When the Workers First team, headed by Craig Johnston, was first elected to lead the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) in Victoria in 1998, it was like a breath of fresh air coming into the union movement.
What the
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Caswell, Australian Conservation Foundation "> WMC's hypocrisy on greenhouse emissionsOn June 10, Hugh Matheson Morgan AO, chief executive of WMC Limited, was awarded a Companion of the Order of Australia for services to business,
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The claims that asylum seekers threw children from a boat to force the navy to take them to Australia, made by many federal government ministers during last year's election, were lies. "Now another horror story about asylum
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Congratulations to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly on its 500th issue. Like other supporters of this fine socialist newspaper, I know only too well the hard committed work that has achieved this landmark. I personally owe GLW a great deal. There are few other
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SYDNEY — “The proceedings have been more like a prosecution of the union than a genuine investigation of the building industry” — This was how Andrew Ferguson, secretary of the NSW Construction, Forestry, Mining and
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and aint i a woman: NOW and the 'war on terrorism' US President George Bush has not only used the September 11 terrorist attacks to launch an imperialist war drive, he has used the advantage they created to attack progressive organisations and
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[The following call to action was issued by Public Servants for Refugees, a network initiated by Andrew Hall, a Canberra public servant. Since then, Public Servants for Refugees networks have spread from the ACT to NSW and Victoria. The networks can
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[In 2000, the Victorian branch of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union embarked on an industry-wide industrial campaign called Campaign 2000. The campaign won some of the best wages and conditions in the industry. This is an abridged version of
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Zionism Philip Mendes contribution to the debate on the Israel/Palestine dispute is typical of the Israeli public relations machine. Ceaselessly and selectively dragging up past Palestinian transgressions. Maybe the Mufti of Jerusalem
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Isn't there someone that you would like to share the information you receive through 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly with? Perhaps you want to add more weight to the household dinner table discussions, or perhaps a workmate has seen you reading
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"Four teenage boys are crouched in front of the TV, watching, listening, hanging on the words of the BBC reporter who is describing the carnage when US jets bombed a wedding party celebration in central Afghanistan... A slight boy,
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HOBART — Two green left parties are contesting the Tasmanian state elections to be held here on July 20. Both launched their campaigns in the week following the close of nominations. The Socialist Alliance launched its
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LONDON — For 101 days, British Royal Marines have been engaged in a farcical operation as mercenaries of the United States, whose lawlessness now qualifies it as the world's leading rogue state. Shooting at shadows, and
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Make Tasmania a refugee safe haven. End mandatory detention. Jobs not profits. A shorter working week with no loss in pay. Nationalise under workers' and community control companies that threaten mass sackings. Abolish youth wages. A massive
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HOBART — After looking at the Socialist Alliance's priority pledges for the July 20 Tasmanian elections, several of my workmates made comments such as "that would be nice if it were possible, but you could never fund promises
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Why would Australian Manufacturing Workers Union national secretary Doug Cameron be trying to get rid of Craig Johnston, the AMWU's Victorian branch secretary, when this branch has been more successful than any other branches at
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BY SUE BOLTON& ALISON DELLIT While the majority of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's readers live in Australia's capital cities, during the last 10 years, the paper's distribution has expanded into a number of regional centres. GLW is now distributed in Alice
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The survival and growth of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly can be attributed to the commitment of those who support it, including those who distribute the paper in their local areas. If you can take some copies of GLW to distribute in your area, please call
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500th issue Australian solidarity messages Congratulations to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, our robust, people-produced, streetwise and ethical alternative source of news and views, in a dangerously censored world. Best wishes for the next 5000 editions, at
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On October 18, a leaky 19-metre Indonesian fishing boat, with a capacity of 150 passengers, picked up more than 400 asylum seekers from Lampung to make the journey to Christmas Island. A few hours out to sea, the boat started leaking and capsized
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SYDNEY — More than 40 people gathered in Parramatta Mall on July 9 to protest against the public executions that have taken place recently in Iran and the failure of the UN to condemn human rights abuses there. Speakers also condemned the
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BRISBANE — The bitter industrial dispute in May over the use of underpaid, non-unionised labour on the CSL Yarra was reignited when the re-flagged ship, now called the Stadacona, returned to Australian waters. The Maritime
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UN award for Tampa seafarers Wilhelmsen Line and the crew of the MV Tampa have jointly won a $100,000 award from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for rescue on the high seas. The Tampa's crew and owner were given the award for
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SYDNEY — Husaini Hasan, chairperson of the Government Council of the Free Acheh Movement (MPGAM), told a meeting on July 11 that his people's struggle for a referendum would not be realised without international solidarity.
