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Action against uranium mining at Jabiluka

Action against uranium mining at Jabiluka By Tim Walgers BRISBANE — A week of action August 18-22 has been organised by a collective of environmental organisations opposed to the Energy Resources Australia uranium mine planned for

Dance for Cuba

SYDNEY — On August 29 a benefit night for Cuba will be held at the North Bondi RSL Club, Ramsgate Avenue in North Bondi at 8pm. Cuba is suffering greatly under the US economic embargo imposed in the early 1960s. Various members of performing

Newcastle students organise

Newcastle students organise By Alex Bainbridge NEWCASTLE — Student activists have organised two important actions in the last few weeks. Around 1000 people came along to "The Big Noise" — a political concert and festival — on August

Vanstone blames the victims

Vanstone blames the victims By Marina Cameron Education minister Amanda Vanstone recently launched a campaign to blame the universities and schools under pressure from funding cuts for the adverse effects of privatisation begun under Labor

Against neo-liberalism

Against neo-liberalism By Russell Pickering MADRID — More than 1500 people from across Europe and around the world, including eight Zapatista members and members of the Basque liberation movement, attended the Second International Meeting

Anti-racists ROAR!

Anti-racists ROAR! By Kerryn Williams CANBERRA — Local bands Smeg, Buttnugget, Tinnitus, Punchinello, Poinaz Dare, All Ords, Goons Hired Goons, Reign of Terror, Apathy, Alpha Team 1 and No Strings Attached will all be appearing at a mega

The far right in the Coalition

By Norm Dixon On June 18, the National Party Senate leader, Ron Boswell, rose in parliament to expose Pauline Hanson's links with some of the most extreme far-right and racist elements on the Australian political spectrum — the

Yeltsin and the mausoleum

By Boris Kagarlitsky MOSCOW — Why should Yeltsin want to bury Lenin? Rhetoric aside, this question has a quite literal meaning. For more than 70 years, the body of the first Soviet leader has lain embalmed and on public display in a mausoleum

Stop the tax rip-off! No GST!

By Allen Myers When John Howard finally announced on August 13 that he would be campaigning for a goods and services tax at the next election, it was anything but a surprise. The Coalition government and big business have been campaigning for a

Students protest privatisation at Monash

By Jo Williams and Kim Luong MELBOURNE — Students at Monash University reclaimed part of the Clayton campus as "corporate-free space" on July 24 in protest against up-front fees and the increasing privatisation of universities. Students

NUS affiliation campaign at ANU

By David Gosling CANBERRA — Activists from the Education Action Group (EAG) at the Australian National University are currently collecting the 800 signatures needed to allow a referendum on affiliation to the National Union of Students (NUS).

CPSU members fight privatisation of income support

By Nick Everett Negotiations are under way over an agreement to cover staff employed in the federal government's new Commonwealth services delivery agency (CSDA), Centrelink. Centrelink, to be launched in September, will replace the Department