[Imc-zimbabwe] 600, 000+: Largest workers' protest in Australian history -- Green Left Weekly #649, November 16, 2005 (3)

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Green Left Weekly #649, November 16, 2005

600,000+: Largest workers' protest in Australian history

See http://www.socialist-alliance.org/ for reports & pictures of
November 15 rallies against Howard's IR laws. There are also the
resolutions passed by the 35,000-strong Geelong rally
<http://www.socialist-alliance.org//page.php?page=498> and the
1000-strong Armidale rally
<http://www.socialist-alliance.org//page.php?page=499>, which called upon
the ACTU to organised national industrial action against the laws,
called upon the Labor federal opposition to commit to abolishing AWAs
and all Howard's anti-union laws, and pledging to defend any worker
penalised under these laws.

IR laws: Howard's unprecedented power grab
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p12.htm>

The new IR laws are going to ``bring the biggest changes to industrial
relations in 100 years'', according to Adam Bandt, a partner at Slater &
Gordon Lawyers, a Melbourne-based firm specialising in defending unions
and unionists. He spoke to Green Left Weekly on November 10, the same
day the Workplace Relations Amendment (WorkChoices) Bill was passed by
the House of Representatives. [Full article]
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p12.htm>

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Terror laws: Are we really safer?
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p24.htm>

A campaign by the Howard government, backed by the corporate media, to
suggest that terror attacks were imminent provided the backdrop to the
passing of emergency legislation in federal parliament on November 3.
[Full article] <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p24.htm>

* Muslims denied presumption of innocence
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p3.htm>
* Our Common Cause: Guilty until proven innocent - justice in the
'war on terror' <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p7b.htm>

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International News

# VENEZUELA: Chavez claims victory over Bush
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p17b.htm>
# VENEZUELA: Foot soldiers of the revolution
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p18.htm>
# FRANCE: State of emergency called in face of widespread revolt
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p14.htm>
# BELGIUM: Two general strikes in three weeks
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p14b.htm>
# UNITED STATES: Global terror network uncovered
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p15.htm>
# IRAN: US officials push Iraq-style frame-up
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p16.htm>
# SCOTLAND: Dawn raids on refugees cause outcry
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p16b.htm>
# ARGENTINA: A president, a soccer star and the dreams of millions
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p17.htm>
# ZIMBABWE: Mass arrests of demonstrators
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p19.htm>
# INDONESIA: Army reactivates village surveillance units
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p19b.htm>
# VIETNAM: UN report says Vietnam's social progress 'exceptional'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p20.htm>
# The social cost of capitalist restoration
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p20b.htm>

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In Brief

# BOTSWANA: Woman starved to death in Kalahari reserve
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p19c.htm>
# RUSSIA: Union-bashing in Siberia
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p19d.htm>

Regular Features

# Loose Cannons <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p5d.htm>
# Cartoon <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/toonh.jpg>
# Write On: Letters to the Editor
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p8.htm>

Comment and Analysis

# IR laws: Howard's unprecedented power grab
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p12.htm>
# Howard set to attack awards
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p12b.htm>
# Here's how the little liar can be beaten
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p12c.htm>
# Look who's supporting Howard's IR laws
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p12d.htm>
# Terror laws: Are we really safer?
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p24.htm>
# Terror laws could be used against Aborigines
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p10.htm>
# Concerns raised about Goulburn Jail
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p10b.htm>
# November 11, 1975: Lessons of the 'Canberra coup'
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p11.htm>
# This week in history: Joe Hill murdered
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p11b.htm>
# Assault on collective bargaining
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p7.htm>
# Our Common Cause: Guilty until proven innocent - justice in the 'war on
terror' <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p7b.htm>
# Heavy labour and the absurdities of capitalism
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p8b.htm>
# Terrorism: the new Cold War
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p9.htm>
# Anti-terror and IR laws interlinked
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p9b.htm>

Cultural Dissent

# Speaking out against Howard's anti-worker laws
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p21.htm>
# Worth waking up to <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p21b.htm>
# Conscious participation in the making of history
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p22.htm>
# Humour as a political weapon
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p22b.htm>

Australian News

# Muslims denied presumption of innocence
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p3.htm>
# Building industry laws already being used
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p2.htm>
# Chinese hunger strike enters fourth week
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p2b.htm>
# Young workers speak out
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p2c.htm>
# Get Green Left Weekly around
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p3b.htm>
# Taking the anti-dump campaign to Canberra
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p4.htm>
# Academic threatened with the sack
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p4b.htm>
# Labor to oppose new sedition laws
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p4c.htm>
# Tragedy on the high seas
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p4d.htm>
# Howard protested <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p4e.htm>
# Red carpet for war criminal
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p5.htm>
# Martin cuts funds to Indigenous learning centre
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p5b.htm>
# Venezuela solidarity actions called
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p5c.htm>
# Save Recherche Bay! <http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p5e.htm>
# UB staff vote 'no confidence' in VC
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p6.htm>
# Unionising young workers
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p6b.htm>
# TAFE staff to shut campus for IR protest
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p6c.htm>
# Fighting for lost wages
<http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/649/649p6d.htm>

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