korea on May 31, according to the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), which organised the
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Lesbians, conception and the law
BY JO ELLIS
The last decade has been characterised as the "lesbian baby boom". Famous lesbians Melissa Etheridge and her partner Julie Cypher have declined to give information about how their baby was
Sri Lanka: Government crackdown meets opposition
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's attempts to stifle public
opposition to the war against the Tamils in the north and to social and
economic policies in the south have met
UNITED STATES: Appeal from a militant unionist
CALIFORNIA — John Reimann was a member of the Carpenters Union for almost 30 years. He has just been expelled for life from his union. Reimann served as recording secretary for Local 713 of his union
It's time to be offensive
COMMENT BY DALE T. MCKINLEY
"If you're not angry, you're not paying attention" — anonymous It's disgustingly consistent. Open the newspaper, turn on the television or radio, access the internet and you are more than
BY GEORGIA CLARK
SYDNEY — "The first Mardi Gras in 1978 was a political protest at which many came onto the streets to fight for queer rights, and experienced police brutality and vilification in the media simply for fighting for our right to
Write on: Letters to the editor
Interest rates
Why have interest rates been going up?
One argument is that as rates rise overseas Australia must follow suit to access an adequate supply of the world's savings. This is a bad argument.
The
BY DAVE ANDREWS
FREMANTLE — A new shift roster, introduced on a trial basis for permanent waterside workers employed here by P&O Ports, has angered many in the container division. The workers have been suffering erosion of their working
Mosh with a message
Mark MarkHeiferAvailable from <http://surf.to/heifer>GlisterGlister4-track CDAvailable from <http://fly.to/glister> Review by Barry Healy
Triple J listeners will be familiar with western Sydney mosh masters
Motives! Chantes de Lutte (Songs of Struggle)TactikollectifLCR-TactikollectifAvailable from Resistance Bookshops (addresses page 2) Review by Stan Demidjuk
Motives!, in French, means to be or become motivated and on this CD it means "Mobilise!".
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