BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — "When [Richard] Court and [Graham] Kierath were in power we had security guards and thugs on the wharves, now [Geoff] Gallop and the ALP are in and we have the same thing happening on construction sites. Is this what we
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BY KIM BULLIMORE
SYDNEY — In an attack on free speech, Burwood City Council has attempted to fine Max Lane, the Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Lowe in the November 10 federal election for "delivering an address-meeting without
BY NICK FREDMAN
CONDONG — "Standin' on the picket line, cross the road from the mill/The war ain't over till the fat man pays the bill", local singer Steve MacDonald sang to cheering sugar mill workers and supporters on November 18. Pickets have
BY LEE SUSTAR
CHICAGO — The top US military brass, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wanted a war — but they didn't have popular support for military action. Their solution? Stage an attack on an American military base, followed by a series of
SYDNEY - One-hundred and eighty people packed into Casa DÂ’Italia
in Leichhardt on November 24 to celebrate 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly and
raise funds to support it. Enjoying the delicate flavours of Middle Eastern
food, attendees were entertained
BY KAMAL FADEL
The pictures beamed across the world told one story: hundreds of smiling, happy people in the Western Sahara welcome the king of Morocco into their homeland. But the reality is very different.
The Saharawis were not happy about the
BY JODY BETZIEN
MELBOURNE — More than 500 workers from the five western suburbs sites of carpet maker Feltex Industries have ended their industrial action, after the company was forced to withdraw legal action against workers and union
BY NORM DIXON
The speed with which the forces allied to the Northern Alliance (NA) took control of northern and western Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban's retreat from Kabul on November 12 left Washington flat-footed. The US is now scrambling
BY LEE SUSTAR
CHICAGO — The US government is using the war in Afghanistan to justify — and accelerate — its agenda of corporate globalisation. At the November 9-14 World Trade Organisation summit the US, Europe and Japan invoked the war to
BY PHIL HEARSE
LONDON — More than 50,000 people participated in a marched through this city's streets on November 18 to protest the war in Afghanistan.
Organised by the Stop the War coalition, the march was notable both for the much-increased
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