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Western Sahara: Time to pressure Morocco

Western Sahara is a decolonisation issue that has been on the United Nations' agenda for almost 40 years.

Howard's attacks on construction workers must be defeated

BY CHRIS LATHAM It is expected that during the current session of federal parliament, a range of new anti-union legislation will be introduced by Prime Minister John Howard's Coalition government, including legislation aimed at "reforming" the

Campaign resources for progressive activists

Visit the Socialist Alliance web site <http://www.socialist-alliance.org> to download any of the following campaigning resources to take along to the next rally, info stall or community meeting. Trade union and worker rights "Hands off

Save the ABC!

BY ADAM MACLEAN After the much-publicised $26.1 million cuts the Australian Broadcasting Corporation management made on August 5, federal communications minister Richard Alston has hinted at allowing it to raise funds through things like telethons

Loose cannons

Moor killers "A row broke out in Spain yesterday after the country sent its first troops to patrol Iraq wearing on their shoulders the Cross of St James of Compostela — popularly known in Spain as 'the Moor Killer'. Patches bearing the cross, the

PSA members fight OIR staff cuts

BY JENNY LONG SYDNEY — On August 14, employees of the NSW government's Office of Industrial Relations (OIR), formerly the Department of Industrial Relations, began industrial action in protest at savage jobs cuts and restructuring, announced

SCU staff reject dodgy deal

BY NICK FREDMAN LISMORE — In a victory for unionism in the higher-education sector, staff at Southern Cross University have decisively voted down a short-term enterprise bargaining agreement aimed at marginalising the National Tertiary Education

Life and Debt: Behind paradise's facade

Life and DebtA film by Stephanie BlackAvailable on DVD and videotapeOrder enquiries: (07) 33910124; (07) 3391 0154 (fax); or email <gilsfilm@cairns.net.au>Visit <http://www.lifeanddebt.org/> for future screening dates REVIEW BY

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Includes the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone (02) 9564 1277. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for program details. Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has excellent

Forty days in world of the working poor

REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Hard Work: Life in Low-pay BritainBy Polly Toynbee Bloomsbury, 2003242 pages, $21 (pb) Polly Toynbee, one of Britain's most prestigious journalists, was bothered by a letter from the Church Action on Poverty group. "Would

Action updates

Victory for student democracy BRISBANE — Students at the University of Queensland have voted decisively to reject changes to the UQ Union constitution, proposed by Liberal students. The no vote was victorious with a 62% majority of the almost

CANADA: Troubling signs for organised labour

BY BARRY WEISLEDER TORONTO — Labour Day parades across Ontario and other parts of Canada will march under darkening clouds on September 1 — regardless of the weather. A number of trade unions are giving way as a rising tide of employer demands