BY JIM GREEN
The federal government announced on January 24 its preferred sites in South Australia for a controversial national dump for about 10,000 cubic metres of low-level radioactive waste — much to the disgust of environmental groups and
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BY SEAN HEALY
Undeterred by an unprecedented crackdown by Swiss police, several thousand anti-capitalist demonstrators have descended on the up-market ski resort town of Davos to protest the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) of top
BY BRONWEN BEECHEY
ADELAIDE — More than 80 people attended a speakout and candlelight vigil to mark Invasion Day on January 26. The meeting was held outside Government House, on what has become known to Aboriginal activists as Genocide Corner,
BY SEAN HEALY
For the second time in 15 years, the Philippines people have risen as one to overthrow a corrupt leader. In 1986, millions gathered on EDSA, Manila's main avenue, to demand the resignation of dictator Ferdinand Marcos; on January 20
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Happy 10th Anniversary!
Aziz ChoudryGATT WatchdogAotearoa (NZ)
Palestine
A response to the letter, "Israel and Palestine" published in GLW #432.
Zionists and their adherents are fond of claiming that they do not occupy
Diplomacy
“Once that clear political objective is established — such as kick the
government of Panama totally; not just kick the army out, but get rid of
an entire government — that's what we did in 1989 on 12 hours' notice,
with
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REVIEW BY JOHN GAUCI
"I want my songs to keep memory alive. I suppose I'm trying to tell history from working peoples point of view. Politics to me is
“Affirmative action in the military has thrived under both Republican
and Democratic administrations.” — Retired General Colin Powell, US Army,
quoted in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 31, 2000
The words that head this space were
BY ALISON DELLIT
The federal government is seeking to use a two-day protest by over 160 asylum seekers held in the Port Hedland Immigration Detention Centre to justify an escalation of attacks on the human rights of refugees.
According to the
BY MAX LANE
On January 23, Budiman Sujatmiko, chairperson of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) led a delegation to meet the leadership of the Nahdatul Ulama (NU), the religious organisation which Abdurrahman Wahid led before his election as
In the wake of mass protests against racial discrimination organised by indigenous rights activists during the white ruling elite's 1988 bicentennial celebrations, Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke sought to placate Aboriginal activists with the promise of a treaty between the commonwealth government and indigenous Australia by 1990.
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