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Locked out workers picket luxury hotel

BY TONY ILTIS& JUSTINE KAMPRAD MELBOURNE — Fourteen maintenance workers have set up a picket line outside the luxury Grand Hyatt Hotel after management locked them out on January 19. The lockout followed seven months of negotiations for an

Labor government approves ADI development

BY ALISTAIR DICKINSON SYDNEY — A regional environment plan (REP) has been approved by the NSW Labor government that allows large-scale urban development on the 1535-hectare former Australian Defence Industries (ADI) factory site at St Marys, in

Government announces preferred sites for nuclear dump

BY JIM GREEN The federal government announced on January 24 its preferred sites in South Australia for a controversial national dump for about 10,000 cubic metres of low-level radioactive waste — much to the disgust of environmental groups and

SWITZERLAND: Protesters defy police ban

BY SEAN HEALY Undeterred by an unprecedented crackdown by Swiss police, several thousand anti-capitalist demonstrators have descended on the up-market ski resort town of Davos to protest the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) of top

Aborigines protest Invasion Day

BY BRONWEN BEECHEY ADELAIDE — More than 80 people attended a speakout and candlelight vigil to mark Invasion Day on January 26. The meeting was held outside Government House, on what has become known to Aboriginal activists as Genocide Corner,

PHILIPPINES: People's power rides again

BY SEAN HEALY For the second time in 15 years, the Philippines people have risen as one to overthrow a corrupt leader. In 1986, millions gathered on EDSA, Manila's main avenue, to demand the resignation of dictator Ferdinand Marcos; on January 20

Write on: letters to the editor

Congratulations Happy 10th Anniversary! Aziz ChoudryGATT WatchdogAotearoa (NZ) Palestine A response to the letter, "Israel and Palestine" published in GLW #432. Zionists and their adherents are fond of claiming that they do not occupy

Loose cannons

Diplomacy “Once that clear political objective is established — such as kick the government of Panama totally; not just kick the army out, but get rid of an entire government — that's what we did in 1989 on 12 hours' notice, with

Rory McLeod: 'unorthodox and brilliant'

Mouth to MouthRory McLeodThrough Shock RecordsOrder at <http://www.rorymcleod.com> REVIEW BY JOHN GAUCI "I want my songs to keep memory alive. I suppose I'm trying to tell history from working peoples point of view. Politics to me is

Looking out: Affirmative action

“Affirmative action in the military has thrived under both Republican and Democratic administrations.” — Retired General Colin Powell, US Army, quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 31, 2000 The words that head this space were

INDONESIA: Moves towards anti-Golkar alliances begin

BY MAX LANE On January 23, Budiman Sujatmiko, chairperson of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) led a delegation to meet the leadership of the Nahdatul Ulama (NU), the religious organisation which Abdurrahman Wahid led before his election as

Refugees protest as government plans new attacks

BY ALISON DELLIT The federal government is seeking to use a two-day protest by over 160 asylum seekers held in the Port Hedland Immigration Detention Centre to justify an escalation of attacks on the human rights of refugees. According to the