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  • Kraft strike in fourth week

    Kraft strike in fourth weekMELBOURNE — Seventy-three members of the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) and the Automotive, Food, Metals and Engineering Union (AFMEU) have entered their fourth week of strike action

  • Brisbane rally against woodchipping

    Brisbane rally against woodchippingBRISBANE — More than 400 people braved 30 degree temperatures on March 25 to rally in King George Square against woodchipping. The rally was organised by Resistance, HEMP, Brisbane

  • Socialist education conference in Sydney

    SYDNEY — What are the prospects for socialism today? Is Marxism still relevant — either in theory or as a guide to action for grassroots campaigners? How are movement activists around the world relating to and using socialist

  • Journalists arrested in Jakarta

    Central Jakarta police on March 16 detained without warrant several journalists at a party celebrating the end of the Muslim fasting month. The party was hosted by AJI (Alliance of Independent Journalists), which was formed in the

  • Students demand: No Fees for Degrees

    More than 15,000 students and academic staff across the country rallied, marched, struck and occupied against university fees on March 23. The demonstrations were part of a National Day of Action called by last December's No

  • Loose cannons

    And kneecapping "Egyptian archaeology and the US primary campaigns in 1952." — NSW Labor leader Bob Carr on what he and ALP federal president Barry Jones discussed in a telephone conversation after Jones said on national television that the

  • Women's peace action set

    Women's peace action setAround 300 people are expected to attend the National Women's Peace Action and Festival at the Australian Defence Industries factory in the north-east Victorian town of Benalla April 14 to 16. The

  • Australia part of Jakarta's Timor war effort

    "Australia is becoming more and more a part of Jakarta's war effort in East Timor", Max Lane, national coordinator of Indonesia Solidarity Action, told Green Left Weekly at a demonstration protesting against Australian military ties with Indonesia in

  • Government evades action on greenhouse

    Conservationists have condemned the federal government for failing to come up with a concrete greenhouse gas reduction strategy before an international conference on climate change in Berlin beginning on March 27. Recent

  • Protest for East Timor

    Protest for East TimorADELAIDE — A noisy and vibrant crowd protested against military aid to Indonesia outside the Australian Defence Force Recruiting office here on March 17. The action was organised by Resistance, Aksi —

  • Parties announce preferences in NSW election

    Polls indicate that Labor and Liberals are running neck and neck in the New South Wales election on March 25. Minor party preferences could decide the outcome, in particular in key marginal seats and the upper house. For this

  • Criticism of Pasminco expansion inquiry

    Criticism of Pasminco expansion inquiryNEWCASTLE — A commission of inquiry, into a proposed $47 million upgrade of the Boolaroo Pasminco smelter, heard criticism on March 16 of a blood-lead survey