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Kerryn Williams, Sydney TAFE workers will join university staff around Australia on June 1 to protest the federal Coalition government's attacks on the tertiary education sector. In NSW, TAFE employees will stop work to participate in city
Bronwyn Jennings, Geelong PM John Howard had to cut and run on May 28 when he was confronted by workers protesting the federal government's anti-worker changes to the industrial relations laws. Howard was in Geelong to announce funding for the
Refugees Congratulations to the Liberal and National Party members who are speaking out for refugees and asylum seekers. Abuses of powerless people occur when they are isolated from any help and placed in the care of a "prison type" system. It
Jan Cowan, Perth How far have we come to PM John Howard's "National Day of Healing"? Looking at the "Sea of Hands" only adds contrast to the three homeless men sitting metres away on the park bench, discreetly saluting the event from their brown
Swedish activist, Johan Persson has become the 90th international peace activist to be deported by Israel since 2002. Persson was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces, as he took part in a non-violent action against the illegal Apartheid wall in
Why Read Marx Today?By Jonathan WolffOxford University Press, 2002136 pages, $26.95 (pb) REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER This book is intended to be both an introduction to the main lines of Marx's thought and also an answer to critics of Marx who question
Lucy Honey, Parramatta On May 27, at least 500 union delegates packed the Parramatta Leagues Club auditorium to watch a Unions NSW presentation, via Sky Channel, on the federal government's planned changes to the industrial relations system.
Sue Bolton, Melbourne The federal Coalition government's announcement on May 26 of its new draconian anti-worker legislation has resulted in an avalanche of calls to union offices and ALP offices. Perhaps Prime Minister John Howard has been
Long journey to injustice "For my own country, the process of becoming a mature, multi-ethnic democracy was lengthy and violent. Our journey from national independence to equal injustice included the enslavement of millions and a four-year civil
Graham Matthews, Sydney "Blair was elected on 36% of the vote, with a voter turnout of just 61%, giving him the support of just 22% of the voting population", began David Golan, introducing his report on George Galloway's electoral breakthrough for

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