BY KIM BULLIMORE
SYDNEY — Citing noise complaints, damage to the park and disruption to park users, but denying accusations of racism or Olympics-inspired paranoia, the mayor of South Sydney John Fowler has sought and received a court injunction
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The World Economic Forum's (WEF) Asia-Pacific Economic Summit in Melbourne, September 11-13, will bring together 800 representatives of the world's largest transnational corporations and some of the region's most senior capitalist politicians for
MALAYSIA: Police beat labour rights advocate
KUALA LUMPUR — Well-known labour rights advocate Tian Chua said that two of his vertebrae were fractured after he was kicked heavily in his back by a police officer while being detained at the Jalan
New push for up-front uni fees
BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI
SYDNEY — University entry requirements in New South Wales will be lowered from next year, to allow those able to pay up-front tuition fees easier access to courses. The announcement has sparked
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union national conference in August adopted a strategy the union hopes will stop the decline in manufacturing industry jobs, reduce job insecurity and strengthen the union. National secretary
EAST TIMOR: Jose Ramos Horta: 'CNRT will cease to exist'
EAST TIMOR: Jose Ramos Horta: 'CNRT will cease to exist'
DILI — Speaking at a meeting of the just weeks-old East Timor Press Club on August 12, Jose Ramos Horta, vice-president of the
Books of Fidel's speeches launched
BY GAIL LORD
SYDNEY — Cuba's consul general in Australia, Maria Luisa Fernandez, on August 9 spoke to a full Resistance Centre in Parramatta when she launched two new books containing recent speeches by Cuba's
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The wealth of the world's richest 200 people increased from US$440 billion to more than $1 trillion between 1994-98. Compare this to the Third World, where 800 million people are suffering from chronic hunger, 840 million
PHILADELPHIA — The following report on events around the Republic Party convention in Philadelphia by a member of the US socialist group Solidarity was posted on the internet on August 10. It is slightly abridged. What's going on in Philadelphia
Philadelphia protesters still in jail
PHILADELPHIA — At least 20 of the anti-corporate protesters arrested by Philadelphia police during the week of the Republican National Convention remain in jail as of August 15. Hundreds more face trials in
SAN FRANCISCO — It does happen. Not often enough, but it does take place: a defeat for racial bias and white supremacy. On August 2, in a San Francisco Superior Court room, a jury punished the country's largest wholesale baker with a staggering
The names that didn't appear centre stage at the Democratic Party convention in Los Angeles are the ones that will actually pay for the event — names like General Motors, British Petroleum, Microsoft and AT&T. These corporations are
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