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Write on: Letters to the editor

Leonard Peltier In a recent letter (GLW #254) Native American activist Leonard Peltier sought support for the basic rights of all his fellow prisoners, never mentioning his own case. Leonard became known to many for his role in the 1973 American

Peruvian hostage crisis enters second month

By Margaret Gleeson When communications were renewed on January 10, the Peruvian government refused to provide a concrete response to the demands of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) which occupied the Lima residence of the Japanese

A step toward performance-based pay in Telstra

A step toward performance-based pay in Telstra By Leo Wellin Telstra members of the Community and Public Sector Union late last year overwhelmingly endorsed a competency-based pay structure that demands "increased productivity and increased

Thai workers torch plant

Thai workers torch plant On December 17, 2000 angry workers at Sanyo Universal Electric burned down a four-storey warehouse and the office building of the Japanese manufacturer in Thailand after protesting in vain at management's decision to cut

Loose cannons

@columhead = No prizes "The Liberal Party may have won the election, but we clearly won the campaign." — WA ALP leader Geoff Gallop on the outcome of the state election. @columhead = Bribe them honest "[Money] is certainly a factor. If you

and ain't i a woman?: An unqualified right

An unqualified right Less than 20 years ago, women in the United States won the legal right not to be sexually harassed. That right may now be withdrawn — at least for some women. In 1994, 28 year-old Paula Jones filed a civil suit for sexual