WOLLONGONG — On August 7, 50 people who had gathered in the southern highlands town of Robertson to protest peacefully against the inaugural meeting of the One Nation party were assaulted by racists. Activists from Resistance, Youth Against Racism,
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Teamsters' strike gathers strength
James Vassilopoulos
Some 185,000 members of the Teamsters Union in the United States began a nationwide strike from midnight on August 4. This is the first ever national strike against the United Parcel
Mental health and social control
By Jane Marni
Surely"mental health" means more than just being sedated. Perhaps this sounds harsh, but these are the treatments in current therapies, supported by the stereotyped image of what someone with a
By Susan Laszlo
The push to privatise child-care, in private centres or in the home, is starting to take effect. Since the fee increase in July — the result of the federal government's withdrawal of operational subsidies to community based
Every year about 300 hectares of Otway State forest are clear-felled by the Victorian Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE) for woodchips and sawlogs. In clear-felling, all the trees in a given area are removed, and the forest
Chinese workers defend right to work
By Eva Cheng
Seven Hong Kong-based organisations have called for international solidarity with the estimated 100,000 workers in Mianyang, in the Chinese province of Sichuan, who protested for days in
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MELBOURNE — More than 150 people loudly protested outside the Frankston meeting of the One Nation party on August 6. The protesters represented a cross-section of the community and outnumbered the mainly older, mainly male One Nation
By Sujatha Fernandes
On August 15, 1947, India won its independence from Britain. With independence came not only the promise of freedom from servitude to the British masters, but also the hope of an end to grinding poverty, hard labour and
Mr Pot is alive and well and living in Thredbo
You shoulda been there. Who would have thought that beneath tons of rubble and amid the nighttime chill, someone could survive.
Rescue workers have been labouring all day and all night on the
By Greg Ogle
Previous articles in Â鶹´«Ã½ have pointed out that immigration does not cause our chronic unemployment level. The consensus of academic literature, government and even business reports is that there is no relation between levels
Save Our Services rally
By Bronwyn Richards and Sharon Callahan
WOLLONGONG — On July 19, the Save Our Services Warrawong Community Committee held a successful public rally against the withdrawal of Commonwealth government services from
ANU staff take action
CANBERRA — Australian National University academic and general staff held rolling strikes and picketed all schools and faculties last week as part of the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union campaign
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