BY RANDALL GICKER
BROWNSVILLE, Tennessee — Three hundred black farmers on July 1 took over the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional office here to protest against the agency's failure to process loan applications. The growers were
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AMWU members defend their union
GEELONG — On June 28, a meeting of 150 Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) members from Alcoa's Port Henry aluminium smelter discussed the state and federal governments' attacks on the leadership of
BY SHANE BENTLEY
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union, which covers 10,500 waterfront workers (known as longshoremen) on the US west coast, is headed for a showdown with the bosses' Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) after the ILWU's
BY DAVE McKAY
WOOMERA — A 34-year-old Iranian nurse recovering in the Woomera town
hospital from a near-fatal suicide attempt inside Woomera detention centre,
has sent a message to well-wishers promising that she will continue to
seek ways
BY RAHUL MAHAJAN
Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat stunned the world yesterday
by demanding that the United States hold democratic elections for a new
chief executive before it attempts to continue in its role as broker between
BY JAMES VASSILOPOULOS
On June 18, Greek workers paralysed the country with a massive general strike against a government attempt to increase the age of retirement and reduce pensions. This militant action underscores the radicalisation that is
HOBART — More than
50 people participated in the state-wide launch of the Socialist Alliance
election campaign on the Salamanca Lawns on July 6. The alliance's first
ever television advertisement premiered at the event. It will be shown
on
BY REBECCA MECKELBURG& MARCEL CAMERON
BRISBANE — As the ALP state government reels from growing industrial turmoil in public hospitals, Premier Peter Beattie has withdrawn his unprecedented threat to attempt to conduct a secret ballot of
BY CHRIS ATKINSON
DARWIN — NT University's international students are the latest victims of the government and corporate media's racist scaremongering campaign. The pass grade on an English language subject compulsory for international students
BY JEREMY SMITH
All positions in the National Tertiary Education Industry Union are
up for election in 2002.
In the national elections, president Carolyn Allport, general secretary
Grahame McCulloch and national assistant secretary Ted
BY ROGER RONNIE
More than 100,000 municipal workers across South Africa — members of the militant South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) — began a national strike on July 2. Tens of thousands have marched in demonstrations in major
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY — Environmental activists rallied outside the Sydney hearings of the pro-boss royal commission into the building industry on July 5, highlighting the record of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union's
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