Strikes hit Sydney Buses
SYDNEY — Bus mechanics at NSW government-owned Sydney Buses workshops struck for three hours on June 30, disrupting morning peak-hour services. The strike was over conditions in their latest enterprise bargaining
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Cam Walker, Melbourne
They say a week's a long time in politics — but it's nothing compared to thirty years.
Friends of the Earth Australia is turning 30. From modest beginnings, FoE International is now the world's largest grassroots
Reagan
Ronald Reagan's death has led to some grossly untrue claims being made by his supporters about the effects of his policies. On economics, readers should consult Peddling Prosperity by Princeton economics professor Paul Krugman. "Rapid growth
The budget couldn't fudge it,the war has left our senses dazed; and his welfare policiesare dredged from ancient days.
Destroying health by stealth,robbing families blind;those who want to vote for himmust be out of their tiny mind.
The Timorese
Ally Black, Glasgow
Three features of the June 10 European Parliament elections stand out starkly. First, there was a pitifully low turnout in most of the 25 member states making up the newly enlarged European Union.
Voter abstention reached an
Doug Lorimer
Two days earlier than scheduled, Paul Bremer, Washington's proconsul in Iraq, flew out of Baghdad. He left behind a hollow sovereignty, headed by Iyad Allawi — a former member of Saddam Hussein's secret police who went on the CIA's
Dick Nichols
Lisa Macdonald, the Socialist Alliance's candidate for the federal seat of Reid, has described the debate between Labor and the Coalition over who has the best "coastal protection" policy as "an obscene joke".
"People smuggling,
Margaret Murphy, Daylesford
On May 26, National Sorry Day, a Jaara descendant of the Kulin Nation Susan Rankin peacefully reoccupied crown land at Franklinford in central Victoria. She is calling her campsite the "Going Home Camp".
This land was
Robyn Marshall, Caracas
Since it took office in 1999, the government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has implemented a number of programs and reforms to help the poor. Assisting in the process of change has been the Bolivarian Circles, through
Raul Bassi was born in Argentina and migrated to Australia in 1983. His first political demonstration was against the US invasion of Santo Domingo in 1965. He embraced socialism and anti-imperialism and joined the struggle for working-class and human
Roberto Jorquera
On June 29, web-based news service Venezuelanalysis.com reported that several people were attacked at a protest opposing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. The angry protest was caught on tape by the state-run television channel
Melanie Sjoberg, Adelaide
"The representative notion of governance is not one held among many Aboriginal communities", John Tregenza, an Aboriginal public health worker, told a Socialist Alliance meeting on June 30.
Aboriginal councils, services
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