Ron Guy

  • Australian super funds must reject investing in genocide

    Australian workers, through their compulsory superannuation contributions, could be linked to war crimes, apartheid or genocide. Ron Guy argues workers need to find out to ensure they are not being made complicit in a genocide.

  • First Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress a huge success

    Jewish anti-Zionist activists from around the world came together in a historic first Jewish Anti-Zionist Congress to share experiences on fighting for justice for Palestine. Ron Guy reports from the gathering.

  • Fortescue urged not to exploit Western Sahara

    Polisario Front鈥檚 Australian representative Kamal Fadel has urged Fortescue not to undermine United Nations decolonisation efforts by making a deal with the occupation government in Western Sahara. Ron Guy reports.

  • ITUC congress campaigns for a just transition

    Almost 1000 delegates representing more than two hundred workers鈥 organisations in more than 120 countries gathered in Melbourne for the International Trade Union Confederation's 5th World Congress, reports Ron Guy.

  • Morocco jails Saharawi activists for peaceful protests

    Moroccan authorities have sentenced Western Saharan political prisoners to long jail sentences. The the prisoners had already spent two year in jail waiting for a trail. Amnesty International had called the trials flawed from the outset. Eight Saharawi were sentenced to life in jail for peacefully demonstrating for the people of Western Sahara to be given a vote of self-determination, as promised by the United Nations. A further four activists received 30 years, seven received 25 years and two got 20-year sentences.

  • Western Sahara: Wesfarmers agrees to stop using stolen phosphate, but doubts remain

    Over the past three years Christian Super, a not-for-profit industry fund, has engaged in dialogue with Australian company Wesfarmers over its sourcing of phosphate rock from Western Sahara. Phosphate is used in its production of agricultural superphosphate. 鈥淲estern Sahara is a disputed territory where human rights abuses have been reported,鈥 said Tim Macready, chief investment officer for Christian Super. 鈥淐ompanies doing business in this area may unwittingly aggravate the conflict or become complicit to oppression.鈥

  • Spain: Unions protest for Western Sahara

    The crackdown by Moroccan occupation forces on the protest camp at Gdeim Izik on November 8 may have brought more attention to the plight of Western Sahara than was intended. The 20,000-strong camp at Gdeim Izik, 15 km from the Western Saharan capital, El Aaiun, was established on October 9 to protest against the discrimination and oppression experienced by Saharawi people living under Moroccan occupation.