ALP machine dumps MPs
BY STAN THOMPSON
ADELAIDE — South Australian ALP delegates have dumped three members of parliament during a special Easter convention to pre-select candidates for the next state and federal elections. Former deputy state
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Solidarity with Russian workers
A protest vigil called by International Solidarity with Workers in Russia outside the venue of the Russia 2000 Expo in London on April 19. Two days earlier, ISWoR supporters demonstrated against President Vladimir
MOSCOW — The Russian Supreme Court on April 13 confirmed the St Petersburg City Court's December 29 acquittal of Aleksandr Nikitin, accused of espionage for writing about the dangers of Russian nuclear submarines.
The appeal by the prosecutor's
Without my ID
BY BRANDON ASTOR JONES
Regular readers will know that once a year I share this space with
a fellow prisoner. Last year the poet was an Anglo-American who cited how
many families abandon their relatives in prison.
Police attack Joy Mining picket
BY CHRIS LATHAM
MOSS VALE — Police forcibly removed people from a picket line at the Joy Mining heavy machinery manufacturing plant on April 27 to allow the removal of the plant's hydraulics workshop equipment.
PAKISTAN: Labour Party congress a historic moment
LAHORE — There was a tangible political confidence in the hall of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan as 138 delegates and 28 observers from around Pakistan worked hard through four days of
NATO troops entered Serbian territory on March 29 — with the full cooperation
of the Serbian government of Slobodan Milosevic. Serb and NATO forces jointly
searched inside the border zone, allegedly for evidence of Serbian or Albanian
'Let us correct the history of West Papua'
BY MARK ABBERTON
SYDNEY — Representatives of the West Papuan freedom movement, meeting at a conference here on April 19, expressed hope about new openings for greater unity and organisation in their
Healthy choice
"There will be a variety of food, [it] will include McDonald's." — SOCOG on why only ticket holders with an explanatory medical certificate will be allowed to take food or drink not bought from a sponsor into Olympics venues. Also
Campaign targets Nike
BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
MELBOURNE — Activists unfurled a banner with the message "Nike slavery: Just stop it" over busy Hoddle Street here on April 18, launching a planned eight-week campaign against the clothing and
Tax workers reject pay offer
MELBOURNE — Community and Public Sector Union members in the Australian Taxation Office have rejected, by an 88% margin, a management pay offer. The offer included a pay rise of 4% per year, conditional on
Perth a city for cars
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — A few years ago I saw a Perth street directory from the early 1960s. A snapshot of a city vastly different from the one of today, it was interesting to see not only the roads of the time, but also
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