Deckhands fight for jobs
By Robert Darcy
SYDNEY — Two hundred tugboat deckhands and their supporters gathered at Circular Quay on February 17 to protest efforts by Adsteam, the country's largest tugboat operator, to cut crew numbers from four
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By James Vassilopoulos
CANBERRA — Supporters of workers' rights discussed the implications of BHP's attempt to force their Pilbara work force into individual contracts at a Green Left Weekly forum here on February 16. Trevor Zeltner, the
Teachers warn of strike action
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland teachers are considering industrial action, including strikes and work bans, over a stalled agreement on wages and conditions. The state Labor government has refused to
Marxism: outdated theory or guide to revolution?
Growing inequality and hunger worldwide, sexism, racism and environmental destruction explode the lie that the 21st century heralds a new capitalist era of peace and prosperity. Worsening living
Staff incensed by UQ management
By Robyn Marshall
BRISBANE — A general meeting of staff at the University of Queensland on February 16 described a management pay offer as inadequate. During resumed enterprise bargaining negotiations on
Mardi Gras launched
By Jen Crothers
SYDNEY — The annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras was launched on the steps of the Opera House on February 11. After a colourful dance piece which made a dig at the Olympics, hosts Julie McCrossin and
Not your average ex-MP
A Life on the Left: A Biography of Clyde CameronBy Bill GuyWakefield Press, 1999. 405pp. Review by Anthony Benbow
Sickened by stories about former Labor PM Paul Keating's business empire, or by listening to federal Labor's
The jobs boom lie
By Jonathan Singer
The Coalition government puts the blinkers on when it looks at unemployment. It hides how big the problem is and is just hoping for further economic growth to make it go away. On January 25, the treasurer,
By Kerryn Williams
Ten members of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) returned on February 14 from an action-packed, two-week student exposure tour of Indonesia. During the tour, the students met with activist and human
Looking Out: 'I did'
By Brandon Astor Jones
"The judge is condemned when the criminal is absolved." — Publilius Syrus In 1979, while on trial for my very life, the "Honourable" Judge Luther Hames took frequent naps as the prosecution presented
Opposition grows to CPSU centralisation
By Stuart Martin
CANBERRA — Opposition is growing inside the Community and Public Sector Union to attempts by the union's leaders to centralise control over membership services, publications and finances
By Chris Slee
YALLOURN — Unions are maintaining a protest camp outside the Yallourn power station in Victoria's La Trobe Valley, despite the February 9 ending of the month-long lockout of maintenance workers. The issues in dispute have not been
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