BY DOUG LORIMER
With disaffection with the US occupation of Iraq having driven voter support for US President George Bush to its lowest level since his election, the Bush administration has been forced to accelerate plans to formally hand Iraq's
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BY JIM MCILROY
BRISBANE — On November 17, maintenance workers who had been contracted to the Patrick stevedoring company set up a "community protest camp" opposite the wharf at Fishermen's Island, Port of Brisbane, to protest victimisation of
BY EVA CHENG
A trade war is threatening to sweep across the Atlantic as the United States lost an appeal at the World Trade Organisation on November 10 against a July WTO dispute panel ruling that tariffs of up to 30% that US President George Bush
'Bush off' warmongers
Thursday [November 20] saw the largest ever week-day demonstration London has ever seen. Something like 150,000 marched through the streets protesting at George Bush's state visit to the UK.
The feeling on the streets was
BY CHRIS LATHAM
PERTH — Despite heavy rain and a fierce campaign of misinformation by the state Labor government, 5000 teachers attended a rally on November 18 as part of their campaign for a new certified agreement.
The first full-day strike
BY DICK NICHOLS
With each new comment on the Australian economy, smug federal treasurer Peter Costello becomes even more smug. "Look at my beautiful numbers", he seems to purr. "Real wages are increasing and yet inflation is contained at 2.6%. And
WA Labor attacks CFMEU officials
PERTH — On November 17, the Western Australian Labor government announced that it would be initiating action to strip Joe McDonald, state assistant secretary of construction division of the Construction, Forestry,
BY SONNY MELENCIO
MANILA — On November 6, my son, 23-year-old Marx Vergel Melencio (BJ to us), was shot in the chest and head by an unidentified man. A CT scan showed that a bullet hit his optic nerve.
Witnesses say the attack followed an
SYDNEY — Potest rally on November 19 against the NSW Labor government's attacks on TAFE, including up to 300% fee increases, underfunding and attacks on TAFE staff conditions.
Photo by Nick Everett From Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, November 26, 2003.
BY ALISON DELLIT
"I hate to disappoint your readers", an earnest David Barsamian told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly on November 6, "but most Americans are not genetically ignorant. For people to believe that Iraq is about to attack them, that they are
Behind the Scenes at the WTO: the Real World of International Trade NegotiationsBy Fatoumata Jawara and Aileen KwaZed Books, 2003329 pages, US$19.95 (pb)
REVIEW BY EVA CHENG
Few people expected the Third World countries to force a collapse of a
BY NICK FREDMAN
In the face of broad opposition to the attacks on higher education contained in last May's federal budget, education minister Brendan Nelson has announced numerous, if minor, concessions hoping to win over top university bureaucrats
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