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WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION: Rich countries ignore Third World's concerns

BY EVA CHENG On September 9, the Zapatista National Liberation Army's Subcomandante Marcos addressed protesters who had gathered to oppose the World Trade Organisation's September 10-14 ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico. He pointed out that the

Youth teach Ruddock a lesson

BY ANGELA PINK PORT AUGUSTA — Students from Port Augusta secondary school attempted to teach federal immigration minister Philip Ruddock a lesson, in a performance they did at the Port Augusta Croc Festival on September 3. The Croc Festivals

Construction workers strike over industry deaths

BY RUSSELL PICKERING PERTH — Fifty building sites from Woodvale to Kwinana ground to a halt on September 8 as 4000 construction workers downed tools for 24 hours to protest the death toll in the building industry. The latest fatality, that of a

Irati Wanti - 'The poison, leave it'

BY SALLY HARBISON "We are Aboriginal Women — Yankunytjatjara, Antikarinya and Kokatha. We know the country. We know the stories for the land. We are worrying for the country and we're worrying for our kids. We say, 'No radioactive dump in our

News briefs

Iraqi refugees protest deportation threat BRISBANE — Iraqi refugees and their supporters rallied in King George Square on September 11 to protest the federal government's refugee policies and demand full rights for temporary protection

Write On: Letters to Green Left Weekly

Broad anti-war coalition needed I must disagree with Tariq Ali in his opening statement of the interview in Green Left Weekly #551 where he sums up the entire anti-Vietnam War movement. I was a participant in that movement and in Australia I

Workplace safety: workers die, bosses profit

BY CHRIS LATHAM Between July 2000 and June 2001, more than 300 workers were killed and more than 220,000 workers were injured in Australian workplaces. This is on top of the 2254 workers killed, and the 900,000 workers injured, during the previous

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Protest Bush's visit, occupation of Iraq

BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — The Victorian Peace Network (VPN) decided at its meeting on September 9 not to organise a rally to coincide with US President George Bush's visit to Australia. However the meeting, attended by 21 people, agreed to fund

AIRC rules on ACI Box Hill EBA

BY STEPHEN GARVEY On September 9 the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) ruled on the final details of the enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) at ACI's Box Hill factory, which has been the scene of a long-running dispute between the

DJ rejects 'corporate overload'

BY HUW ELLIS UK-based DJ Adam Freeland's debut album Now & Them, with its killer single "We Want Your Soul", will be released in Australia on September 29. With Now & Them, Freeland has spread his wings well beyond the dance floor. The album's

Teachers stop work

BY MARY MERKENICH In the week preceding the September 17 Australia- wide day of industrial action by teachers' unions, including 24-hour strikes by teachers in three states and a half day stop-work in the ACT, the Victorian branch of the Australian