SYDNEY — Residents on Howard Avenue in Dee Why and Howard Street in Lindfield have shown their support for asylum seekers by displaying hearts in the windows of their homes.
From Green Left Weekly, June 23, 2004.
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Janet Burstall
Mitsubishi announced on May 21 that the engine assembly plant at Lonsdale, employing nearly 700 workers, will close in 18 months' time. This is part of a $5.7 billion global restructure. Mitsubishi will invest $600 million in the
Sue Bolton
Newcastle members of the Community and Public Sector Union picketed the national office of the union in Sydney on June 9 to protest against a May 5 CPSU national management committee (NMC) decision to close down the union's Newcastle
John Anderson
The Sunbeam Corporation factory in Palmerston North is closing after more than 20 years production there. The seasonal staff will finish their season on June 25, and the plant will close shortly after, costing 122 workers their jobs,
Roberto Jorquera
On June 12, Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that there would be a recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez on August 15.
Voters will be asked: "Do you agree to leave without effect for the current
Tim Stewart
With one foot firmly on the accelerator and a gearstick stuck in reverse, Prime Minister John Howard released an energy white paper on June 15 the central plank of which is a tax cut on greenhouse-gas generating fossil fuels while
War on Terror
"I was standing there depicting the iconic picture of the tortured Iraqi prisoner." — Comment by Joseph Previtera, a 21-year-old Boston student, after he was arrested on charges of disturbing the peace, making a false bomb threat,
Monica Hill, New York
Radicals representing divergent opinions and various tendencies and groups crowded into Freedom Hall in Harlem on June 2 to take part in a forum entitled "Is it time for a US socialist alliance?"
The 70 people present
In the June European Parliament elections, the progressive unity coalition Respect, running former Labour MP George Galloway as its lead candidate, obtained an average of 1.7% of the vote across England and Wales. This modest result, however,
Sexual assault
Like us and many of our friends, we imagine that you have been disturbed by the spate of sexual assault allegations against prominent AFL and NRL footballers. The responses from football administrations, clubs and players have
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