New Zealand
New Zealand: Conservative government re-elected
Workers sceptical of Labour while new Mana party represents seed of an alternative
Oceania
Australia
Australia: Baiada workers win strike
Workers set marvellous example despite union leaders weaknesses
Australia
Australia: Step up the fight against casualisation
Almost a third of Australian workers are employed in casual jobs. If you include labour hire and short-term contract work, insecure jobs make up 40% of the workforce.
Australia
Migration: Why refugees seek asylum in Australia
Interview with Siritunga Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan socialist leader
Australia
Australia: Poultry workers strike for decent pay and conditions
Violence and intimidation from management and police
Australia
Australia: Qantas management tries to lockout workers
Most vicious attack on unions in 13 years
Australia
Australia: The one sided mining boom
Review of “Too much luck” by Paul Cleary
Australia
Australia/Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan government under fire as President visits Australia
Siritunga Jayasuriya, secretary of the United Socialist Party (CWI) Sri Lanka, has made a stinging public attack on the regime of Mahinda Rajapaksa while in Australia at the same time as the president.
Australia
Australia: ‘Occupy Melbourne’ savaged by riot police
Brutal assault as protesters hold their ground and block city streets
Australia
Australia: Failed ‘welfare quarantine’ measures to be extended
Attacks first tested on Aboriginal population now implemented on all