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MALAYSIA: Wage sell-out provokes anger

BY EVA CHENG A February 7 pay deal, signed by plantation owners and the yellow union, the National Union of Plantation Workers, has proven to be a farce and a sell-out, the Plantation Workers Support Committee declared on July 19. The deal was

Dinner raises funds for Socialist Alliance

SYDNEY — In a big boost to the Socialist Alliance's NSW Senate campaign fundraising, a dinner attended by more than 100 people in Marrickville on July 14 raised more than $1250. It was the first major fundraiser organised by the seven Socialist

Write on: Letters to the editor

Left Labor conference I Reading Lev Lafayette's letter (Write on, GLW # 456) on my remarks about the "Left Labor" conference makes me believe he might have more to offer the progressive movement as a science fiction writer than a socialist

Activists take on State Forests

BY NICK FREDMAN LISMORE — Activists from the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) and the Rainforest Information Centre held a vigil outside the offices of State Forests at Casino on July 20. They were protesting against the unsustainable practices

Why nobody won in Aston

@box text intr = The results of the July 14 Aston federal by-election said a lot about what the existing parliamentary parties will be offering voters in the federal election later this year. And what a sorry performance it was. Despite Peter