The failure of the November 13-24 international climate change conference at the Hague presents a major challenge for the environment movement.
The seriousness and urgency of climate change has recently been highlighted by the Intergovernmental
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BY KYLIE MOON
Sexist advertisements marketing Chivas Regal whiskey are the latest
to be targeted by an anti-sexist graffiti campaign. Chivas says it is lapping
up the “extra publicity”.
The advertisement features a woman, minus her
BY STEPHEN O'BRIEN
NEWCASTLE — A photo of STP bosses Stephen and Bradley Weeks with the caption "wanted for unpaid workers' entitlements of over $3 million" is appearing around Newcastle as part of the support campaign for 220 workers owed money
BY AARON BENEDEK
MELBOURNE — In Palestine, young people are resisting Israeli tanks
with rocks. In Indonesia, students, workers and peasants are mobilising
daily against rising prices and job losses imposed by the International
Monetary
BY DOROTHY FLYNN
The Pretoria High Court's November 10 rejection of famed anti-apartheid poet Mzwakhe Mbuli's appeal demonstrates the difficulty of dismantling apartheid, especially when the system's engineers and foot soldiers have been retained.
This is the last issue of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly for 2000. The next issue — #432 — will be published on January 17.
School teachers demonstrate in Surabaya
On November 29, 60 private school teachers from the Private School Teachers Communication Forum (FKGS) demonstrated at the Surabaya legislative council for improved legal rights and wages.
FKGS leader Yudin
Dear 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly readers,
The 200 million people of Indonesia — the millions of factory and office workers, the tens of millions of farmers and the millions upon millions of unemployed and underemployed — face an impending social and
BY JAMES BALOWSKI
Despite a massive presence by Indonesian troops and stern warnings from Jakarta and local police, thousands of West Papuan's on December 1 peacefully celebrated the 39th anniversary of their self-declared independence from Dutch
BY SUE BOLAND
The number of senior ALP figures implicated in vote rorting and other shady internal party practices is increasing as middle and lower level ALP figures spill their guts to the Queensland Criminal Justice Commission inquiry headed by
BY ROBERT DARCY
SYDNEY — A leaked document that appears to be a management report of a secret meeting between some federal Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) officials and P&O Stevedoring to discuss further retrenchments of workers has caused
BY RICHARD PITHOUSE
Rage Against The Machine has recorded an album of classic socially and politically charged hip-hop, rock and punk songs. Rage attacks these songs in its typical hard-edged, unconventional fashion.
Renegades (Epic) is a
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