Student organisations and activist groups have decided to mobilise as many young people as possible on March 20, to protest the occupation of Iraq.
The National Union of Students is supporting the protests, and will produce a poster advertising the
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Vannessa Hearman, Melbourne
More than 40 people attended the inaugural meeting of the Timor Sea Justice Campaign on January 21. Like many others, they were concerned with the Australian government's exploitation of Timorese oil. The campaign was
Che
As a proud member of the Socialist Alliance contingent at Melbourne's pride march, I'm disappointed with Darryl Croke's (Write On, Green Left Weekly #570) knee-jerk reaction to the Che Guevara banner. The banner in question was not a Socialist
Jeff Shantz, Toronto
The working class Saguenay-Lac Saint Jean region in Quebec has been hit hard by recent plant closures. In May, the bankruptcy of the Forest Co-operative of Laterriere left 650 people out of work. Another 650 jobs were lost just
James Caulfield, Canberra
The University of Canberra became the first institution to endorse implementing domestic full fees since the Nelson Review "reforms" were passed in parliament last year, after a motion put by vice-chancellor Roger Dean was
Peter Perkins, Sydney
How did one of the best metropolitan passenger rail networks in the world get thrown into chaos this month leaving angry commuters stranded on overcrowded platforms, unsure of how they were going to get home or to work?
With
Tony Iltis, Melbourne
Activists from the Western Suburbs Community Coalition Against Racism (WSCCAR) picketed the Melbourne Magistrates Court on February 12 to protest charges laid against TAFE student Hussein Farah.
He has been charged with five
Kerryn Williams
Since winning leadership of the federal ALP, Mark Latham's profile has sky-rocketed. An extensive campaign by the establishment press has branded him the "new generational leader" with "vision" and "ideas", who has "rattled" the
Dr Margaret Perrott
The medical defence insurance debacle continues to claim victims, even though the federal government pretends that a solution has been reached.
The January 24 Illawarra Mercury reported that "the crisis [in medical indemnity
Marcus Greville, London
On February 7, British PM Tony Blair's New Labour expelled the Railway and Maritime and Transport Union from its ranks. The RMT, involved in the British Labour Party's 1900 founding, is the first union ever to be booted from
Bryan Sketchley, Melbourne
The Victorian Labor government has offered its 25,000 public servants a pay cut (in real terms), and a reduction in working conditions, in the current round of enterprise bargaining.
By scrimping on public servants'
Rohan Pearce
Since the January 28 testimony of David Kay, the retired head of the US "weapons inspections" team in Iraq, before the US Senate's armed services committee, the war makers in Washington, Canberra and London have been scrambling to
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