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Why corporate rulers fear the new people's movement

BY PETER BOYLE Since the anti-World Trade Organisation protests in Seattle last November, a growing popular movement against corporate globalisation has taken to the streets several times around the world: Washington in April, Philadelphia and Los

PALESTINE: The myth of the empty land

The state of Israel was founded on a lie: that Palestine was an empty land. "Land without people for a people with no land" was the Zionists' slogan. Even after the majority of Palestinians had been expelled, Israel's prime minister, Golda Meir,

Action updates

S11 debrief BRISBANE — Activists who travelled from Brisbane to participate in the blockade of the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne on September 11-13 told their side of the story at a public meeting on October 19. Called by the

UNITED STATES: Lesser evilism and the Nader campaign

The US presidential election takes place on November 7. According to public opinion polls, it's a dead heat between the Republican nominee, Texas Governor George W. Bush, and the Democratic nominee, vice-president Al Gore. What makes the election

ANC minister opposes 40-hour week

South Africa is "not ready" for the introduction of a 40-hour week, African National Congress labour minister Membathisi Mdladlana declared on October 17. Mdladlana was commenting on a feasibility study on reducing the current 45-hour working week.

UNITED STATES: The dictatorship of the dollar

While the rest of the world is racking its brains trying to figure out why the world's currencies are plummeting against the US dollar, the United States elite is using the strong greenback to set in concrete its dominance of the world economy. The

Unions protest against UWS merger

BY FEDERICO FUENTES SYDNEY — Students and staff at the University of Western Sydney rallied outside a board of trustees meeting on October 18 to protest against the UWS administration's refusal to guarantee that the amalgamation of the

Bracks, retailers deny outworkers justice

BY GEORGINA DAVIES In the cloyed back rooms of suburban homes across Australia, outworkers slave over their sewing machines to produce high-fashion garments for the likes of Billabong, Cherry Lane, Converse, Esprit, Fletcher Jones, Jay Jays, Johnny

and ain't i a woman: Helping him quit

Switching on the radio, I heard a man's despairing voice: "I tried to quit, I tried to stop, but I realised I couldn't do it on my own. I needed help." It was part of the "Men's Help-line" campaign, a newly funded project of the Western Australian

ZIMBABWE: Price protesters denounce Mugabe

Angry residents of the Zimbabwe capital Harare's impoverished "high density" satellite townships began a three-day protest on October 16 against price increases for basic commodities. The spontaneous protests, which were triggered by young people

SA Labor reassures business

BY BRONWEN BEECHEY ADELAIDE — The South Australian Labor Party's annual convention on October 13 departed from tradition in two ways, both of which sought to reassure big business that the party will cooperate if it wins the next election. The

Women march in world action against poverty

BY ANTHEA STUTTER & KAMALA EMANUEL HOBART — A lively evening rally and march was held on the Salamanca Lawns on October 13 as part of the World March of Women 2000. Combining with the annual Reclaim the Night march, the action was initiated to