BY JEREMY SMITH
All positions in the National Tertiary Education Industry Union are
up for election in 2002.
In the national elections, president Carolyn Allport, general secretary
Grahame McCulloch and national assistant secretary Ted
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BY MAURICE FARRELL
SYDNEY More than 200 people joined a rally and march on June 27
to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Stonewall Bar riot in New York
City, considered the birthplace of the modern lesbian and gay rights movement.
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY Environmental activists rallied outside the Sydney hearings of the pro-boss royal commission into the building industry on July 5, highlighting the record of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's
BY RANDALL GICKER
BROWNSVILLE, Tennessee Three hundred black farmers on July 1 took over the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional office here to protest against the agency's failure to process loan applications. The growers were
BY LOUIS PROYECT
Although Stephen Spielberg emerged side-by-side with George Lucas as a purveyor of juvenile film fantasies during the Reagan era, he has evolved into one of the more important social commentators in Hollywood. Whether dealing with
BY PERRY BROWN & KATHY NEWNAM
FORSTER "This meeting is very encouraging", began Pat Thompson, in her address to the inaugural meeting of the Great Lakes Rural Australians for Refugees group, held in Forster on June 29. Thompson, one of the
BY RAHUL MAHAJAN
Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat stunned the world yesterday
by demanding that the United States hold democratic elections for a new
chief executive before it attempts to continue in its role as broker between
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON In May, the Glasgow University Media Group, distinguished
for its pioneering media analysis, published a study on the reporting of
the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. It ought to be required reading in newsrooms
BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS
On June 18, Greek workers paralysed the country with a massive general strike against a government attempt to increase the age of retirement and reduce pensions. This militant action underscores the radicalisation that is
BY SUE BOLTON
You have to give federal workplace relations minister Tony Abbott full marks for trying he's having another crack at getting anti-union laws through parliament.
On June 26, Abbott introduced two new workplace relations bills
REVIEW BY EVA CHENG
The New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush's Military-Industrial Complex
By Helen Caldicott
Scribe Publications, Melbourne, 2002
320 pages, $30 (pb)
Although the risk of India and Pakistan launching a nuclear war
BY CHRIS ATKINSON
DARWIN NT University's international students are the latest victims of the government and corporate media's racist scaremongering campaign. The pass grade on an English language subject compulsory for international students
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