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NSW teachers win

BY JOHN GAUCI SYDNEY — On June 2, NSW teachers overwhelmingly endorsed an agreement on salaries and status recommended by the NSW Teachers Federation (NSWTF) executive, ending a long and bitter industrial dispute with the state Labor government

FIJI: Pacific Journalism Online shut-down

Pacific Journalism Online shut-down SUVA — The Pacific Journalism Online web site at the University of the South Pacific (<http://www.usp.ac.fj/journ/>) has been closed by the USP administration. Vice-chancellor Esekia Solofa said the

S11 Alliance forms in Adelaide

S11 Alliance forms in Adelaide BY STUART MUNCKTON ADELAIDE — Activists here have formed an S11 Alliance to help organise protests against the World Economic Forum's Melbourne meeting in September. Activists from the Reclaim the Streets

Student occupation comes out fighting

BY GRANT COLEMAN PERTH — After nine days of continual protest against planned cuts to courses and staff numbers, students and staff ended their occupation of Murdoch University's Senate building on May 31. Occupiers condemned vice-chancellor

The wolf's teeth

The wolf's teeth Unions in a Contrary World: the Future of the Australian Trade Union MovementBy David PeetzCambridge University Press, 1998243pp., $34.95 (pb) Review by Jonathan Singer Unions in a Contrary World is an academic yet readable book

Looking Out: Unlawful searches

Looking out: Unlawful searches "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by

Brisbane Resistance Centre launched

Brisbane Resistance Centre launched BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS BRISBANE — The room swayed to the melodies of the Cuban Revolution while celebrants feasted on Cuban food at the launch of the new Resistance Centre here on May 27. Forty people answered

UNITED STATES: Training Indonesian terrorists in 'anti-terrorism'

UNITED STATES: Training Indonesian terrorists in 'anti-terrorism' The following is a statement presented by United States journalist ALLAN NAIRN to the US House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Rights on May 11. Mr Chairman and members of

UNITED STATES: Racism and the wealth gap

Politicians and government officials point to the historic low unemployment in the African-American community as a sign of a strong economy and future where whites and blacks will finally have an opportunity for an equal share of the American dream.

CHILE: Pinochet loses immunity

Pinochet loses immunity In an extraordinary session of Chile's Court of Appeals on May 23, the court voted 13 to nine to strip former dictator General Augusto Pinochet of the immunity he enjoys as a senator. The ruling will allow Juan Guzman, the

Reconciliation march allows for 'radical' demands: Reynolds

BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — Addressing the 500 people present for the launch of his new book, Why Weren't We Told?, historian Henry Reynolds described the march for reconciliation across the Sydney Harbour Bridge as "thrilling" and as opening the

Networker: What's in a name?

Networker: What's in a name? What's in a name? BY GREG HARRIS ASP is a term you hear around the information technology, or "IT", circuits these days. But what does it stand for? First, it stands for "application service provider". Think of the