Chris Latham, Perth
Metropolitan train drivers voted on February 13 to strike as part of their campaign for a new enterprise agreement. The Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) later that day ordered the workers to return to work. However, most
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Rohan Pearce
The Reuters wire service revealed on February 9 that Al Rafidayn, Iraq's largest bank, has sacked one-third of its 7300 employees in preparation for privatisation. Bank chairperson Daya al Khayoun told Reuters that Al Rafidayn accounts
Kiraz Janicke
Last year University of Western Australia student Joshua Taafee travelled to Israeli-occupied Palestine to work with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM).
The principle role of the ISM in Palestine, Taafee told Green Left
Rihab Charida, Sydney
Channel 31, Sydney's public access community television station, may be forced off the air if its broadcasting license is not renewed.
Community Television Sydney (CTS) Channel 31 has been broadcasting for more than 10
Max Lane
With only six weeks until the general election, there still seems to be very little popular interest in it. Even professional politicians, who are very interested, are focused on possible cross-party alliances, rather than competitive
Nathan Coombs, Melbourne
"If we want to defeat the Liberals' education agenda, students have to rely on our own ability to organise and fight", Paul Coats, the education officer of the National Union of Students (NUS), told Green Left Weekly.
The
Ian Jamieson, Fremantle
For the first time, the Western Australian branch of the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has allowed rank-and-file members to express their opinions at a state conference of the union.
Held over the February 14-15
France's macho internal security minister, Nicholas Sarkozy, is currently braying that his government's re-criminalisation of soliciting last year, has reduced the number of prostitutes on French streets by 40%. French law defines soliciting as
Rachel Evans
On February 2, a US Food and Drug Agency (FDA) advisory committee warned doctors to use great caution in prescribing anti-depressant drugs to children, citing an increased risk of suicide among those taking the drugs.
The FDA is
Aaron Benedek, Sydney
Young people living in Sydney's south-west, regularly targeted by the state ALP government's "law and order" and "anti-terrorist" policing, have seen the Redfern Block's resistance as an inspiration.
"The way the police
Brian Webb & Dick Nichols
As the federal poll approaches, the Socialist Alliance is poised to launch Australia's biggest socialist election campaign in decades.
The alliance will be contesting Senate seats in six states and territories and at
Brianna Pike & Norman Brewer, Sydney
Aboriginal residents of the Redfern Block and anti-racist activists have rallied to defend the block, and oppose police brutality.
On February 16, an impromptu public speak-out was held on the block. About 200
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