AUSTRIA: Peak union plays dead
Austrian peak union plays dead
GRAZ, Austria — At a recent government-organised summit, it was proclaimed that the European Union target of a zero budget deficit could be reached only through joint national
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UNITED STATES: Greenpeace occupies Arctic-bound barge
BY SEAN HEALY
Greenpeace activists in Alaska have occupied a massive barge carrying equipment bound for oil giant BP's Northstar development, a controversial artificial drilling island
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Support for S11 protest
As chair of the International Committee of the United Trades and Labor Council of South Australia, I am proud to support the S11 protests against the World Economic Forum meeting in
CUBA: Che photographer to sue
BY SEAN HEALY
The man who took the photograph which turned Ernesto "Che" Guevara into an icon is planning to sue Smirnoff for demeaning the revolutionary's memory by using the photo to advertise its new, "spicy"
INDONESIA: Dita Sari: new labour regulations inadequate
On July 10, a new labour rights bill was unanimously passed by the Indonesian House of Representatives. It still requires President Abdurrahman Wahid's approval to become law. The Indonesian
Leaflet writer paid $2640 by Centrelink
ADELAIDE — The Social Security Appeals Tribunal has ordered Centrelink to put Norm Barber back on the dole and pay him $2640. Centrelink had cancelled Barber's Newstart payments on March 30 after accusing
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UNITED STATES: 'The poor will not be disappeared'
PHILADELPHIA — While the smug elite of the US Republican Party gathered here in plush hotels and a huge new convention centre to celebrate their wealth and to anoint two rich white men to lead
Colombia: US aid package for murderous military
US President Bill Clinton on July 13 signed into law a massive aid package for the Colombian government. Approximately 80% of the US$1.3 billion has been allocated to Colombia's security forces in the
On July 21, the armed forces of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), which rules Iraqi Kurdistan with the Kurdistan Democratic Party, under the protection of United States imperialism, forcibly closed the offices of the Independent Women's
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