Telstra has told the ACTU and affected unions that they are walking away from current Enterprise Agreement negotiations because the unions are insisting on unlawful side agreements.
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It’s no secret that in the internal battle inside the DSP I have been, broadly speaking, more sympathetic to the minority that has now been expelled from the DSP and started publishing Direct Action. This sympathy was based on my estimate that, taken as a whole, they are a more serious group of people, particularly the younger ones, and more interested in Marxist theory, and to some extent the history of the labour movement.
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Sovereignty and Aboriginal control of Aboriginal affairs is not just a campaign slogan but the very essence of the Aboriginal struggle, just as relevant to the mode of political organization of grass roots action groups as it is to government legislation.
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Earlier this year, the Muslim students of RMIT’s Swanston Street campus were informed that the new Muslim prayer room that had just been completed, replete with verses from the Koran on the walls and other culturally appropriate touches, would not be opened as a spacefor Islamic students, but, instead, would be transformed into a second interfaith centre for the campus.
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Debate moved from another thread on request! If someone wants to write a longer introduction, send it to me and I’ll post it.

· What do you think about the Agreement negotiated by the current leadership?
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