HOBART More than
50 people participated in the state-wide launch of the Socialist Alliance
election campaign on the Salamanca Lawns on July 6. The alliance's first
ever television advertisement premiered at the event. It will be shown
on
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BY SEAN MARTIN-IVERSON
PERTH On July 6, 90 people at a Socialist Alliance seminar discussed issues facing unionists today, including refugees, internationalism and fighting anti-worker attacks.
The highlight of the event was a session
BY FIDEL CASTRO
[The following is a slightly abridged version of a speech given by Cuban President Fidel Castro to an extraordinary session of Cuba's National Assembly on June 26.]
Around the time when he assumed office, we wanted to avoid any
REVIEW BY JON LAND
Emails from East TimorDocumentary by Peter MarraWritten and narrated by Dave OwensHandwoven ProductionsOrder from <handwoven@xtra.co.nz>
Emails from East Timor is one of a number of new films and books that look at
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY Environmental activists rallied outside the Sydney hearings of the pro-boss royal commission into the building industry on July 5, highlighting the record of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's
BY MARCEL CAMERON
BRISBANE It's not surprising that Premier Peter Beattie and his
ministers have consistently underestimated the anger and determination
of nurses. When was the last time a minister had to visit a public hospital
outside
BY RANDALL GICKER
BROWNSVILLE, Tennessee Three hundred black farmers on July 1 took over the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional office here to protest against the agency's failure to process loan applications. The growers were
BRISBANE Green Left Weekly's ROBYN MARSHALL spoke to several
nurses at the Royal Brisbane Hospital on July 5 about the dispute. I know
that nurses from RBH, from the Royal Women's Hospital and other workplaces
have lots of determination to
BY ARUN PRADHAN
It is not difficult to understand the motives of people who want
to break refugees out of the desert prison at Woomera or any other refugee
prison. But is it the way we'll force the government to abandon its racist
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON In May, the Glasgow University Media Group, distinguished
for its pioneering media analysis, published a study on the reporting of
the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. It ought to be required reading in newsrooms
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