SYDNEY — At the April 20 Unions NSW meeting, assistant secretary Mark Lennon reported that affiliates had agreed to organise local mass delegates' meetings in the week beginning May 15. The meetings will discuss what course of action will take
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Peter Boyle
"Hey, big spenders: the bubble that refuses to burst" was the title of a cheery little piece in the April 20 Sydney Morning Herald.
"Petrol may be pinching the hip-pocket nerve but one part of the retail economy is feeling no pain —
Graham Matthews
More and more incidents of bosses using the federal government's new Work Choices laws to sack "troublemakers", slash the pay of casuals or "restructure" their workplaces are surfacing in the media and, in the lead-up to May Day
Farooq Tariq, Lahore
An indefinite national strike by bhatta (brick-kiln) workers began on April 18 and was marked by violence, kidnappings, arrests and torture of workers by the bosses and police all over Pakistan. More than 20 workers were
Dave Holmes
Every society deals with crime and punishment in its own special way. Modern capitalism, for all the ludicrous claims of its media hacks and propagandists, is a class-divided society based on the exploitation and oppression of the many
Luisa Ara
The April 9 presidential election in Peru attracted the attention of many in Latin America and the rest of the world, given the possibility that Peru may join the wave of South American countries turning against neoliberal policies and
Simon Cunich and Katie Cherrington
After being detained by the Wolf Brigade — an elite police squad controlled by the US-backed Iraqi Interior Ministry — in February 2005, Khalida Zakiya, a 46-year-old woman from Mosul, appeared on Iraqi
Murray Smith, Paris
After two months of a mass campaign against the CPE (First Employment Contract), on the morning of April 10 the French government finally caved in and withdrew the measure. The CPE would have enabled employers to sack young
Since 2001, the Rheebuu Nuu Committee has been protesting against the Goro-Nickel mine in southern New Caledonia, which is operated by the Canadian mining giant INCO. INCO acquired the land for free and was given tax-free status for the first 15
Doug Lorimer
Two days after several thousand rioters looted and burned down shops, hotels and other buildings in the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara on April 18, Australian PM John Howard dispatched 110 troops and 80 police officers to join the
Jim McIlroy & Coral Wynter, Caracas
Three days of commemorations of the fourth anniversary of the right-wing coup that briefly ousted President Hugo Chavez and installed a pro-US regime were held on April 11-13. The highlight was the opening of a
Annolies Truman
Speaking on ABC Radio National's Perspective program on April 12, Greenpeace Australia Pacific spokesperson Tim Hollo said that Australia's export of renewable energy technology to China "holds far greater prospects than uranium for
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