Happy memories
"In our subjective memory communism is a land of happiness: we had more money, security, friends, time and even a sense of purpose." — Comment by Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, May 25, on the results of an opinion survey revealing
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Mick Bull, Melbourne A community assembly was set up on August 4 outside the gates of Amcor Flexibles' factory in the northern suburb of Preston to support union delegates and members victimised by the anti-union packaging giant. The workers belong
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PERTH — The Kalamunda Shire council, which covers some of the outer suburbs east of Perth, has written to Stuart Henry, Liberal MHR for the seat of Hasluck, to express its opposition to the location of any nuclear reactor within the shire. This
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Jon Lamb, Darwin On September 2, a cross-union meeting of academic and general staff at Charles Darwin University voted not to accept the university's offer of a 10% wage rise, and discussed taking industrial action. Up to 1500 staff members may
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Alex Bainbridge, Hobart Public sector nurses have won significant improvements in their pay and conditions after a hard-fought dispute with the Tasmanian government. The decision to accept the government's offer was made at mass meetings held
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Dale Mills, Sydney Forklift driver Mohamed Abdulrahman was awarded $25,000 compensation and legal costs by the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal on August 1 after the tribunal upheld his complaint that he had been subjected to illegal racial
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BRISBANE — "No dams!", chanted 400 protesters angered by the proposed Mary River dam near Gympie as they marched on the ALP state conference here on June 10. While Labor Premier Peter Beattie says the project is vital to address Queensland's water
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MELBOURNE — On August 17, a range of speakers addressed a public forum organised by the Darebin Ethnic Communities Council on the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Darfur region of Sudan. Malcolm Witton, Victorian manager of World Vision,
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Sarah Stephen On April 26, a team of Australian lawyers, including prominent Melbourne QC Julian Burnside and solicitor Eric Vadarlis, planned to challenge in a Nauruan court the legality of visas issued to 252 asylum seekers to keep them in
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Tony Iltis, Melbourne Peace activist and socialist David Glanz has received messages of solidarity from the National Tertiary Education Union, the RMIT Student Union and various left activists following a slanderous attack on him in the August 4
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Graham Matthews, Sydney Up to 80 people rallied and marched against racism in Auburn on June 3, in a community action against the federal and state governments' attacks on the Arab and Muslim communities. With chants of "Migrants are welcome,
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Luke Fomiatti, Sydney UWS students declared victory after the University of Western Sydney Board of Trustees voted against increasing HECS fees on August 12. With only two days' notice, 100 students blockaded the secret meeting, which was called