As the fifth largest shareholder in the Asian Development Bank, Australia is a significant imperialist force in this region. The Australian government lends money for a range of projects. Many of the so-called aid projects,
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Imposing whose will? "If they [the protesters] go ahead with threats to shut the forum down then we will take appropriate steps to ensure people can go about their business without intimidation by a group of people seeking to impose their will on
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Strike at Edith Cowan UniversityPERTH — All four campuses of Edith Cowan University were reduced to ghost towns here on August 16 and 17, thanks to militant union picketers, some of whom were forced to join the picket lines
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The World Economic Forum's (WEF) Asia-Pacific Economic Summit in Melbourne, September 11-13, will bring together 800 representatives of the world's largest transnational corporations and some of the region's most senior capitalist politicians for
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Selleys workers 'sticking to the union'SYDNEY — Workers at the Selleys plant in Padstow here have taken strong action against what they see as an attempt to break their union. The 130 members of the Australian Liquor,
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March on detention centre plannedSYDNEY — Migrants, refugees, anti-racists, students and all supporters of human rights are being encouraged to join a huge protest for refugees' rights planned for August 26. The demonstration
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Books of Fidel's speeches launchedSYDNEY — Cuba's consul general in Australia, Maria Luisa Fernandez, on August 9 spoke to a full Resistance Centre in Parramatta when she launched two new books containing recent speeches by Cuba's
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Students oppose restructureSYDNEY — Students at the University of Western Sydney Macarthur in Bankstown rallied on August 15 to protest university management's planned end-of-year restructuring, which will amalgamate UWS
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Plans announced for three-day blockade BY ANNE O'CASEY MELBOURNE — The S11 Alliance has announced its plans for the three-day non-violent mass blockade of the Crown Casino, the site of the World Economic Forum's Asia-Pacific Economic Summit,
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Join the Democratic Socialist PartyFour months after the Seattle protests, representatives of Third World governments met in Cuba for the G77 South Summit Conference. Cuban President Fidel Castro's address to that gathering
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SYDNEY — Several hundred people gathered to hear deposed Fijian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry speak at the Marrickville Town Hall on August 12. Also speaking were Fiji Trades Union Congress general secretary Felix Anthony and
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Activists target ShellSYDNEY — Oil multinational Shell was accused of involvement in murder and gross human rights violations in Nigeria on August 18, when 40 activists staged an action against the company outside the city