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S11 benefits CANBERRA — Several hundred people enjoyed two benefit concerts here, on August 19 and 23, to raise funds for the Canberra S11 Alliance. The concerts featured local bands, including Iron Sausage, Recalcitrate, The Bigots, Jedis on

Massive cop presence at anti-corporate demo

Massive cop presence at anti-corporate demo BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS BRISBANE — An August 25 demonstration against the corporate takeover of the Queen Street Mall attracted 50 demonstrators and a massive police presence, including members of the

RUSSIA: Free trade unions in an unfree country

OLEG SHEIN from the Russian trade union confederation Zaschita (Workers' Defense) toured Europe in July at the invitation of International Solidarity with Workers in Russia. He was interviewed on July 14 by GREG DROPKIN for LabourNet

Indonesian appeals for Australian union aid

BY PIP HINMAN SYDNEY — Romawaty Sinaga, the international officer of the militant Indonesian National Front for Workers Struggle (FNPBI), in Australia to meet other trade unionists, has appealed for greater assistance for the emerging independent

Bribery and big business: making the International Oylmpic Committee run

Bribery and big business: making the IOC run REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON The Great Olympic Swindle: When the World Wanted its Games BackBy Andrew JenningsSimon & Schuster, 2000390pp., $22.76 (pb) "And the winner is ... the IOC!" Wild cheering for

S11 teach-in brings unity

S11 teach-in brings unity BY NICK FREDMAN LISMORE — A day of lively discussion around the theme "Global justice not global capitalism" attracted more than 70 people here on August 20. The teach-in, organised by the Lismore S11 Alliance, aimed

Gore (not Al) without the dilemmas

Gore (not Al) without the dilemmas REVIEW BY MARK STOYICH The White DevilBy John WebsterSydney Theatre Company, at the Theatre Royal In Jacobean England, it was generally agreed that the end of the world would occur in the year 2000. How wrong

INDIA: Rally demands state development

Around 20,000 people from around the state of Bihar braved torrential rains to march to Parliament Street in Delhi on August 23. The march and rally were organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) to support demands for an economic

S11: Melbourne Uni students to vote

Melbourne Uni students to vote on s11 BY RAY FULCHER MELBOURNE — Students at Melbourne University will vote on August 31 on whether their student union will support the S11 protests against the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting here on

INDONESIA: Workers demonstrate at legislature

INDONESIA: Workers demonstrate at legislature Although most of the protests in Jakarta during the annual session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) were relatively small, the final day of the session, August 18, drew

CUBA: Another shady and sinister story

CUBA: Another shady and sinister story The case of six-year-old Elian Gonzalez, plucked from the Florida straits in November and held against his family's will for eight months until his July return, forced world attention onto US policy towards

BASQUE COUNTRY: ETA violence hinders Basque struggle

BASQUE COUNTRY: ETA violence hinders Basque struggle 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's SARAH PEART spoke to MIKEL ARAVA ETXEZARRETA from the United Left executive in the Basque Country about the state of the struggle for Basque self-determination. Question: