[This letter was sent by Craig Johnston, elected Victorian state secretary
of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union to John Speight, AMWU Victorian
state president and all Victorian AMWU state councillors on September 2.
A copy was sent to
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and ain't i a woman: US women get poorer — and married
In 1996, then US President Bill Clinton signed into law a bill that
was designed to “end welfare as we know it”. The notorious law denied benefits
to many single mothers who could
BY MAX LANE
MANILA — On September 1, an assembly of about 100 peace activists, including more than 50 representing organisations from around Asia, founded the Asian Peace Alliance (APA).
The meeting was called by several organisations as a
BY PAUL BENEDEK
SYDNEY — A mass rally, public forums and independent polling have shown that there is overwhelming opposition to the NSW Labor government's plan to sell eight hectares of Callan Park, near Rozelle. According to polls, Labor is
BY JOHN PERCY
On September 2, the Democratic Socialist Party's national executive agreed to propose to the party's membership that the DSP cease to operate as a public organisation from January 2003 so as to devote much more resources to building
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — Feminist activist Anthea Stutter is running for the position of Tasmania University Union women's officer on a Resistance ticket. Elections are being held September 10-14.
Stutter helped organise International
Jackie Lynch from
the Socialist Alliance and Sarah Nicholson from the Greens addressed a
refugees' rights speak-out in Thornbury, Melbourne, on August 31. Photo
by Peter Cahill.
From Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, September 11, 2002.
Visit the Green
BY GRANT COLEMAN& AMY PARISH
WOLLONGONG — Facing a concerted campaign of censorship by the Young Liberal-dominated Students' Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Wollongong, the Refugee Action Collective (RAC) has decided to push
BY SIMON TAYLER
SYDNEY — The capitalist media has consistently demonstrated its bias
on the issue of asylum seekers. While the federal government and right-wing
commentators are given regular coverage, it's rare for the stories of asylum
GabrielWritten by Moira BuffiniDirected by Kevin JacksonWith Elaine Hudson, Lee Lewis, Elisha Oliver, Pete Nettell and Wendy StrehlowNew Theatre, SydneyUntil September 14
REVIEW BY IGGY KIM
Gabriel is a wonderfully acted and intensely
BY FELIPE PEREZ
[The following speech by Cuban foreign minister Felipe Perez Rocque was given at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg on September 3. It has been slightly abridged.]
Ten years ago [at the first Earth Summit
BY ADRIAN D'HAGE
On August 29, I was tuned in to Sandy McCutcheon's Australia Talks Back, on the ABC's Radio National, when the subject of asylum seekers came up and a somewhat agitated lady with a very cultured voice rang in from Perth. "This
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