BY ANDREW FERGUSON
SYDNEY — Federal workplace relations minister Tony Abbott has established a royal commission into the building industry. The intention of the federal government is to destroy the Construction, Mining, Forestry and Energy
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BY RUTH RATCLIFFE
DARWIN — Imagine regular and cheap public transport networks; vibrant community centres offering meeting space and education programs; other centres run by, and for, young people; and community gardens with individual and
Museworthy: The Veil
Between 3 and 4 ameven singularly we wage warand die from its effectsCorpses litter the nightwith beautywith loveSee the distance purple uswith its flowersits brokennessHow slowly should we leavethe decaying house?When is
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON — The conditions in which prisoners are being held, brutally and illegally, in an American concentration camp on Cuba go to the heart of the "war on terrorism", and mark the Blair government for its betrayal of the basic
BY ALISON DELLIT
"You have sought to excuse your failure to check the accuracy of the reference ... on the grounds that you were merely retelling what a third person had said and not yourself making the claim. With respect, this excuse is
BY BRENDAN SEXTON
[The following is a slightly abridged version of a speech given at an anti-war forum at Columbia University in New York by Brendan Sexton III, one of the actors in the movie Black Hawk Down.]
When I first read the script to
BY OWAIN LEWIS-JONES& RUTH RATCLIFFE
DARWIN — At a public meeting on February 5, addressed by activists from the Refugee Freedom Bus, a range of groups and individuals decided to form a Refugee Action Network (RAN).
The first meeting was
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
ROCKHAMPTON — Women have been at the forefront of the battle against Consolidated Meat Group, since CMG's announcement on January 12 that its Rockhampton plant was closing, putting 1350 employees out of work.
The workers,
BY TERRICA STRUDWICK
ROCKHAMPTON On February 27, 500 anxious workers gathered to discuss
the campaign to save their jobs, with pay and conditions intact, at Consolidated
Meat Groups Rockhampton plant. More than 1300 workers are yet to
BY NICK FREDMAN
COOLUM — "Wouldn't it be fantastic if the police went over to the Hyatt and arrested the people who are the real criminals — who are responsible for injustice around the world?", human rights activist Ross Daniels asked the
Palm Sunday
Nick Everett's reported expulsion (GLW #480) and the continued exclusion of DSP members from the organising committee of the Sydney Palm Sunday rally represents an unnecessary distraction for genuine left forces in Sydney.
As a
BY JIM GREEN
Feigned concern for the environment has long been one of the arguments used by the far right to argue against immigration. But calls for zero population growth or reduced population levels, and for reduced or zero immigration, have
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