Mass strikes and protests have shaken Africa's last absolute monarchy. A movement, led by the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU), political and student groups, has been demanding labour and democratic reforms. In response,
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BY MARGARET GLEESON
SYDNEY — An estimated 80,000 people marched from Redfern Oval to Sydney Town Hall on November 12 to demand the inclusion of the South Sydney "Rabbitohs" football team in the 2001 National Rugby League competition. The massive
BY JUSTIN RANDELL
Members of the Democratic Socialist Party, Resistance and others
inspired by the growing anti-capitalist movement will meet for the 19th
DSP congress, to be held in western Sydney from January 3-7. The theme
of the
BY PAUL OBOOHOV
CANBERRA — Members First candidate for deputy president of the ACT branch of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), Deborah Lally, is focusing her campaign on the lack of action taken by the ACT and national union
BY JOHN GAUCI
Once upon a time the majority of commonwealth schools funding went to public schools. Successive Labor and Liberal governments have ensured this is no longer the case.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the proportion
Blind justice
"The George Speight coup was unsuccessful in its attempt to overthrow the democratically elected government of Mahendra Chaudry." — excerpt from Fijian High Court ruling on the legality of the Speight-army coup last May.
Stop
BY JONATHAN STRAUSS
As John Howard's federal Coalition government faces increasing public criticism over its cuts to welfare, employment services minister Tony Abbott has resorted to invoking both the Pope and Karl Marx in defence of the
Accidental good
Writing more than a century ago, Frederick Engels commented that
the outcome of scientific and technological development always has unexpected
consequences. He gave the example of the discovery of alcoholic distillation
BY JIM GREEN
The human impact on climate change is more certain than ever before and the Earth's main surface temperature is predicted to rise further than previous estimates, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
The
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — Five hundred owner-drivers rallied on the steps of Parliament House on November 13. They parked their trucks in the street and blocked traffic for an hour. They were demanding that the Victorian Labor government's Fair
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BY KATHY NEWNAM
It will be worth watching the business section of the news on May 1, 2001, local Resistance organiser Sam King told a public meeting in Adelaide on November 11.
The meeting, organised by Resistance and the Democratic Socialist
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