Graham Matthews An academic appointed to advise the Australian (un)Fair Pay Commission (AFPC) on the link between wages and unemployment has called for the minimum wage to be frozen. According to Professor Phil Lewis in the July 22 Australian, there
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GEELONG — On July 24, 200 people jeered PM John Howard as he arrived to attend a meet-and-greet in Bannockburn, a small rural town 22 kilometres north-west of Geelong. The protesters, including trade unionists, environmentalists, pensioners,
Izzat Abdul Hadi, a researcher and writer, is the new head of the Palestinian delegation to Australia. Previously the head of a Palestinian community development organisation and a founder of the Palestinian non-government organisation Network, this
According to Doug Rokke, the former director of the US Army's depleted uranium project, the US's delivery of 100 GBU 28 laser-guided bunker-buster bombs with depleted uranium warheads to Israel for use in its brutal offensive against Lebanon will
Sue Bolton The WA CFMEU "has received magnificent support from all over Australia and all over the world", state secretary Kevin Reynolds told Green Left Weekly. "We've had support from unionists in the United States, Britain, Germany and all over
US Socialist Worker's Eric Ruder looks at debates about the impact of the "pro-Israel lobby" on US foreign policy and the real reasons behind US backing of Israel's wars. In March, two academics touched off a firestorm of debate with a paper called
Come and SeeDirected by Elem KlimovScreenplay by Elem Klimov and Ales AdamovichDVD Release, Noveaux Pictures REVIEW BY ALEX MILLER This film, directed by Soviet cinema legend Elem Klimov, was originally released in cinemas in 1985 and is here
Roberto Jorquera Mexicans went to the polls on July 2 to elect a new president. Officially, Felipe Calderon from the pro-business National Action Party won by 0.58%. However, it has become increasingly clear that the elections were stolen by
CANBERRA — Hundreds of protesters converged on the opening of the ALP ACT branch annual conference on July 29, leafleting delegates on issues ranging from uranium mining, through public education to the Save the Ridge campaign. The protest was
On July 24 representatives of the six commands of the Tentara Pembebasan Nasional (the National Liberation Army) announced the creation of a unified command structure. The representatives, who held a meeting in Madang in neighbouring Papua New
Peter Boyle The Australian Council of Trade Unions is asking the Fair Pay Commission for a $30 per week pay increase for workers on the minimum wage. At current prices, that would buy three kilos of bananas. This would roughly adjust the minimum
A former union organiser in Australia, Sari Kassis, is in war-torn southern Lebanon helping 750 displaced people sheltering in a local school. Kassis is appealing for help as hundreds of thousands of Lebanese families flee their homes. "Internally
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