By Trevor Acfieldand Paul Glenning
ROCKHAMPTON — "Super dams" being energetically promoted by the state government for central Queensland will be a massive subsidisation of the cotton, grain and coal industries. The government intends to spend up
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NEWCASTLE — An angry, 500-strong rally greeted PM John Howard when he arrived at a civic reception in Maitland Town Hall on April 17.
Their struggle is our struggle
Every night for the last week, the TV news has featured footage of hundreds of burly men in overalls and work boots standing toe to toe with (mostly male) police and shouting abuse at bus loads of non-union labour
Eisenstein: A Life in ConflictBy Ronald BerganLittle, Brown and Company, 1997 — 384 pp., $39.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon
When the sailors on the battleship Potemkin mutiny and (under the red flag in the last reel) persuade their comrades on
By Norm Dixon
At least 51 Acehnese refugees have been murdered by Malaysian and Indonesian forces since March 25. News of the terrible atrocities, which have been ignored by the Australian mass media, was revealed by representatives of the Aceh
International solidarity with the wharfies
News of actions in other countries in solidarity with the sacked waterside workers is beginning to come in. In addition to the actions being organised by participants at the Asia Pacific Solidarity
The decision by Olympic gold medallist Nova Peris-Kneebone to speak out against the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine within the Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory has added to the growing community opposition to the mine.
A short story by Craig Cormick
A shell explodes overhead. Bright. Like a star. It startles Private O'Connor awake. His eyes snap open wide. Staring around quickly. He sees the snow and icy mud of the trench. Sees Private Duigan staring at him. Like
Immediate response to wharfies' sackings
@photo caption = SYDNEY — On April 8, just hours after the sacking of 2000 MUA members, 5000 people gathered at Town Hall to protest then march to the Darling Harbour wharf where a picket line had already
On the box
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522.
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Join the wharfies' picket
Bravo to those who did the hard work behind the recent Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference. It was great to see it full to capacity. The speakers on the morning I went, especially Mari Alkitiri, were an inspiration. It
Mass pickets over the last week and a half at East Swanson and Webb Docks have generated amazing solidarity among workers.
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