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Welfare 'reform': attack the poor

Welfare 'reform': attack the poor The final report of the government's Welfare Reform Reference Group gave the Coalition government what it wanted. It proposes the extension of "mutual obligation" requirements to all social security recipients of

UNITED STATES: LA cops attack convention protesters

LOS ANGELES — On the night of August 14, cops showed off their months of anti-protest training for the Democratic National Convention. Police shot high-pressure water and pepper spray pellets at protesters on a peaceful, festive march through

GE food: Don't leave it to the experts

BY RAYYAR FARHAT Justice Michael Kirby wearily told the Young Lawyers' Forum on "Community participation in genetics and law" that he'd seen it all before. The controversy surrounding the mapping of the human genome and all the subsequent

Chaudhry: 'No apartheid in the Pacific!'

BY NICK EVERETT 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

Destroying native forests for 'renewable' energy

Destroying native forests for 'renewable' energy BY JIM GREEN Friends of the Earth and the Alternative Technology Association have slammed the Australian Labor Party for supporting federal Coalition government legislation which will allow the

S11: Unions face a choice

BY JORGE JORQUERA MELBOURNE — Trade unions in Victoria are on the horns of a dilemma: do they support the planned protests at the World Economic Forum's Asia-Pacific Economic Summit here on September 11-13 and strike a blow for global justice, or

Olympics excitement

BY ALLEN MYERS The excitement is building. The torch has passed from West Wybelong to East Woop Woop. Only 700 hours to go. Australian athletes are in training. Aussie Aussie Aussie. In Sydney, an emergency public transport system is under

GERMANY: Authorities' hypocrisy on racist violence

GERMANY: Authorities' hypocrisy on racist violence KIEL — After years of racist crimes perpetrated against immigrants and refugees, Germany's establishment is giving the impression that it is finally willing to act to stop it. This follows a bomb

AUSTRIA: Haider, Austria and resistance

Haider, Austria and resistance VIENNA — On August 10, 3000 people gathered outside Government House to take part in the usual Thursday demonstration against the coalition government of the conservative Austrian People's Party (VP)and the extreme

Global Action Radio goes national

Global Action Radio goes national BY ANNE O'CASEY MELBOURNE — People around Australia can now find out about the latest debates and news in the lead up to the September 11 protests against the World Economic Forum here. The Global Action Radio

Networker: Finding more workers

Networker: Finding more workers A few months ago this column (GLW #402) raised the question of where information technology workers were going to come from to feed the soaring demands of the advanced capitalist world. Cuts in many areas of public

S11: are demands necessary?

BY ANDREW HALL CANBERRA — While momentum for the September 11 protest in Melbourne against the World Economic Forum snowballs, the S11 movement has much to work out: including whether it can unite on anything other than the protest itself. A