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  • March against racism in Sydney's west

    Graham Matthews, Sydney A community rally and march against racism will be held in the western suburb of Auburn on June 3. The rally was initiated by the Socialist Alliance and has so far been endorsed by the Reid Greens, the Stop the War

  • More action needed to defeat Work Choices

    Sue Bolton Large protests in France, Nepal, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands over the last few weeks have forced back-downs from their respective governments. Can Australian workers do something similar and force the Coalition to withdraw its

  • Peace forum opposes torture

    Alex Bainbridge & Raul Bassi, Sydney "Torture: are you next?" was the theme of an April 15 forum jointly organised by the Canterbury-Bankstown Peace Group (CBPG) and the Justice for Hicks and Habib Campaign and sponsored by the Research Initiative

  • March on 'Stop Domestic Violence Day'

    Abby Stowell, Perth According to the United Nations Population Report 2005, domestic violence is the biggest health risk to women in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' 1996 Women's Safety Report documents that one in four women will

  • Stopping the censorship of Che

    Terry Townsend, Blue Mountains "Almost 40 years after Che Guevara died at the hands of the Bolivian Army, the Cuban revolutionist is embroiled in a new uprising in the seemingly tranquil villages of the Blue Mountains", said the front page of the

  • Successful week of Venezuela solidarity

    Fred Fuentes To mark the four-year anniversary of the attempted coup in Venezuela, defeated within 72 hours by a popular uprising in which President Hugo Chavez was reinstated, a week of activity was organised by the Australia-Venezuela Solidarity

  • Solidarity with Villawood protesters

    MELBOURNE — On April 16, the Easter bunny was locked up outside of St Paul's Cathedral as protesters condemned the mandatory detention of asylum seekers and PM John Howard's proposed new law to process asylum seekers offshore. The action was

  • QR workers subsidiary agreement finalised

    Andrew Martin, Brisbane On April 4, the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission (QIRC) certified a subsidiary enterprise agreement between Queensland Rail and maintenance workers employed at QR's Rolling Stock and Component Services (RACS)

  • Hot air on global warming

    PERTH — Don't worry, be happy, global warming will be tackled by big business, says a PricewaterhouseCoopers' publication released on April 10. The Corporate Responsibility: Strategy, management and value handbook expects corporate sustainable

  • Speak-out for peace

    NEWCASTLE — "Bring the troops home now!" was the slogan of an anti-war rally held on April 7. Among the speakers were members of the Socialist Alliance, the Greens, the ALP, Newcastle University Students' Association and Christians for Peace. The

  • Unionists protest Optus sackings

    Kylie Moon, Melbourne On April 12, 50 unionists protested outside the Optus city centre offices against the sacking of 70 field technicians in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. The protest was organised by the Australian Council of Trade Unions

  • More West Papua protests planned

    Lisa Macdonald Groups affiliated with the Australia West Papua Association will protest outside Rio Tinto's AGM in Melbourne on May 4 to highlight the company's involvement in corruption, human rights abuses and environmental destruction in West