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May Day celebrated
than the previous years, demanded a six-hour day and a pay rise for workers. The May Day procession, ... popular chants demanding freedom for refugees. In Brisbane, Bill Mason reports, May Day is marked with an ...
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Black Paradise: 'Kami menyanyi untuk hidup' (We sing for life)
women, are a rising cultural and musical troupe from Jayapura, the capital of West Papua. A place that ... age of freedom, peace and justice. Jakob Rumbiak, a West Papuan leader now living in Melbourne, who ...
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Tension mounts for Garvaghy Road residents
to fulfil their commitment under the Good Friday agreement to ensure freedom from sectarian ... businesses are bombed, attacked and burnt. As the marching season draws closer, the tension is rising. The ...
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Workers act against ACI lockout
asking for a pay rise while retaining the conditions under the current enterprise agreement and award. ... But the company is pushing for dramatic changes to the agreement, including the freedom to order any ...
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Palestine resistance will continue
demands. Life has become more desperate for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, he claimed, with rising ... activists, Kassis will address a Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly public meeting titled "Palestine: freedom now!" ...
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INDONESIA: New labour bill rejected by unions
freedom for those who do not want to join a union. Sinaga told the July 11 Jakarta Post that only ... arguing that they have been the cause of low wages, rising prices and the privatisation of services. The ...
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Action updates
rise and the option of completing their week's working hours in shifts of either eight, 10 or 12 ... Botanical Gardens on June 10 for “A musical celebration of freedom” in East Timor. Around 1500 people heard ...
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ACI workers appeal for support
for a pay rise while retaining their conditions under the current award. The company insisted on ... pushing changes to the agreement that included the freedom to order workers to perform tasks regardless of ...
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Networker: Mobile computing
Networker: Mobile computing Mobile computing The rise of the internet as a means of mass ... significant implications for freedom of access to information because the gateway controllers can impose ...
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India: Deepa Mehta's latest feminist film disrupted
As for shame, it is this violent suppression of the freedom of expression which brings shame on India ... "This is a frightening reflection of the rise of fascist forces which are acting not only against women ...
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Action updates
the West Papuan freedom struggle. He noted the parallels with the struggles in Aceh, East Timor and ... The miners have agreed to accept the pay rise on condition that the super increase be paid ...
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Nike's swoosh droops
of other brands on the market and the rise of newer fashion forces". He discounts the effect of ... "swoosh" is no longer a sign of freedom and status, but of corporate greed and exploitation, with ...
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Arguments for socialism: The family home is hardly haven.
those on welfare. With funding cuts to the service providers, fees rise and most people have no choice ... defined structure, socialism will provide the freedom for meaningful social groupings in which people will ...
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Action updates
NSW union forms anti-racism committee SYDNEY — A recent rise in workplace racism has led Asian ... demanded freedom from sexual violence as a basic human right. They included Judy Burgess from the Community ...
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NTEU national council sets strategy
freedom. The next round of enterprise bargaining will be difficult for the NTEU. The Coalition's ... regulation of workloads. No agreement will be approved by the NTEU if it allows AWAs, pay rises contingent on ...
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Western Sydney anti-racism campaign
policies of the Coalition and Labor were responsible for the rise of One Nation. She argued that recent ... said. Ali Aktas, an activist from the Turkish community and member of the Turkish Freedom and Solidarity ...
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Pilger reveals the 'new' South Africa
Freedom Charter — wealth redistribution, land, housing and jobs for all — have been thrown overboard in ... unemployment is on the rise, and the interests of big business are paramount. For the legacy of apartheid to be ...
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Hip high priest of free-funk
philosophy reflected the rise of an increasingly assertive African-American population. Through the '70s ... "You Gotta Have Freedom" became staple acid jazz samples. His majestic image graced the cover of ...
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Howard attacks student unions
membership on the basis of freedom of association. However, VSU legislation in Victoria did not end ... a national strike on August 7 to protest education cuts and continue its demand for a 15% pay rise. Students ...
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How the media hyped the 'siege' of Parliament House
"brainless goons" "disgracefully trampled on accepted freedoms of protest and defiled our most ... budget: Unknown, but millions will be hit, thousands will die earlier through poorer public health, rising ...
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Strong support for COSATU strikes
COSATU expressed dissatisfaction with the attitude of the rising black capitalist class toward ... Freedom Party's support has remained static at 4%, while the Pan Africanist Congress has increased ...
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Ervin calls for Olympics boycott
the mass murder of millions of Aborigines and continued theft of their lands; the rise of Pauline ... including lack of tolerance for freedom of speech or unpopular/controversial persons. Because of this we ...
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On the box
of the struggle against apartheid charts the rise to leadership of the ANC youth and their mass ... tumultuous events that led to the Congress of the People and the adoption of the Freedom Charter are ...
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Brothers in resistance
p.m. (8.00 Adelaide) Reviewed by Ignatius Kim Over the last 15 years or so, we have seen the rise of ... problems, of names such as David Gundy, Eddie Murray, John Pat? The second episode, "Freedom ...
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Kenyan academic staff strike
addition the union is seeking greater academic freedom and democracy within the universities. Among the ... nearly 12 years to fight back, and this will be a test case of whether the trade union movement can rise ...