PERTH — The royal commission into the construction industry, which has been conducting hearings around Australia since October, has just concluded its first hearings in Perth. The commission, headed by former NSW Supreme Court
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SYDNEY — On April 14, without any notice, 29 refugees being held in the Villawood detention centre were forcibly moved from the centre's stage 3 compound (where detainees without family members are kept) to the stage 1 compound,
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and ain't i a woman?: Howard's sexism and homophobia "I believe that all children deserve a dad", Prime Minister John Howard told reporters on April 22, defending his decision to attempt to deny single women and lesbians legal access to
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Since The Company Came — This documentary tells the story of a community's struggle against social, cultural and ecological disruption caused by a company in the Solomon Islands. SBS, Friday, May 3, 1.30pm. Reputations: Secret World Of Richard
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SAN FRANCISCO — In the largest protest march since the 1991 Gulf War, tens of thousands of Californians demonstrated April 20 against Israel's murderous assault on the Palestinian people. The San Francisco Chronicle estimated "at
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"If I stole your wallet, and then came up to you and said that it was too late, now that it was stolen, to give it back, and offered you just $15 of the $100 that was in it — would you accept?", Wajma Tapadshah, a member of the
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The indications from around the world are that the movement against globalised capitalist power has not been cowed by the United States' military and ideological offensive that masquerades as the post-September 11 "war against
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The Curtin detention centre, in the far north of Western Australia, was the scene of a mass protest by detainees on April 19 after an Iranian asylum seeker, stressed and agitated, went to the school building before dinner and
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DARWIN — The Northern Territory Labor government has announced that "a legislative package on illicit drugs" will be introduced into the NT parliament this month. Justice minister Peter Toyne has also announced that Labor will
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'Socialist Israel' I Dave Murray's letter (Write On, GLW #489), replying to Shane Bentley, misses the point of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He calls for a "socialist confederation of the Middle East". I would like to see more than just a
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ROCKHAMPTON — Meatworkers at Rockhampton's Consolidated Meat Group plant decided to return to work on April 27, after accepting an offer from CMG management that will reduce their weekly pay by up to $300 per week. The 1450
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HOBART — Insurance industry costs are threatening the delivery of home-birthing services across Tasmania. The Australian Nursing Federation ordinarily pays insurance fees for nurses as part of their membership fees. In early
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Federal immigration minister Philip Ruddock was no doubt looking forward to a pleasant speaking engagement at the April 22 Commonwealth Lawyers' Association function in London. A little awed by the illustrious status of the
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MELBOURNE — Three-hundred and fifty people, most of them young, took to the streets on April 27, demanding Israel get out of Palestine. "Palestine will be free — because there will never be a day in which we stop raising our
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SYDNEY — Speakers at a public meeting, held in Punchbowl in Sydney's south-west on April 23, described how the election of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in early 2001 brought a change in Israel's policy toward the Palestinian
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Green Left Weekly requires copies of Tribune, which was the weekly newspaper of the now-dissolved Communist Party of Australia, for its research library. Ddonatations or loans of early issues of Tribune, particularly, but not exclusively,
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MELBOURNE — At its conference on April 22-23, the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) mapped out ambitious industrial goals, condemned an internal investigation into the state branch, and
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WOLLONGONG — Three-hundred people chanted "Free, Free Palestine" and "Shame, Shame USA" outside Wesley Church in the Wollongong mall in a "Vigil for a free Palestine" on April 27. It was the first pro-Palestine protest here since
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Caltex workers strike for new agreement BRISBANE — On April 23, around 80 maintenance workers employed by sub-contractors at the Caltex oil refinery on the mouth of the Brisbane river, voted to continue their strike. The Australian
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SYDNEY — In the election for national secretary of the food and confectionary division of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), workers have the opportunity to vote in favour of militant unionism. Assistant state
