The attacks launched against the militant leadership of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's Victorian branch by the union's national leadership are more than an internal faction fight. They are an attack on the left.
The vicious campaign
Editorial
US President George Bush needs another bloody Gulf War to win the mid-term US Congress elections in November. The serious shooting may start before or after that election, but the troops and the multi-billion dollar killing machines are already
When the first issue of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly appeared, US President George Bush senior's war on Iraq was raging; 500 issues later, President George Bush junior is planning another massive invasion of sanction-crippled Iraq, as imperial wars rage in
Howard sets pace for Europe's mainstream racists
When asked on his arrival in Frankfurt last week whether he would be
defending Australia's approach to asylum seekers during his European trip,
Prime Minister John Howard said: “I
Unwarranted Praise
Greens Senator Bob Brown, in a June 14 press release, congratulated
federal Labor leader Simon Crean for having “taken a large step in moving
Labor from the 'me-tooism' on asylum seekers it proffered during the [2001
US President George Bush thinks that the United States should be free to carry out war crimes in the name of "fighting terrorism".
Its war on Afghanistan and its declaration of intent to invade Iraq again are blatant examples of Washington's
World Refugee Day on June 20 is an opportunity to reflect on how much progress the refugees' rights movement in Australia has made in a relatively short period. The last six months of organising, which includes the consolidation of a huge movement
ALP ranks respond to mass pressure on refugees
The rumblings in the ranks of the ALP about the partyÂ’s disgusting sell-out
of refugees are increasing. In Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria,
ALP state conferences passed motions
In another predictable round of dole bludger bashing, federal employment minister Mal Brough announced on May 19 that government-commissioned research, largely based on Centrelink surveys, had shown that some 16% of the unemployed were "cruisers" —
All out for June 22-23!
Federal immigration minister Philip Ruddock isn't the sort to admit
to making errors of judgement. But try as he might, these days his nauseating
smirk doesn't appear so convincing.
While the tide of
Health care and income protection for all
Despite the federal government's $35 million handout to insurance fund
United Medical Protection in March, on April 29 UMPÂ’s directors announced
its provisional liquidation. The collapse of the
Fighting for global justice after M1
The 2001 May 1(M1) blockades of AustraliaÂ’s stock exchanges rallied
support for the cancellation of Third World debt and the abolition of institutions
such the World Bank and the International
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