BY LAURA COX
ROCKHAMPTON — Almost 3000 spirited protesters marched through the CBD on March 2, in support of the 1350 workers who lost their jobs when Consolidated Meat Group (CMG) closed the Lakes Creek abattoir in mid-January. Mounting
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BY SUE BULL
MELBOURNE — Elizabeth Vujkov has worked for Flair Menswear, now owned by Hugo Boss, for 23 years. She was shocked when she was told on February 26, along with 119 others, that the whole manufacturing section of the company was being
BY LAUREN CARROLL HARRIS
"This year's International Women's Day [IWD] takes place in a very dangerous political climate for women — both in Australia and internationally. The launching by the United States of a socalled war against terrorism —
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'Non-thinkers'
Referring to his decision not to dismiss Dr Hollingworth, the PM has expressed the belief that "thinking people understand that I have reached a correct judgment".
To write-off around 55% of the population as "non-thinkers" is
BY NORM DIXON
Zimbabwe Civil Service Employees Association president Ephraim Tapa and Faith Mukwakwa, his wife, have been missing since February 16. Their vehicle was intercepted by supporters of President Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African Nation
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
SYDNEY — The M1 collective is organising a peaceful blockade of Australasian Correctional Management, which runs Australia's refugee detention centres, at 8am on May 1, kicking off a day of action for global justice and peace
BY NICOLE COLSON
Colombian President Andres Pastrana gave the order on February 20 for his military to invade territory controlled by left-wing rebels in a deadly escalation of the government's four-decade-old dirty war.
Pastrana broke off talks
Sacrificed on the altar of imperialism
“It is more dangerous, but at the end of the day ... the sure way to
work against the enemy is to put people on the ground”, General Tommy Franks,
the commander of Washington's war in Afghanistan,
Bus drivers strike for better pay
SYDNEY — Government bus services in Sydney and Newcastle stopped for 48 hours on March 6-7, as drivers and maintenance workers took strike action over pay.
The strike was called after the Rail, Tram and Bus
For several months, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) party has been whipping
up communal tension and targeting Muslims in India. In particular, it has
renewed its focus on building a Hindu temple at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh,
at the same site
BY KAMALA EMANUEL
HOBART — "The problem of Afghanistan is a political one. It won't be solved with aid. As long as warlordism continues, there will be no real solution", Tahmeena Faryal, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan
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