BY ALISON DELLIT
SYDNEY In another example of rampant racism in Sydney's west, female students at Noor Al Houda Islamic College have had a booking cancelled by the Auburn Swim Centre, after a racist campaign by local talk-back radio hosts to
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Intelligence only an option
"We will look at all options and we will consider all technologies available to us, and diplomacy and intelligence." George "The Crusader" Bush, August 22, discussing his plans to launch a war on Iraq.
Burning
Students protest against Nelson
PERTH Around 100 students rallied outside a meeting to discuss federal minister for education Brendan Nelson's proposed changes to higher education. The meeting on August 20 was billed as a "public
BY SUE BOLTON
"We're not going to have a situation where someone can be attacked because of internal [union] political differences. The printing division [of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's Victorian branch] will not stand for it",
GLASGOW Three-hundred ancillary workers at Glasgow's biggest hospital,
the Royal Infirmary, on August 16 celebrated a sweeping victory over Sodexho,
one of the most powerful multinational corporations in Europe. The company
has been
BY KATIE NEVILLE
& ADAM BOTTOMLEY
MELBOURNE Sydney Afghan temporary protection visa holder Riz Wakil
spoke to an audience of 120 people at an August 14 campus meeting organised
by the La Trobe University Refugee Action Collective.
BY ALFREDO CASTRO
BOGOTA US under-secretary of state for political affairs Marc Grossman
led a delegation of senior US political and military leaders to Colombia
to hold talks with the government of newly elected President Ivaro Uribe
BY EVA CHENG
Although the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was formed in 1995, its predecessor the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade came into existence in 1948. GATT was part of a three-pronged mechanism created by the United States
No Toxic Dump
By Paul Strangio
Pluto Press Australia, 2001
$24.95 (pb)
REVIEWED BY BEN COURTICE
Paul Strangio introduces No Toxic Dump by comparing the two
buzzwords globalisation and community. While the revival of community
BY SUE BOLTON
SYDNEY Delegates from the NSW printing division of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union met on August 22 to discuss the sacking of national industrial officer for the printing division, Denis Matson, by AMWU national
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