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  • Unions oppose military retaliation

    Following in the tradition of unions which took a strong stand against the Vietnam War, some unions have adopted motions opposing US military retaliation for the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11. The

  • Northern NSW speaks out against war

    LISMORE — Living in northern NSW, it has been impossible to miss anti-war activities with four actions in less than a week. The most high profile action was a picket of National Party member for Page Ian Causley's campaign

  • Model motion

    Trade union opponents of the US "war on terrorism" have had success garnering support within the labour movement. Here is a model motion Green Left Weekly readers should move in their union: The [name of union] shares the horror of people around

  • Bankstown occupation enters third week

    SYDNEY — A student occupation of the Goolangullia Aboriginal unit at the Bankstown campus of the University of Western Sydney has entered its third week. The occupation — a rejection of a university restructure and its effects

  • 'We don't want your racist war'

    ADELAIDE — "George W. Bush has said that anyone who is not supporting his 'war against terrorism' is standing with the terrorists. Well, we are here to tell George W. Bush that we don't stand with him or with the terrorists. We

  • Asylum seekers further demonised

    SYDNEY — For two days, beginning on October 7 every section of the corporate media, from TV to newspaper, reported that a group of around 220 Iraqi asylum seekers had callously thrown their children overboard before themselves

  • Anti-war actions and coalitions

    Upcoming actions Adelaide: Sunday November 4, 2pm. Victoria Square. Brisbane: Saturday October 20, 11am. Defence Force Recruiting Centre, 288 Edward Street, City. Canberra: Friday October 19, 5.30pm. Garema Place, Civic. Geelong: Saturday

  • Resistance rocks Rockhampton

    ROCKHAMPTON — Its launch was long-awaited by many on campus, but the newly formed Resistance club at Central Queensland University has burst into action with two public forums in quick succession, urging Rockhampton students,

  • Labor looks like winning ACT elections

    CANBERRA — The October 20 elections in the Australian Capital Territory are being contested by far more than the usual major party candidates. Nurses angry about the meltdown in health, outer suburbanites disgruntled with service

  • Building workers protest Abbott's kangaroo court

    BY CHRIS SLEE& SUE BOLTON MELBOURNE — Between 8000-10,000 building workers marched through central Melbourne and converged on the Collins Street headquarters of the federal royal commission into the building industry on October 10, the day of the

  • Students to walk out against the war

    SYDNEY — "The attacks on Afghanistan are already costing lives. There are lots of people who can see the hypocrisy of George Bush calling for justice for the victims of the September 11 attacks and then bombing Afghanistan and

  • Brown calls for UN role

    HOBART — Anti-war fever hit the University of Tasmania on October 11 as more than 200 students attended a lunch-time rally organised by the Network Opposing War and Racism (NOWAR) student group. Shua Garfield, a member of the