Will They Ever Trust Us Again? Letters From the War ZoneBy Michael MoorePenguin Books, 2004218 pages, $24.95
REVIEW BY ALEX SALMON
In his latest book, Will They Ever Trust Us Again, Michael Moore set out to continue the work of his most recent
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Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
Queensland unions are well under way with plans for a mass mobilisation of members on June 30 against the Coalition government's new anti-union laws.
Transport Workers Union secretary Hughie Williams told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly
Peter Boyle, Melbourne
The June 11 National Trade Union Fightback Conference fired the spirits of the 200-plus delegates and observers at the fourth national conference of the Socialist Alliance, held at the Victorian Trades Hall over the two days
Doug Lorimer
Six out of 10 US voters want Washington to withdraw some or all of its troops from Iraq, according to a Gallup opinion poll taken on June 6-8. Almost 28% want all US troops to be withdrawn immediately.
The US currently has about
Duroyan Fertl
On June 10, the 10th round of negotiations for a free trade agreement between the South American nations of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia, and the United States, ended in a stalemate, with neither side willing to budge, in yet another
SYDNEY — The NSW branch of the National Union of Workers (NUW) has called on the Labor Party to commit to a reversal of PM John Howard's industrial relations agenda should it win office in 2007.
In a June 15 media statement, NUW state secretary
Alex Miller
As the leaders of the world's top eight industrialised countries (Britain, France, Russia, Japan, Italy, Canada, Germany and the USA) prepare to gather for the G8 summit at Gleneagles in Perthshire, activists from all over the world are
PERTH — The anti-racism group Fight Dem Back! announced on June 9 that it uncovered evidence that white supremacists plan to set up a "hit list" website called Redwatch Downunder. The site will feature names, photographs, home and work addresses,
James Lehrer, La Paz
Following over three weeks of social upheaval, now known as the Second Gas War, Bolivians have thrown out their second president in less than two years.
On June 9, after weeks of blockades, marches and strikes that bought
Why are we not surprised
"In mounting [a court] challenge to an Internal Revenue Service ruling that branded a certain tax shelter abusive and illegal, a promoter of the shelter has had to provide a rare glimpse of the investors who bought into it.
Malik Miah, San Francisco
Working people don't just live on their hourly wages or salaries. The social wages — the benefits of health care, pensions, and other social programs — address fundamental and universal human needs to form the base of
SYDNEY — Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) employees in Sydney struck for an hour at lunchtime on June 16 to protest over stalled bargaining negotiations. Workers in the NSW state office rallied at Belmore Park, supported by
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