Alison Thorne
The Melbourne group of Members First — a caucus of activists seeking to rebuild the Community and Public Sector Union as a fighting union — has criticised the national leadership of the union for calling on members to lobby Steve
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Kerry Smith
SYDNEY — National Union of Workers members taking industrial action at the National Parts warehouse at Smithfield have been warned by police not to swear on the picket line or they will face police action. NUW NSW secretary Derrick
Betrayed: The Story of Canadian Merchant Seamen Directed by Elaine Briere 55 minutes
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Betrayed is the latest documentary by renowned film-maker and photographer Elaine Briere. The film deals with the Canadian Seamen's
Kim Bullimore
While the world has been distracted by the Gaza "disengagement", Israel has continued to approve plans for, and to build and expand, illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
In July, Israeli planners approved
As the Tongan civil service strike entered its sixth week, New Zealand trade unionists, the expatriate Tongan community, social justice activists and church groups are organising support and solidarity.
James Balowski, Jakarta
On August 15, the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed a historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as a first step in seeking a peaceful and lasting solution to the decades-long conflict in Aceh.
John Catalinotto, New York
A group of right-wing members of the US Congress close to the Bush administration has pressured the Italian government into interfering with an October conference in Rome aimed at building solidarity with Iraqis fighting
Chris Kerr & Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
On August 27, 300 people rallied in Roma Street Forum for Tampa Day and marched across the Brisbane River to the Queensland College of Art.
The protest, sponsored by the Refugee Action Collective and Amnesty
Ladies First: Women Rebuild Rwanda — In 1994, women and girls made up 70% of the population in Rwanda — a result of the civil war and genocide that had devastated the country. They are now playing an unprecedented role in the country's
Federico Fuentes, Caracas
Having been picked up from the front of Agua Salud train station, myself and two other members of the first Australia-Venezuela Solidarity Brigade to visit Venezuela were driven to our meeting place where we had arranged
HOBART — "Workers' rights here to stay, John Howard go away" was chanted by 50 trade unionists who "greeted" the prime minister as he arrived to make a funding announcement on September 2.
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Dahr Jamail
As the US-backed Iraqi puppet government flails about arguing over the so-called constitution, Iraq remains in a state of complete anarchy. There is no government control whatsoever, even inside the infamous "Green Zone" where the
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