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Fortress Australia Thank you for Iggy Kim's writings on "Fortress Australia". It is a grim reminder of what inhumanities are committed daily to maintain our charming capitalist culture. A neighbour of mine is a lawyer working in the field of

Madagascar: 'We will never give you our land!'

By Anna Weekes TOLAGNARO, Madagascar — A mining project on the southern coast of Madagascar, the huge island east of the African mainland, has run up against unexpected resistance from local villagers, and could spark angry protests

Jabiluka Heritage Embassy planned

By Marcus Bruno The fight to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine is at a critical point. On July 12, The UN World Heritage Commission (WHC) will decide whether to list Kakadu National Park as "World Heritage in danger" because of the mine, which is

End of cricket euphoria in Pakistan

By Farooq Tariq LAHORE — The defeat of the Pakistani cricket team by Australia in the final match of the World Cup has dashed many hopes of the government. The ruling conservative Muslim League government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had hoped

Cancel all Third World debt!

Cancel all Third World debt! By Zanny Begg In 1992, a memo by the World Bank's chief economist and vice-president Lawrence Summers was leaked to the media. In it Lawrence asked, "Shouldn't the World Bank be encouraging more migration of the dirty

Correction

Correction The article in GLW #365 "Revolutionaries elected to European Parliament" reported that the Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) in Italy won six EP seats. In fact, it won four seats. The other two were won by the Party of Italian

And ain't I a woman: 'Family friendliness

'Family friendliness The Work and Family Unit in the Department of Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business released a report in June called “Work and Family — State of Play 1998”. The report examines “the extent of progress and

Protests condemn Indonesian regime's violence

Protests condemn Indonesian regime's violence By Liam Mitchell SYDNEY — More than 40 protesters gathered outside Garuda Indonesia's office on July 2 in an emergency action to protest against the police attack on democracy movement protesters

Solidarity with Indonesian democracy movement urgently needed

By Max Lane On June 25, the Jakarta daily newspaper Kompas reported that the Indonesian minister of defence and the commander in chief of the armed forces, General Wiranto, had stated that the government would take firm action against anybody

Defiant PRD returns to the streets

By Sam King JAKARTA — People's Democratic Party (PRD) activists took to the streets on July 2 to protest the previous day's brutal police attack on a 2000-strong rally outside the offices of the electoral commission (KPU). The 1000

Solidarity or a sliding scale of oppression?

Solidarity or a sliding scale of oppression? By Bronwyn Jennings The way forward for women's liberation — or even if there is a need to keep fighting for collective liberation — continues to be debated within feminism. In recent years, there

The nuclear power industry 'meltdown'

By Jim Green The nuclear power industry is experiencing "a meltdown of historic proportions", according to a recent report from the Worldwatch Institute. After growing more than 700% in the 1970s, and 140% in the 1980s, nuclear power capacity has