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Doug Lorimer
In an opinion piece in the November 14 Sydney Morning Herald, federal Attorney General Philip Ruddock made an attempt to defend his government's new sedition laws. These have been included as a series of proposed amendments to the
"The mood was excellent, and there's a much greater understanding out there about the issues than some people think. We need to put more industrial pressure on, have more demonstrations like this one, ongoing action to hit the bosses and the members
Doug Lorimer
The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has called on the Australian government to follow the Dutch government's example and commission a study into Australia's involvement in the 1969 UN-organised "act of free choice" in West
"November 15 revealed just how deep the concern about the government's anti-union laws is — not only among workers, but also among young people, the unemployed, pensioners and people on welfare. Millions are scared of what the Australian workplace
Margarita Windisch, Caracas
Three months after the takeover of the local metropolitan police station by the poor community of 23 Enero, in the west of Caracas, the place is as busy as a beehive. The Coordinadora Simon Bolivar (CSB), a militant
Graham Matthews
"We're very, very pleased at the turn out. You don't get those sorts of numbers unless there is a really deep concern in the community about what the government is proposing to do", George Wright, ACTU policy and communications
The tremendous display, on November 15-16, of mass opposition to the Howard government's attacks on workers and trade unions showed the deep desire of working people across the country to resist — and stop — the Coalition's attacks.
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Christine Rau
I wasn't involved in the asylum seeker debate in 2001 when the government's actions on Tampa were, in their opinion, decisive in getting them re-elected. It was an accident of circumstance that my family was given a voice this past
Kerry Smith, Sydney
The Australian Capital Territory Network Opposing War (ACTNOW) has called a protest rally in Canberra on November 28, the day the Howard government's Anti-Terrorism Bill is expected to be passed by the Senate.
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Jon Lamb
On October 15, a band of angry villagers and former pro-integration militia from East Timor crossed the border from the Indonesian province of West Timor into the East Timorese province of Oecuessi and attacked two startled East Timorese
Graham Matthews
Sun Xiaodi, a former miner at the Gansu No. 72 Uranium Mine in Chinese-controlled Tibet, remains "missing" over six months after he was abducted, following an interview with an AFP journalist in Beijing on April 28. Sun had
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