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Global powers find no answers to economic crisis

By Eva Cheng Despite a chain of summit meetings since early October among the world's most powerful countries, they remain far from a solution to the spreading economic crisis which, exploding first in July last year in Asia, is threatening to

Global warming getting worse: US, Australia block action

By Francesca Davis On September 26, it became public knowledge that the Howard government had secretly decided not to ratify the Kyoto climate change treaty. According to the Canberra Times, resources and energy minister Senator Warwick Parer, at a

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Kabila's unsavoury new allies

By Norm Dixon The embattled government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has turned to some of the African continent's most reactionary forces in its bid to halt the mutiny in the east of the country. Having achieved the limited objectives

Arguments for Socialism: Elections, democracy and beyond

By Allen Myers Despite the Coalition having received only a minority of votes in the federal election, John Howard is claiming that winning a majority of seats in the House of Representatives gives him a "mandate" to introduce a GST. Howard's claim

Behind India's food crisis

Behind India's food crisis By Peter Snowdon NEW DELHI — India stands on the brink of a food crisis to rival the darkest periods of its modern history. "In five years' time, this issue will be settled in the streets with riots, massacres,

Jabiluka campaign moves to the cities

Jabiluka campaign moves to the cities By Pip Hinman The re-election of the Howard government hasn't fazed activists campaigning to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine. Plans to stop Energy Resources of Australia's (ERA) attempt to mine uranium in

Reclaim the Night collective rejects exclusion

Reclaim the Night collective rejects exclusion Virginia Brown MELBOURNE — On October 8, the Reclaim the Night collective here passed a motion to reject a bid by some student movement activists (mainly from Left Alliance) to exclude men from

Racism — the fight isn't over

Racism: the fight isn't over When One Nation failed to win more than one Senate seat, National Party and other politicians were quick to claim that the racists had been "turned back". The implication is that racism can be defeated simply by keeping

Nepali student movement holds conference

Nepali student movement holds conference By Sean Healy KATHMANDU, NEPAL — The All Nepal National Free Student Union (ANNFSU), Nepal's largest student organisation and one of the world's largest left student organisations, held its 14th national

Secondary students protest prison spending

Secondary students protest prison spending SAN LEANDRO, California — On October 2, thousands of high school students in San Leandro left their classrooms to protest against too much state spending on prisons and too little on schools.

20th anniversary of Reclaim the Night

20th anniversary of Reclaim the Night By Michele Wickham SYDNEY — The Reclaim the Night organising collective here will mark its 20th anniversary on October 30 with a march and rally on the theme "Hands off — our bodies are ours". With these