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BY JEFF SHANTZ TORONTO — Despite the Canadian state's proud role as junior partner to US imperialism and the federal government's repeated statements of loyalty to Washington's war efforts, the anti-war movement in Canada had been slow off the
In May 2001, a distressed Marilyn Reidy explained how she found out that HIH had collapsed. Reidy and her husband, who has been totally incapacitated by a brain tumour, were dependent on his HIH insurance cheques to survive; when Reidy tried to cash
BY SARAH STEPHEN In the last weeks, further incidents of abuse of asylum seekers have come to light at detention centres on Christmas Island, Nauru and Woomera. An Iraqi woman, detained on Christmas Island with her husband and two children, was
When the government is preparing to wage a bloody war on the people of Iraq, which will result in the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi people; When Australian corporate war-profiteers, like Qantas, BHP, and Dunlop, are set to
BY BRONWYN JENNINGS GEELONG — For several years, Victorians from all sorts of backgrounds have made an annual trek to Avalon, near Geelong, to view the acrobatics of dozens of international aircraft. It has become a family weekend for hundreds of
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BY JACKIE LYNCH MELBOURNE — More than 3000 Electrical Trades Union (ETU) members met at Dallas Brookes Hall on January 22 to endorse a new enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA). The EBA, negotiated between the ETU and the main employer
Greens I Bill Weller (“Write On”, GLW #521) asks why, if the Greens are doing so well, and are so progressive, would the Socialist Alliance (SA) field candidates against them? While the Greens play a valuable role in profiling
BY JON LAMB NEWCASTLE — Miners at the United coal mine 16 kilometres west of Singleton and several other pits in the Hunter region are preparing to step-up industrial action to improve wages and conditions. "At United, the miners accepted a
BY NORM DIXON The US National Youth and Student Peace Coalition (NYSPC) has issued a call for a national one-day student strike to demand "Books not bombs! Stop the war against Iraq" on March 5. US President George Bush's "administration is
BY STUART MUNCKTON "We have burnt our boats. There is no turning back", Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared in a national broadcast on January 6. "We will carry on consolidating and deepening the revolution", the radical pro-poor president
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — Recent emergency actions against war in Iraq show the depth of anger against the Australian government’s decision to back the impending war against Iraq. On January 19, more than 150 people joined a hastily