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SYDNEY — A public seminar being organised by the Socialist Alliance, to be held on May 11 in Parramatta Town Hall, will present militant trade unionists with an opportunity to discuss key political issues confronting workers and
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Capitalist 'democracy' "Venezuelan democracy is no longer threatened by a would-be dictator [now that power has] passed ... to a respected business leader." — New York Times editorial, April 13, welcoming the installation of bosses' federation
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HOBART — The May 1 blockade of the Forestry Tasmania building coincides with the beginning of the Resource, Planning and Development Commission (RPDC) hearing to consider an appeal against the development proposal for the
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MELBOURNE — Refugee-rights protesters will hit the streets again on June 23, following a decision of the Refugee Action Collective-Victoria (RAC-Vic) to endorse a rally at 1pm that day outside the State Library in the city, around
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CANBERRA — "I hope the staff inside have their pen and paper out because they have been seriously misinformed if they think that it is safe for Hazara refugees to return to Afghanistan", Refugee Action Collective (RAC) activist
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SYDNEY — Those are "the real queues", Julie McCrossin told the capacity crowd inside Sydney Town Hall on April 21, referring to the hundreds of refugee-rights supporters outside who'd been unable to get tickets for the
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Fighting for global justice after M1 The 2001 May 1(M1) blockades of Australias stock exchanges rallied support for the cancellation of Third World debt and the abolition of institutions such the World Bank and the International
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France's Lionel Jospin wasn't the worst prime minister as far as capitalist politicians go. His government introduced the 35-hour work week (which produced a clear rise in employment), he resisted the attempts of the European Union
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"The idea that the United States is just one big pool of reactionary politics is false — there is resistance to President George Bush, and we want to extend that", Ahmed Shawki, a leader of the US International Socialist
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The United States remains determined to launch a massive military attack to topple Iraq's President Saddam Hussein, even in the face of the explosion of popular anger in Middle Eastern countries triggered by Israel's state terrorism
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RAMALLAH — Despite widespread reports in the mainstream media that Israeli troops have withdrawn from Palestinian cities (excluding the area around Yasser Arafat's compound and Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity), the Israeli
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WASHINGTON — On September 11 an al-Qaeda-led terrorist network struck at the heart of US financial and political centres, killing thousands, troubling a shaky economy, and for many, destroying the notion that the US is immune from
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MILAN — Question: How can you tell when a general strike really is a general strike and not just the most organised parts of the working class taking a day off? Answer: When it's like the April 16 Italian general strike against
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[At its fifth congress, held April 4-7, Italy's 90,000-member Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) endorsed a radical left turn. This is the second part of two articles on the congress. The first part appeared in last week's Green
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TEL AVIV — Many Israelis criticise the Oslo accords, arguing that they brought us the exploding buses. The facts tell a different story. The Oslo accords were announced publicly on August 31, 1993. The first Palestinian
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BRISBANE — Campaigners for freedom for refugees will soon have a new tool. The Carnival of the Oppressed, a street theatre collective, is working on a new play which will be touring the footpaths shortly. Utilising masks and
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Behind the wiredreams expirestrangled andcongealed in themire of choked livesand hopes and dreams. Behind the wiredead dreams walkseeking releasefrom all carein the drowning seaof racism's bile. Behind the wirethe innocents shuffle,sad refuge
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All My SonsWritten by Arthur MillerDirected by Adam CookWith Max Cullen, Marta Dusseldorp, Lynette Curran, Paul Gleeson, Glenn HazeldineAt the Playhouse, Sydney Opera HouseUntil May 11Bookings (02) 9929 0644 REVIEW BY IGGY KIM US playwright
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The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish SufferingBy Norman G. FinkelsteinVerso, 2001182 pages, $29.95 (pb)One of the great ironies (if that isn't too kind a word for it) of the Middle East conflict is
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Museworthy: Leaving the Window "He would be guilty of murderif at the time the deceased left the windowhe had an intent to kill heror cause her grievous bodily harmor had acted with reckless indifference to human life." Only a quarter of the