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BY REBECCA MECKELBURG & MARCEL CAMERON BRISBANE — Despite the state ALP government's attempts to undermine the Queensland Nurses Union's (QNU) stop-work rally at Parliament House on July 12, more than 3000 angry public and private sector nurses
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SYDNEY — The tenacity and determination of teachers, students and other members of the local community has forced the overturning of former NSW education minister John Aquilina's decision to close Dulwich and Marrickville high
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MELBOURNE — On July 10, news broke that RMIT University has joined private prison operator Group 4 Falck to tender for the delivery of "educational and recreational sporting activities" to asylum seekers in Australian detention
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SYDNEY — The federal government's "Pacific solution" is likely to be become the "Christmas Island solution" when a 1200-bed detention centre is finished there in March 2003, Anne Coombs, from Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR),
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BY STACEY BRENNAN & EWAN SAUNDERS BRISBANE — The National Union of Students (NUS) National Education Conference, held July 5-7, was attended by 400 students. An endorsement of the campus refugee sanctuary campaign as "an idea worthy of further
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SYDNEY — At the beginning of August, the nine branches of Socialist Alliance in NSW will begin to pre-select candidates for the March 2003 NSW election. A state conference at the University of Technology, Sydney, on
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PERTH — Murdoch University hosted the 2002 Students and Sustainability Conference, held July 7-13. The conference was attended by around 500 students, there to learn about and discuss environmental and human rights campaigns.
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NEWCASTLE — A solemn 80-strong protest in Civic Park on July 12 was the culmination of a week-long vigil in solidarity with hunger strikers in the Woomera detention centre. Dave McKay, who is visiting Newcastle from the Refugee
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Except on Mondays "It is not a policy of this coalition to target innocents, nor would it ever be to target innocents" — Lieutenant General Dan McNeill, US commander of allied forces in Afghanistan, July 6, after acknowledging that US warplanes
Analysis
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When the first issue of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly appeared, US President George Bush senior's war on Iraq was raging; 500 issues later, President George Bush junior is planning another massive invasion of sanction-crippled Iraq, as imperial wars rage in
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Even before news of the latest corporate scams exploded in late June, the London-based Economist on May 18 published a 20-page defence of capitalism. The article began with the claim that "the capitalist system has proved surprisingly
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Sukarno, the first president of Indonesia, was 27 years old when he became chairperson of the Indonesian National Party in the 1920s. Mohammed Hatta was a similar age when he took over the leadership of the nationalist
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The national strike by the more than 110,000 members of the South African Municipal Workers Union entered its second week on July 9. In the face of mass arrests, police violence and a slander campaign by the capitalist media, South
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This message of condolence and solidarity was sent to the Worker Communist Parties of Iran and Iraq following the death of Mansoor Hekmat. Dear comrades, the members of the Democratic Socialist Party of Australia extend our sincere condolences to
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The killing of two demonstrators by police on June 26 has sent political shock waves through Argentina. The murders took place in an industrial suburb of Buenos Aires, where activists of the militant unemployed movement — known
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Residents in Mandela Park, Khayelitsha (near Cape Town), rebelled on July 8 in response to a raid by police and municipal officials. Community anger boiled over when a council sheriff attempted to repossess an elderly pensioner's
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PARIS — An estimated 500,000 people took part in the June 29 Pride March here. Calling for "Egalite!" (equality), lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender contingents paraded from Montparnasse to Bastille Square. Photo by Jonathan Strauss.From Green
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IMMOKALEE — If a small union of Florida farmworkers has its way, the nasal voice of the famous Chihuahua will be saying, "No quiero Taco Bell" (I don't want Taco Bell) on college campuses across the United States. For almost a
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The ruling classes of the USA, Britain and Australia are finalising their plans for the next war against Iraq. Leaked Pentagon documents reported in the July 4 New York Times propose that Iraq be attacked from the north, south and
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LONDON — Human rights activists on July 9 began 24-hour vigil outside Australia House in protest at human rights abuses at the Woomera refugee detention centre. Four hunger strikers positioned themselves in front of the building. The protest was
Culture
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REVIEW BY TYRION PERKINS In the Spirit of Wandering Teachers: the Cuban Literacy Campaign, 1961 Edited by Alexandra Keeble Ocean Press, Melbourne, 2001 $24.95 In the Spirit of Wandering Teachers is a poster-size book that
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REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Globalisation, Corporate Cons and High Finance FraudstersBy Greg PalastPluto Press, 2002211 pages, $59.95 (hb) Ultra-right millionaire and
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Hell Stirs in HeavenBy Anita Caratelliself-published, Melbourne, 2001$25, order at <acspecials@yahoo.com> REVIEWED BY CHRIS SLEE Most Australians are only vaguely aware of the Torres Straits islands. Most have heard of Eddie Mabo, the
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From the Bush crusade to foreign aid,Iraqi sanctions to the world's arms trade;from the threat of globalisationto social welfare in this nationyou tore through the tissue of lies500 issues they despise. Street sellers in the rain,it was worth the
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Fond Memories of Cuba A documentary by David BradburyScreening at Valhalla Cinema, Sydney. Opens at the Schonell Cinema, Brisbane, July 18; Nova Cinema, Melbourne, July 25; and the Electric Shadows Cinema, Canberra, late July. REVIEW BY KIM
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Museworthy: Afton Blommor (Evening Flower) for Par Lagerkvist You asked our questionsWhen we could not have asked themBecause we did not know what would fulfil usBecause we did not know what to askThat you were forgotten is rightThat what you
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REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN Take Care of My Cat Directed by Jeong Jae-eun Starring Bae Doo-na, Lee Yo-won, Ok Ji-young, Lee Eun-sil, Lee Eun-ju Distributed by Cinema Service Co, email <rachel@cinemaservice.com> Screened at the 49th Sydney