John Gauci, Sydney
On October 26, members of the NSW Teachers Federation voted overwhelmingly to accept an offer from the state Labor government that will raise first-year teachers' annual pay to at least $50,000 and teachers at the top end of the
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Nick Everett
In September last year, the owners of Venepal, a paper mill in Venezuela's Carabobo state, decided to cease operations and not pay their workers' wages. A year later the paper mill, now known as Invepal (Venezuelan Endogenous Paper
Anti-war and civil rights activists rallied around the country on November 5-6 to give expression to public opposition to the occupation of Iraq and the federal government's new "anti-terror" laws.
In Brisbane, the November 5 rally marched to
Richard Pithouse, Durban
On October 21, 16 shacks burnt down in the Kennedy Road shack settlement in Durban. One-year-old Mhlengi Khumalo was very badly burnt. He died the following night. This was the third conflagration that month. The fire
Swadesh Bhattacharya
Even as India was getting ready for the festivities of Deewali and Eid, October 29 turned out to be India's saddest Saturday in recent memory. Tragedy struck in the wee hours when many bogies of a Secunderabad-bound passenger
Pam Walker, Sydney
Nationwide News, a subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has been granted permission to hand out its newspaper mX on city footpaths in exchange for a $362,000 yearly fee, payable to the City of Sydney.
And if you're
Green Left Weekly's Liam Mitchell exposes some of the many lies contained in WorkChoices, the federal government's new industrial relations package.
Myth: WorkChoices will protect minimum conditions by law.
Fact: Only the minimum wage and casual
On October 28, Botswana's High Court ruled that the government must allow Amogolang Segootsane and his family to return to their land in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, and must return his goats to him and allow him to bring water into the
Sue Bolton
It is no exaggeration to say that the federal Coalition government's package of vicious laws — attacking workers and unions, welfare support and democratic rights — is the most serious assault on the rights of working-class people in
Between November 18 and December 7, members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) will be electing their union leadership bodies for the next three years. Green Left Weekly's Graham Matthews spoke to candidates from the Members First
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