E D I T O R I A L

Cry Freedom
If there's a common thread running through this week's issue, it's the continuing crisis faced by workers around the globe confronting the practical reality of Free Trade.

F E A T U R E S

Interview: Cross Wires
Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance chief Chris Warren surveys the fluid state of the Australian media.

International: Two Tribes
As the Middle East burns, Andrew Casey shines a light into one of the world's darkest corners.

Activists: Beneath the Veil
A young Afghani woman has travelled to Australia to put a human face on the suffering of her people - and her gender.

Unions: Terror Australis
When push comes to shove, it appears the Howard Government is more scared of the Maritime Union than Osama Bin Laden, Jim Marr reports.

History: A Labor Footnote To The Royal Funeral
Stephen Holt reports that an intriguing Australian connection has been overlooked amidst the supposedly blanket media coverage of the end of the Bowes Lyon era.

Economics: Private Affluence, Public Rip-Off
New Labour's enthusiasm for business is matched only by its lack of business sense, as the private finance fiasco shows.

Review: The Great Hall of the People
In an extract from the latest issue of Labor Essays, the ARM's Richard Fidler looks at the symbolism behind the Republican debate.

Poetry: Waiting for the Living Wage
The Living Wage Case was heard this week. The workers� voices in this poem have been adapted from the evidence presented by low wage earners to the living wage case.

Satire: Israel Recruits NAB To Close West Bank
Israeli security forces have successfully enlisted the expert help of the National Australia Bank to close down the West Bank.

N E W S

Baby Company Punts Netball Mum

Dairy Workers Win Global Breakthrough

Treasury Modelling Backs ACTU Claim

Bank Nabs Huge Sales Targets

Come Clean � Insurance Giants Challenged

May Day Jam and Toast

Job Security Win For Cabin Crew

Workers Gear-up For Pollution Fight

Shuffling The Deck On The Yarra

New Push On Workplace Crime

Super Child Care Win

Doubts Over Ettalong Wharf Funding

The Sane Monk Stands Down

Fabians Debate Refugees

Activists Notebook

C O L U M N S

The Soapbox
Unions and the Web � Where to Now?
Peter Lewis argues the time has come to revisit how trade unions interact with workers and how the Web could be the catalyst for such a change.

The Locker Room
Free To Where?
Parents with kiddies who play a bit of sport will have noticed the escalating costs associated with their kids being involved in sport.

Week in Review
The Joys of the Chop
Workers come and workers go, right? Well, it�s the way of the world but while some get stiffed, others are stuffed with obscene amounts �

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Noses in the Trough

You guys have lost the plot. Bob Carr who puts out that he is the leader of the ALP in this country is hosting a dinner for his affluent supporters ($3000 + a ticket), holding hands with poker machine barons and heavens me guess what else.

The ABC that supports the ALP is more concerned with keeping its affluent listeners who call themselves the new elite up to date about corporate takeovers and the financial concerns of large corporations.

They throw in the odd show about down and outs or indigenous people hoping it will earn them credibility points. Methinks the groups that claim to represent the workers have also been infiltrated by people using the union movement for their own goals that will always go back to money and power and selfish interests of special interest groups.

Tell me the names of the people in positions of power in this country who are prepared to put the greater good, the interests of all their fellowman, not just their mates ahead of their own financial best interests.

ALP supporters who put out that they are the elite in this country would be more honest in their labelling people as ordinary if they lined people up and shot them - but I forget they do need some of these people they call ordinary to be their slaves and to do dirty work.

Do you really think that people like the people who will pay big dollars to attend the ALP dinner care about NAB closing branches in regional Australia, sacking thousands of workers? If you checked out dinner guests membership in the large institutions and names of people who are large NAB sharedholders you would surely find the people at the dinner, lots of people in the ALP and most of the people in the media who support the ALP.

Kathryn Pollard

Lismore

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