Sarah Stephen
The May 31 Australian's editorial, titled "Rau and Alvarez cases not race-based", launched a vicious attack on "opportunists who want to exploit these two dreadful incidents as examples of a racist government's racist policies".
The
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Alison Dellit & Federico Fuentes
Monday May 23
On Monday May 23, around 10,000 coca growers, marched into El Alto, the capital of Bolivia, ending a 200-kilometre, four-day march led by the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), and its leader Evo
June 1
1848: The first issue of Karl Marx's Neue Rheinische Zeitung is published.
June 2
1972: Unions ban the servicing of UTA aircraft in opposition to French nuclear tests.
June 4
1982: 26,000 textile workers begin a strike in the Export
Kathy Newnam, Darwin
This month, 11,000 US troops will arrive in Australia to join with 6000 Australian troops for the Talisman Sabre military exercise in northern Australia. Protests across the country will take place on June 10 to mark the
Lucy Honey, Parramatta
On May 27, at least 500 union delegates packed the Parramatta Leagues Club auditorium to watch a Unions NSW presentation, via Sky Channel, on the federal government's planned changes to the industrial relations system.
Karen Fletcher
Bespectacled anthropology professors may not fit the militant unionist stereotype, but they and their comrade faculty administrators, research scientists, sessional tutors and IT help-desk jockeys are becoming an increasingly
On April 22, imprisoned activist Mumia Abu-Jamal was able to give the following address the Attica to Abu Graib Conference via a mp3 recording. A former Black Panther, Abu-Jamal was convicted of killing a cop on scandalously contradictory evidence
The May 21 British Guardian reported that four jurors who acquitted four Algerians in the so-called ricin plot trial that ended at the Old Bailey the previous month have expressed outrage at the news that the government is seeking to deport three of
MELBOURNE — National Union of Workers Victorian secretary Martin Pakula has rejected claims made by Kemalex Plastics on May 23 that it is a small family-owned company that is struggling to survive.
Kemalex employs 200 people in Victoria and South
Kerryn Williams, Sydney
TAFE workers will join university staff around Australia on June 1 to protest the federal Coalition government's attacks on the tertiary education sector.
In NSW, TAFE employees will stop work to participate in city
Jon Lamb, Darwin
A law and order auction is underway in the Northern Territory, as the Clare Martin Labor government and the Country Liberal Party opposition try to outbid each other on who can be the toughest on crime. Teen curfews, more police,
Sarah Stephen
On her first day of life outside the Villawood detention centre, three-year-old Naomi Leong was disoriented and distressed by the sight of cars, confused by all the trees.
Dr Louise Newman, a psychiatrist who assessed Naomi when she
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