LAHORE — The Dada Bhai Cement Factory in the Norrieabad District, in Sind province, has become the focus of attention of Pakistan's labour movement. Sixty of the factory's workers have lost their jobs for attempting to forming a union. Thirteen
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ALP votes to support mandatory sentencing
The ALP national conference voted on August 3 to withdraw its opposition to Western Australia's mandatory sentencing legislation. In a deal with the WA branch, the party changed its platform so that
FIJI: 'Indigenous rights' smokescreen for elite rule
Terrorist leader George Speight has claimed that his gang's kidnapping of the government of Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry was to defend "indigenous" Melanesian Fijians' political
BY KAREN FLETCHER
ALICE SPRINGS — On August 2, the third day of the National Conference of Community Legal Centres, delegates learned that Prime Minister John Howard had announced he would amend the Sex Discrimination Act to make it legal to deny
PORTUGAL: 'Globalise the struggles'
SAN GIAO — A huge banner with the words "Globalizar as lutas" (Globalise the struggles) heralded the 17th youth camp of the Fourth International, held in San Giao in central Portugal, July 23-29. Around 400
Spotlight on Indonesia and West Papua
Independence activists killed in West Papua
Two residents attempting to hoist West Papua's Morning Star independence flag in the coastal city of Sorong were shot dead by Indonesian police on July 28.
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GST: rolling back the opposition
In the month since the introduction of the Howard government's goods and services tax, the big-business propaganda machine — commonly referred to as the "mass media" — has mounted a sustained attack on the ALP's
Rules of racism
The Australian Arabic Council (AAC) wishes to bring to your attention the film Rules of Engagement, directed by William Friedkin and produced by Paramount Pictures, which will be distributed in Australia from August 17 by Village
BY ZANNY BEGG
SYDNEY — A determined Aboriginal community would not be deterred by Olympics organisers' boast that "not one black toe would cross the Homebush Bay line", the Indigenous Social Justice Association's Ray Jackson told a packed public
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — More than 200 people attended the Global Action Conference, jointly sponsored by Friends of the Earth and 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, held at Melbourne University on July 29. The conference comprised three plenary sessions and 11
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Vilifying
Not content with vilifying many of the unemployed, conservatives have moved on to sole parent pensioners.
In Sydney's Daily Telegraph of July 29, Michael Duffy whinged about people "receiving the single
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