BY DARREN JIGGINS
LAUNCESTON — On October 5, more than 400 people attended a rally at Princes Square against the looming war on Iraq. It was organised by the No War on Iraq public forum.
Speakers included Kim Booth from the Greens, Jules
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CANBERRA — On September 22, a group of Australian Jews released a statement
in support of the rights of Palestinians and condemning the actions of
the Israeli government in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
Rick Kuhn, a
BY RUSSELL PICKERING
PERTH — Construction workers walked off a Perth building site on
October 7, after construction company Sizer Builder installed surveillance
equipment to monitor union activities.
The Construction, Forestry, Mining
BY PATRICK BOND
JOHANNESBURG — The October 1-2 national general strike against the privatisation of South Africa's electricity, telephones, water and transport services was a mixed success. But combined with other recent developments and
WoomeraWritten by Joshua WakelyPerformed by Joshua Wakely, Susannah Hardy, Laurence Coy, Hillary
Manning, Ben Barrack and Craig MenaudOld Fitzroy Hotel Theatre, corner of Cathedral and Dowling streets, WoolloomoolooTuesdays to Saturdays, 8pm;
BY CHRIS LATHAM
PERTH — On October 2, 80 people attended a forum on "Why war?" at the Fremantle Hotel, organised by the Fremantle branch of the ALP. The meeting was addressed by local federal MP Carmen Lawrence and WA Legislative Council member
BY DICK NICHOLS
[This is an abridged version of a talk presented to a panel discussion on the Socialist Alliance at the 31st Resistance national conference, held in Melbourne, September 27-30. Dick Nichols is a member of the national executive of
BY TONY KEVIN
Until the Senate "children overboard" committee began to enquire into SIEV-X, the boat that sank on its way to Christmas Island on October 19, 2001, drowning 353 people, mostly women and children, we knew nothing about a clandestine
BY KATHY NEWNAM
NEWCASTLE — The Newcastle University Students Association (NUSA) will remain an activist-led organisation after a fierce and political election campaign run September 23-26.
This year, NUSA has been led by a progressive
SYDNEY — On October
10, unionists gathered outside the Hilton hotel to protest the proposed
sacking of 450 workers.
Photo by Amy McDonnell.
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BY CHRIS LATHAM
PERTH — On October 2, some 1000 members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's construction division protested against the return to Perth of the royal commission into the construction industry.
CFMEU state
BY BEN REID
Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva — candidate of the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT, Workers Party) — received over 46% of the vote in the first round of Brazil's presidential elections, held October 6. He must contest a second round
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