By Sue Boland
The current discussion about labour productivity is not new. Ever since trade unions began organising last century to restrict the ability of capitalists to exploit workers, capitalists have been trying to persuade (or force) workers
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Anti-APEC conference scheduled for New Zealand
By Murray Addison
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group, APEC, is holding its 1999 summit meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, on September 13. Democratic rights activists are planning a counter
'Bloody Friday' in Villawood detention centre
SYDNEY — The following report of a vicious attack on refugees in the Villawood Detention Centre is abridged from the Arab community newspaper, El-Telegraph. It was translated for Green Left Weekly by
Daffodils
By Brandon Astor Jones
"I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodilsContinuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way.Ten thousand saw I
By Susan Price
MELBOURNE — Hundreds of protesters successfully thwarted attempts by anti-abortion campaigners from reaching Parliament House here on April 26. Braving inclement weather, pro-choice supporters held a colourful rally and speak-out
EDWIN GOZAL, one of two Indonesian People's Democratic Party (PRD) representatives to attend the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference, is the party's Asia Pacific representative. MAX LANE asked him about his impressions of the conference and the PRD's
Countless hours of research, writing and editing go into each issue of Green Left Weekly. The paper's production team puts a great deal of effort — along with a pinch of hair-pulling and stress — into producing Australia's leading alternative
Residents target CityLink
By Marie Roberts
MELBOURNE — More than 250 residents from Moreland and Moonee Valley attended a public meeting on April 26 to express their concerns about the continued failure of CityLink/Transurban to consult them on
Howard, Reith must go!
By James Vassilopoulos
In its war against the Maritime Union of Australia, the Howard government suffered a double blow last week. First, an opinion poll showed a big drop in support for the Coalition. Then the current
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — The decision by Victoria's planning minister, Robert Maclellan, to allow a CSR toxic waste dump in suburban Werribee has outraged opponents of the dump. The Werribee Residents Against Toxic Dumps (WRATD) have vowed to
Despite staunch opposition from the East Timorese people and increasing international pressure, Indonesia stubbornly maintains its illegal occupation of East Timor.
Police brutality at community picket
By Rina Anticich
FREMANTLE — The Richard Court WA government has come under fire over its massive mobilisation of police and their violent behaviour. On April 20, more than 400 police were bussed into
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