According to the Palestine National Information Centre's May 30 report on the Al Asqa Intifada, 4032 Palestinians, 750 of them children have died since September 2000. Of the total deaths, 732 were caused by Israeli shelling of Palestinian homes.
629
On May 27, hundreds of garment workers protested on the site of their collapsed workplace, demanding compensation for the injured, and families of workers killed or missing. The nine-storey Spectrum garments factory caved in the dead of night on
That Craig Johnston was released from jail on the very day that the Coalition government unveiled its new industrial relations laws warrants special attention by all those millions of Australian working people who will see their wages, job security
Sarah Stephen
When right-wing Murdoch columnist Andrew Bolt writes an open letter to PM John Howard calling for the release of children from detention, you can be sure that conservative elites are sniffing the popular mood in Australia and are
CANBERRA — On June 16, a majority of the members of the ACT Legislative Assembly from all major parties, as well as church and community leaders, will sign on to a Refugee Rights Charter and a call for the national capital to become a "refugee
MELBOURNE — On May 30, 30 people attended a meeting in Campbellfield, a northern suburb of Melbourne, to launch a local group to campaign against the federal government's attacks on workers' rights and welfare.
Dave Kerin, convenor of the Union
Susan Price, Sydney
On June 1, more than 1500 university and TAFE staff from campuses across Sydney were joined by students and unionists from other sectors for a rally and march. This was part of a national day of protest against the federal
Leslie Feinberg, New York
The Pentagon war to annex Iraq as a profitable region of US capital's empire is still raging, long after the fragile pretexts for invasion have torn like tissue. The sheer brutality and colonial-style character of the
June 8
1984: Homosexuality is decriminalised in NSW.
June 11
1872: Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
1981: IRA political prisoner Kieran Doherty is elected as an Irish MP while on hunger strike.
June 12
1964: Nelson Mandela is
MELBOURNE — The federal government's terrorism charges against Jack Thomas are aimed at making him a "scapegoat to cover up their own evil deeds", Tim Anderson told a public meeting on June 2.
Anderson, who spent eight years in prison, wrongly
Pages
