Green Left Weekly's Bronwyn Jennings spoke to Geelong Trades Hall secretary Tim Gooden about the campaign to defeat the federal Coalition government's proposed changes to industrial relations laws.
Can the new IR laws be defeated?
Yes. They may
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Max Lane
East Timor's local elections are now in their eighth month. In Aileu, close to Dili, the Socialist Party of Timor (PST) achieved second place after Fretilin, pushing the Democrat Party into third place. Overall, in the districts contested
NEWCASTLE — On the morning of July 29, 200 workers rallied outside the office of federal Coalition MP Bob Baldwin in the town of Raymond in a display of solidarity with the nine-week-long strike by maintenance workers employed by Boeing at the
To the chagrin of right-wing media pundits in Britain, Karl Marx has been voted "greatest ever philosopher" by listeners in a five-week online poll run by the BBC Radio 4 program In Our Time. The July 21 Weekly Worker reported that the In Our Time
Kerry Smith
A peaceful walk into Wandella State Forest, near the town of Cobargo in south-eastern NSW, turned into a terrifying experience for about 25 people on July 23. The adults and children were trapped in the forest for more than three hours
Duroyan Fertl, Havana
On July 26, the Cuban people celebrated the 52nd anniversary of the failed attack on Moncada Barracks, an attack led by a 26-year-old lawyer named Fidel Castro.
The 1953 attack was designed to inspire Cubans to rise up
Sue Bolton
Victoria's South West Trades and Labour Council is organising a community rally in Warrnambool on August 6 against PM John Howard's plans to take the axe to workers' rights. SWTLC assistant secretary Margaret Brabender told Green Left
Tony Dewberry
After years of struggle by asylum seekers and campaigning by the refugee-rights movement, the racist system of mandatory detention seems to be facing a crisis. Last week the federal government ordered the release from detention
Vikki John
I am deeply saddened and in shock to find out that Francis Ona passed away suddenly on July 24 at his village in Guava, Bougainville, at the age of 52.
Although I had not met Mr. Ona in person, I was privileged from 1993-95, with other
At a joint press conference with visiting US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld on July 26, Kyrgystan's defence minister announced that his government would continue to allow Washington to station around 1000 US military personnel at an airport near
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