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Write on: Letters to the editor

Banks The major shareholders who control the banks are a law unto themselves. They are completely indifferent to the inconvenience that they have caused depositors by closing many branches, and also to the job insecurity of those who are still

Figaro: More to offer than relevance

The Marriage of FigaroBy BeaumarchaisCompany B BelvoirOpera House Drama Theatre REVIEW BY MARK STOYICH This is a terrific production of a classic play, which begins brilliantly, ends brilliantly and is pretty good in between, too, with only

Council workers debate trade offs

BY IAN JAMIESON PERTH — Frustration is building among council workers and staff in Fremantle and the adjoining municipality of Cockburn over delays in enterprise bargaining. Anger at stop-work meetings over promised pay increases in Fremantle

Squatters fight on

SYDNEY — On August 23, South Sydney City Council workers armed with sledgehammers and crowbars attempted to evict almost 30 homeless squatters from council-owned buildings at 147-159 Broadway, near Glebe. The squats are less than 100 metres from

ALP sweeps Sydney University SRC

BY LUKE FOMIATTI SYDNEY — Student elections at Sydney University last week resulted in a massive swing to the National Organisation of Labor Students (NOLS), a loose grouping of ALP students. This year's NOLS presidential candidate, Moksha Watts,

Life of Riley: Follow the flame

Follow the flame I too have had an episode with the Olympic torch. Like so many of my land-based colleagues I have stood and watched the carbon based life form pass into view. That it very soon passed out of eyeshot is perhaps neither here nor

Rally over petrol prices

BY IAN JAMIESON PERTH — Rising fuel costs have sparked a number of protests here, culminating in a 1500-strong rally outside Parliament House on September 7. With petrol and diesel prices reaching the $1 or more per litre mark, anger at the

BRITAIN/CUBA: Dancing to the beat of Cuba's revolution

Since 1995, revolutionary supporters of the Cuban Revolution in Britain have been organising solidarity through the Rock Around the Blockade (RATB) organisation. Its goal is to provide material support for Cuba, while demonstrating Cuban socialism's

International speakers featured at anti-globalisation seminar

BY PIP HINMAN SYDNEY — In debates on workers' struggles against corporate globalisation, not a lot has been heard from community and trade union leaders from the Third World. However at the Globalisation and Corporate Tyranny seminar here on

International news briefs

Mexican environmentalists sentenced Rodolfo Montiel Flores, the imprisoned leader of a campesino environment group in the western Mexican state of Guerrero, was notified on August 28 that he had been sentenced to six years and eight months' jail

Journalists resist Fairfax

BY JONATHAN STRAUSS SYDNEY — Journalists, photographers and artists at the highly profitable John Fairfax Holdings, publishers of the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, Business Review Weekly, some regional and

MONSANTO: Leaked memo exposes chemical company's propaganda campaign

A confidential internal report leaked to GeneWatch UK reveals that Monsanto is involved in a global campaign to promote genetically modified foods by influencing which experts get on international scientific committees, promoting their views through