Kerry Smith, Sydney Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union delegate Barry Hemsworth was sacked on September 6 after 40 years in the mobile crane industry. He is another victim of the Howard government's assault on workers' rights.
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Clive Haggar, Canberra On June 6, the ACT government budget cut 120 secondary and 15 primary teaching positions, 10 itinerant and 90 support staff positions, and has foreshadowed the closure of 39 public preschools and schools. In addition the
Rally numbers I read with interest the article in GLW #682 on the rally on August 29 in Perth in connection with the 107 Perth rail tunnel construction workers and claims of 4500 taking part in that rally. The claim is curious as I was at the rally
On August 28 a judge ruled that 63 members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise were not guilty of breaching the peace, which they had been charged with after a February 14 Valentine's Day "bread and roses" protest outside parliament in Harare. A WOZA
It is no exaggeration to say that Australia's political landscape would look pretty depressing if the Socialist Alliance didn't exist. Socialist Alliance members and our allies in the trade union movement have helped ensure that the overwhelming
Maritime Union of Australia WA secretary Chris Cain and other MUA members were joined by members of the US International Longshore and Warehouse Union in an unprecedented protest during the 41st International Transport Workers Federation conference
Graham Matthews As the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in the US approached, PM John Howard and treasurer Peter Costello launched another barrage of racist attacks on Muslims and people of Arabic background. On talk-back radio on
More than 60 people helped on polling day for Socialist Alliance candidate Sam Watson in the Brisbane Central electorate, where Watson ran against Queensland's Labor premier, Peter Beattie. Watson received 1.85% of the vote, campaigning for the
Not Part of the Public: Non-Indigenous policies and practices and the health of Indigenous South Australians 1836-1973By Judith RafteryWakefield Press, 2006 $39.95 REVIEW BY EMMA MURPHY "Black men, we wish you to be happy. But you cannot be happy
Duncan Meerding & Tim Douglas, Hobart The campaign against woodchipping giant Gunns' proposed pulp mill at Longreach on the Tamar River is stepping up. The release, in July, of its 7500-page integrated impact statement (IIS) makes clear that the
Doug Lorimer On September 3, Iraqi national security adviser Mouwafak al Rubaie told journalists that the alleged second-in-command of the tiny al Qaeda in Iraq group, Hamed Jumaa Farid al Saeedi, had been arrested a few days earlier in north-east
Alex Miller On September 2, close to 400 members of the Scottish Socialist Party attended a Glasgow rally dedicated to "Unity, integrity and socialism". It took place in the wake of the announcement that two former SSP platforms, those controlled by
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