BY ALICE MENNIE
CANBERRA — Along with more than 100 aged care nurses from across NSW, I travelled to Parliament House on September 10 to protest about the unequal treatment of aged care nurses.
We had one simple demand — to increase our wage
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On September 25, the Katsina State Sharia Court of Appeal in Nigeria overturned Amina Lawal's conviction for adultery and a sentence to be stoned to death. Lawal was convicted because she bore a child to a man she was divorced from. She has endured
On the front line for ExxonMobil
"This looks like a modern-day crusade not to free an oppressed people or to rid the world of a demonic dictator relentless in his pursuit of conquest and domination but a crusade to control another nation's natural
BY KATHLEEN SCOTT
SYDNEY — Sydney University staff have overwhelmingly rejected the federal government's interference in university enterprise bargaining negotiations. A federal government announcement on September 22 led to an 11th-hour decision
SAN FRANCISCO, September 20 — Dolores Huerta, a co-founder of the United Farm Workers, walks at the head of the march which began the "Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride". Marchers are leaving from cities across the west coast of the US and
On September 25, Professor EDWARD SAID died. The Electronic Intifada's ALI ABUNIMAH, ARJAN EL FASSED, LAURIE KING-IRANI and NIGEL PARRY pay tribute.
Professor Said maintained his relentless engagement with people, culture, and politics all over the
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BY PAUL OBOOHOV
CANBERRA — Members First, the rank-and-file network in the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), has nominated Andrew Hall as a candidate to be the union's national president. An election for the position will be held in
SHORT STORY BY MARY O'HARA
Up until last Sat'dy arvo, I'd never thought of myself as a terrorist. I knew that terrorists were our greatest enemies. World leaders have left me in no doubt as to the seriousness of the threat posed by these vicious,
VPN and the 'Troops out' demand
Reading James Vassilopoulos article "Canberrans organise against Bush" (Green Left Weekly #555), I was very surprised at Socialist Alternative member Rick Kuhn's justification not to adopt the demand "All troops out"
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BY LUKE FOMIATTI
SYDNEY — In the biggest ever protest on the campus, more than 100 students and staff from University of Western Sydney, Parramatta campus marched on the senate inquiry into higher education, which was holding one of its two NSW
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