By Sue Boland
"Get ready for class war", wrote Sydney Morning Herald columnist Paul Sheehan in response to the release of the Labor Party's tax package. This theme was continued by other columnists and by Prime Minister John Howard. Howard told the
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By Lisa Macdonald
On August 27, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution which might enable progress towards the lifting of UN sanctions against Libya. The resolution proposes that the Libyan government hand over, for trial in the
By Norrian Rundle and Michael O'Reilly
On September 1, primary and secondary school teachers in the eastern half of Victoria stopped work. Schools in the western half of the state took stop-work action on August 18. The half-day stop-work on
By Alison Dellit
On September 2, Warren Snowdon, federal ALP candidate for the Northern Territory, announced that Labor was unable to determine until after the election whether or not it would close the Jabiluka uranium mine if elected. Snowdon
Pakistan Labour Party condemns bill
Following is an abridged version of the text of a statement issued by the general secretary of Pakistan's Labour Party, Farooq Tariq, about the Pakistan government's Fifteenth Amendment Bill. The Fifteenth
By Norm Dixon
Hopes that Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Laurent Kabila — whose rebel forces overthrew the "kleptocracy" of the brutal US-backed Mobutu dictatorship in 1997 — would usher in an era of peace, justice and regional cooperation
By Nadeem Ansari
On August 28, the Pakistan government introduced a bill — the Fifteenth Amendment Bill — to the National Assembly to amend the constitution to make Islamic law the supreme law of Pakistan. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, speaking
Anti-racism fund off to great start
By Wendy Robertson
The Resistance Anti-racism Campaign Fund has received a big "kick-start" with a $1000 donation from a Brisbane supporter. "Courage is our banner. Whenever injustice exists, we will stand
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — Local residents and migrant communities in inner-city Richmond have decided to organise a community street march against racism and One Nation. The march will be on Saturday, September 12, at 12.30pm. It will assemble at
By Russell Mokhiberand Robert Weissman
WASHINGTON — In a Congress eager to do the bidding of big business, an item atop the Chamber of Commerce's corporate welfare agenda is in serious jeopardy. The establishment leadership of the House of
Latham outlines Labor education policy
By Alison Dellit
NEWCASTLE — Mark Latham, federal Labor spokesperson for higher education, addressed a forum organised by the Newcastle University Students' Association and the Labor Club on August 24.
By Peter Montague
An International Joint Commission (IJC) was created by treaty between the US and Canada in 1909, to resolve problems in the Great Lakes. Since 1972, the IJC has been working aggressively to improve water quality in the lakes, with
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