BY STEPHEN GARVEY
MELBOURNE — On October 23, workers at Wilson Transformers Pty Ltd in Glen Waverley went on strike in response to management's refusal to negotiate on the latest enterprise bargaining agreement.
Wilson Transformers management
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BY NICOLE HOYE& TERRICA STRUDWICK
BRISBANE — In the midst of his "Stand down Howard" tour, Steve Towson has released his powerful second album One Shot at Freedom. Towson casually describes his music as a raw-boned, electric mix of folk, punk and
David Spratt, an organiser for the Victorian Peace Network, wrote to the Sydney Morning Herald's Webdiary, run by Margo Kingston, on October 21. Describing opposition leader Simon Crean as "dead in the water", he explained that he had resigned from
Insane bomber I
"If we have to, we just mow the whole place down, see what happens. You're dealing with insane suicide bombers who are killing our people, and we need to be very aggressive in taking them out." — US Republican senator Trent Lott,
BY KAREN FLETCHER
MELBOURNE — "The second worst thing imaginable would be if our child died fighting in a just war — that we believed should be fought. The absolute worst thing would be if he died in a war that we believe is wrong", Nancy
Lyndon LaRouche: Fascism Restyled for the New MillenniumBy Helen GilbertRed Letter Press, 46 pagesCopies available for $7 from the Solidarity Salon, 580 Sydney Road, Brunswick, Victoria; send a cheque for $8, payable to the Feminist Education
BY KARIN WARINGO
BRUSSELS — Soon, the 450 million citizens of the European Union will have their facial images screened and fingerprints taken if they request a new passport. Additionally, anybody from a non-EU state seeking entry or requesting
300 rally for Medicare
MELBOURNE — On November 7, a lunchtime rally protested the cuts to Medicare and called for the public health care system to be extended.
The speakers included Dr Tim Woodruff; Sharan Burrow, the president of the
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