BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS
BALLARAT — Workers employed by the McCains frozen foods company, one of the largest employers in Western Victoria, last week reached an "in principle" enterprise agreement after an industrial dispute that lasted more than six
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WASHINGTON — The following statement was issued on September 5 by International Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) and United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) on September 5 to announce that they have joined forces to call on all those who
WTO: bad policies or imperialist tool?
The World Trade Organisation: An Australian GuideProduced by Global Trade Watch40 pages, 2003, Distributed freeDownload from <http://www.greenpeace.org.au/corporate/pdfs/wto.pdf> or email
BY BARRY SHEPPARD
SAN FRANCISCO — On September 3, five of the candidates hoping to replace the Democrats' Gray Davis as governor of California, should he be recalled on October 7, took part in a nationally televised debate. The five were selected
BY JAMES BALOWSKI
JAKARTA — As many as 100 women have been raped since martial law was declared in Indonesia's northern-most province of Aceh on May 19. A report, evaluating the first 100 days of Jakarta's so-called "integrated operation" to
BY ANTHONY JAMES
FRAY BARTOLOME DE LAS CASAS, Guatemala â The World Bank anticipates that poverty will continue to worsen in the majority of the world for at least the next generation. In the rural north of Guatemala, in Central America, 75% of
BY AMEER SHAHUL
BANGALORE — A major controversy is brewing in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh over the proposed mining of uranium deposits near a remote village in Nalgonda district. Environmental groups and the local community have
BY ALISON THORNE
It was standing room only in the Federal Court on August 28. People had mobilised to hear Judge Robert Lasnik present his findings on a challenge by Freedom Socialist Party (FSP) candidate Linda Averill to the City of Seattle. At
BY MARY MERKENICH
For the first time, education unions across Australia are planning to take co-ordinated action to protest against the pay offers to teachers and education funding policies of state governments. NSW, Victorian and WA teachers and
REVIEW BY STUART MUNCKTON
Venezuela: The Revolution Unfolding in Latin AmericaBy Jorge JorqueraResistance Books Sydney, 200341 pages, $4.95Available from Resistance bookshops (see page 2) or order at <http://www.resistancebooks.com>
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COLOMBIA: Coca-Cola sues workers' union
The Panamco Colombia (Coca-Cola's Colombian branch) has filed charges of slander in the Southern Federal District Court of Florida against the leadership of the
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — On September 5, 600 people participated in a rally and march to defend and extend Medicare. The rally was called in response to the federal government's refusal to ensure universal free access to general practitioners'
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