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Big socialist meeting discusses anti-corporate campaign

BY NICK EVERETT SYDNEY — "We must work together to build a wall of public opinion against corporate greed and exploitation", Cuban Communist Party member Abelardo Cueto Sosa told the biggest meeting of left activists to be held in Sydney's

Radio Rentals workers locked out

BY BRONWEN BEECHEY ADELAIDE — Radio Rentals has locked out 40 technicians, members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union, over a long-running pay dispute. The technicians have been demanding a 5% pay rise, which would be their first since

Refugee trials begin

BY KATHY NEWNAM ADELAIDE — The trials of refugees charged with involvement in the alleged August "riots" at the Woomera Immigration Detention Centre, in the South Australian desert, began here on December 18. The case against the first defendant,

Fighting Fund off to a flying start

The 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly Fighting Fund got off to a flying start at the Democratic Socialist Party's January 3-7 congress. Members and supporters of the party pledged a massive $121,615 at the congress rally. It was the first of a series of special

Networker: Where is the information automobile?

Campaign needed to defend BHP Pilbara workers

BY ANTHONY BENBOW AND MELANIE SJOBERG  Workers employed at BHP operations in WA's Pilbara region must be feeling a bad sense of d‚j… vu. In January last year, they were forced to fight to defend their jobs and hard-won conditions when

A stimulus for action

Dying for Growth: Global Inequality and the Health of the PoorEdited by Jim Yong Kim, Joyce Millen, Alec Irwin and John GershmanCommon Courage Press, Monroe, MaineAvailable at <http://www.amazon.com> REVIEW BY STEPHEN LANGFORD For

Welfare reform abolishes safety net

BY ALISON DELLIT With its December 14 response to the final report of the Reference Group on Welfare Reform, the McClure report, the federal government has taken a giant step down its desired path of restructuring the entire welfare system. By

UNITED STATES: Bush junior plans 'Son of Star Wars'

BY JIM GREEN The incoming administration of George W Bush is planning a controversial national missile defence (NMD) system as part of its broader military build-up — a reprise of the failed "Star Wars" efforts of Presidents Ronald Reagan and

The story behind the Woomera 'riot'

BY JOHN McGILL Khalil (not his real name) is a middle-aged married man with four young children. He is a Shi'ite Muslim, was born in Iraq and was a shoemaker by profession. As a teenager, he was conscripted into the Iraqi army. That was in the

DSP pledges support for Yallourn workers

The Democratic Socialist Party's 19th congress held January 3-7 unanimously endorsed the following statement in support of the Yallourn power workers. The DSP pledges its full support for the Yallourn power workers in their struggle to keep their

Campaign 2001 launched

The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union launched its national "pattern bargaining" Campaign 2001 at rallies in Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide on December 6. Campaign 2001 is raising a set of demands for inclusion in enterprise agreements being