E D I T O R I A L

Chickens Come Home
For anyone who believes in karma, the events of the summer show how bad Australia's is right now.

F E A T U R E S

Unions: Winning the Heartland
John Robertson unveils new research on attitudes to refugees and argues it's time for unions to mount their own propaganda war.

Interview: Swan's Song
Federal ALP front-bencher Wayne Swan expands on his ideas for rebuilding the Party in the wake of the Tampa election.

Corporate: Lessons from Enron
Jim Marr looks at the shock-waves the collapse of a US corporate heavy-weight are having around the globe.

Politics: What We Did Last Summer
We look back over a summer when it all went pear-shaped. Some events, at home and abroad, look set to have ongoing ramifications.

History: Solidarity in Song
Mark Gregory looks back on the annals of labour songs and offers some hints for those planning a tilt at the Labor Council's worker anthem comp.

International: A Tale of Two Cities
New York and Port Alegre are poles apart – but they both played host to important conferences on the future of globalisation over the summer.

Poetry: Nobody Told Me
Labour academic David Peetz commits the Prime Minister's current woes to verse.

Review: Labor and the Rings
Tolkien’s epic tale provides a timely reminder that that there are forces of good and evil in the world – and that they are not necessarily where we expect to find them, writes Michael Gadiel.

Satire: Rafter Named Bermudan Of The Year For Tax Purposes
Australian of the Year Pat Rafter was last night also named Bermudan of the Year, in a simple ceremony held in Bermuda's Parliament.

N E W S

Unions' Commit to Battle for Hearts

Carr on Notice - Expectations Up

Mad Monk Sides With Angels … Briefly

Maritime Union Acts on Spy Scandal

May Day Play-Off for Workers' Anthem

Burmese Links Shroud Winter Olympics

New Phone Venture One.Tel In Drag

Two Million Face Rights Downgrade

Enron Collapse Hits Share-Owner Agenda

Corrrigan Snaps Up Rail Bargain

Kinko Clowns With Workers' Rights

MPs Face Security Checks

Telstra's Tragic Delays Of Its Own Making

Burrow Puts Case to World Economic Forum

Shangri La Protests Hit Melbourne

Activists Notebook

C O L U M N S

The Soapbox
Chinks in the Armour
The ACTU's Michael Crosby argues that Mark Latham's attack on the Labor for Refugees movement is the betrayal of Party values.

The Locker Room
Off-side in Korea?
With the World Cup set to kick off in a matter of months, South Korea's treatment of unions is under the microscope.

Week in Review
Cloak and Dagger
In the first of what will be a regular column, we place the week's labour news into a nutshell.

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Labor for Refugees

Meeting this Sunday at 2.00 pm LHMU Auditoirum 187 Thomas Street Sydney

Phone Paul Howes 0425 231 820 for more info or check out www.labor4refugees.org/nsw

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Fabian Forum

THE 2001 ELECTION ANALYSIS: THE WAY FORWARD FOR THE ALP

WITH GEOFF WALSH ALP NATIONAL SECRETARY

AND

ANTHONY GREEN ABC ELECTION ANALYST

AND

DAVID BRADBURY (ALP CANDIDATE FOR LINDSAY) AND JENNY MCALLISTER ALP CANDIDATE FOR RICHMOND)

Wednesday 27 February 2002

6.15 pm for 6.30 pm start

Berkelouwe Bookshop (upstairs café)

Norton St, Leichhardt

RSVP to [email protected] or for further information, contact Ben Heraghty on 0412 022 909.

To join the Australian Fabian Society, email Paul Smith at: [email protected] or Race Matthews at: [email protected]

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Tenth annual labour law conference:emerging issues in the world of work

An essential half day program for legal practitioners, hr and ir managers, union officials, consultants and advisors, policy makers.

presented by: acirrt, University of Sydney

Continuing Education Program, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. This program is MCLE accredited.

Thursday 21 March 2002, 8:45am - 1:15pm

The Rex Hotel, 50 - 58 Macleay Street, Potts Point, Sydney

Cost: $495 (including GST)

Tickets can be optained from the national press club [email protected] orph (02) 6273 3644

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Book Launch: NIGHT TRAIN TO GRANADA : From Sydney's Bohemia to Franco's Spain

An off beat memoir by Grahame Harrison

To celebrate the release of this new book by Grahame Harrison, Pluto is holding a special seminar featuring Sylvia Lawson discussing the Sydney Push and dissent in the 1950s, and Judith Keene on Spain under General Franco.

The seminar will conclude with the launching of Night Train to Granada by Roelof Smilde

Details:

When: Tuesday 19th February, 6pm for 6.30pm

Where: Walkabout Gallery, Top Floor, Berkelouw Bookstore

70 Norton Street, Leichhardt 2040

Admission Free and a gold coin donation kindly accepted

RSVP and media inquiries : [email protected]

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