BY LALITHA CHELLIAH
MELBOURNE — On June 20, 200 people attended a meeting in the federal electorate of Batman to discuss campaigning against the cuts to Medicare proposed by the Howard government. The meeting was organised by the ALP, the
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BY VANNESSA HEARMAN
On the eve of an official visit to Jakarta, Timorese PM Mari Alkatiri on May 30 called for an international tribunal in a "neutral country" to try those responsible for serious crimes in his country in 1999. He likened the
BY ALISON DELLIT
Thousands of refugee-rights supporters hit the streets on the June 21-22 weekend, to protest against the Australian government's mandatory detention of asylum seekers and deportations of refugees.
The largest protest was in
BY PAUL McCARTAN
SYDNEY — Late last year, more than 4500 political posters from Australia and overseas were rediscovered at the Jura Bookshop. The posters date from the 1960s to the late 1980s, and include a large number of Redback
BY IAN JAMIESON
FREMANTLE — In a massive jolt for incumbent officials, rank-and-file activists in the Maritime Union of Australia have won a number of positions in the union's national quadrennial elections, including the WA state secretary
BY PAUL BENEDEK
SYDNEY — Ed Peter-Anderson is one of 40 workers entering the 14th week of strike action at the Morris McMahon site in Sydney's inner-west. He is on strike from a company which he has spent more than half of his life working
BY STEPHEN GARVEY
MELBOURNE — The 77 workers at the ACI Mould Manufacturing factory in the eastern suburb of Box Hill were locked out of their workplace last week when they received management's latest proposals for the new enterprise
BY DOUG LORIMER
On June 12, Cuban President Fidel Castro and Vice-President Raul Castro led more than 1 million people in marches past the Spanish and Italian embassies in Havana. They were protesting the European Union's June 5 decision to join
BY SUE BOLTON
Of the 213 trade unionists assassinated around the world last year, 184 were murdered in Colombia, according to the Brussels-based International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).
On June 10, the ICFTU released its Annual
BY JORGE JORQUERA
Within 100 days of taking office on January 1 this year, Brazilian President Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva's Workers Party (PT) government had demonstrated its commitment to neoliberal economic policies beyond anything Washington
BY BEN COURTICE
MELBOURNE — The Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA) released in May a report on its Review of Settlement Services for Migrants and Humanitarian Entrants. The report is available on the web
BY DAVID GOSLING
CANBERRA — One-hundred-and-fifty Burmese and solidarity activists rallied outside the Burmese embassy on June 19 against the current crackdown by the military regime, and to mark Aung San Suu Kyi's birthday.
Burma's junta has
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