Editorial: Labor is shuffling the deckchairs on the Titanic
Another round of infighting has broken out inside the parliamentary Labor Party as the reality of defeat this September finally sinks in.
VIEW FULL CONTENTS OF Greek TV station under workers’ control: “We’re here to win!”
13 June 2013
A workers’ occupation of the Greek ERT state broadcasting corporation was the only media outlet broadcasting in the country today, Wednesday. Journalists across the rest of the Greek media struck in solidarity with occupation.
Turkey’s revolt, Islam and the military
A small protest that began with 50 people in Gezi Park, Istanbul, to save it from becoming a shopping mall, became the spark for weeks of resistance against Turkey’s Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdoğan.
Sydney Uni: five strikes in, staff show they can win
10 June 2013
Staff at Sydney University from the NTEU and CPSU held their fifth successful day of strike action this year on 5 June as they face off against the aggressive anti-union management of hated Vice-Chancellor Michael Spence.
Nation-wide protests fight Gillard’s university cuts
17 May 2013
The $2.3 billion cuts to universities have unleashed a wave of anger across the country. A national day of protest on budget day organised by the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) along with student groups drew 1500 people in Melbourne and 500 in Sydney. Hundreds more protested in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra and across regional campuses.
Sydney Uni strikes shake management
18 April 2013
The strike campaign by Sydney Uni staff has already begun to force the intransigent, nasty management to back down from some aspects of their attack on staff conditions and education. Staff, represented by the NTEU and the CPSU, successfully shut down the campus for two days in late March, following a 24-hour strike in earlier in the month.
Hunger strike exposes detention injustice
Twenty seven refugees with adverse ASIO security assessments exposed the detention regime with a ten day hunger strike at Broadmeadows detention centre in Melbourne. The refugees have won a meeting with Immigration to press their demands.
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