BRISBANE — Queensland secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union Andrew Dettmer was reelected in a postal ballot on May 19.
Dettmer, who was endorsed by former Qld secretary Dave Harrison and AMWU national secretary Doug Cameron,
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Tommy Sheridan, the best-known member of the Scottish Socialist Party, headed one of the chapters in Imagine, the book he co-wrote with Alan McCoombes,"A time to take sides".
In it, he explains: "When resistance ... is divided into different
Sol Salbe
After a week of rallies and demonstrations, Israelis opposed to their army's attack on Rafah were still protesting. The week's final protest was a 1000-strong rally at the entrance to the Gaza strip.
The week of action began on the late
Nick Everett
On May 10, a Kuala Lumpur magistrate found Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) central committee member V. Selvam not guilty of rioting after being arrested on August 17, 1995. The victory ends a nine-year political battle.
When he was
This statement was released by the Cuban Institute for the Friendship of the Peoples in late May.
On May 6, the United States government announced new measures to intensify its already hostile and aggressive policy towards Cuba.
The document,
Johnny, get yourself up to the table, 'Cause you're not stalling for me. You represent the grubby interests, Of Shell, Woodside and BHP.
Get yourself up to the table There's some serious talkin' to do You get your hands off Timor-Leste 'Cause their
Pip Hinman
Jakarta's decision to lift martial law in Aceh, in favour of an "emergency status", won't change the lives of ordinary Acehnese for the better, according to a leader of the Acehnese community in Australia. Nurdin, who was once imprisoned
The Women of LockerbieBy Deborah BrevoortNIDAParade Studio, Kensington, Sydneyuntil June 6
REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE
On December 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on board Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all passengers and crew, and 13
Doug Lorimer
On May 18, at least 40 Iraqis, most of them women and children, were massacred in a US military assault on a wedding party in the village of Mogr el Deeb, near the border with Syria. Residents said 31 members of a single family were
Noreen Navin, Sydney
NSW Teachers Federation president Maree O'Halloran
announced on May 21 that the union's executive would decide at its meeting on May 24 the date for a 48-hour strike of NSW public school teachers.
The strike is being called
Jenny Long, Sydney
In the NSW "minibudget" brought down by NSW Labor Treasurer Michael Egan on March 30, it was announced that the NSW Department for Women (DFW) would be abolished and responsibility for its programs would be transferred to the NSW
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
May 21 marked a victory for militant unionism. While many unionists were expecting former Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) Victorian branch secretary Craig Johnston to be imprisoned after he had pleaded guilty to
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