BY TAMARA PEARSON
SYDNEY — John Howard faces little chance of re-election if his reception in Sydney's western suburbs is anything to go by — the Prime Minister, wearing his trademark stupid grin, was accosted by 150 demonstrators when he held
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A landowner group along the Ok Tedi River in PNG's Western Province is demanding more than A$1 million compensation for the destruction of the river system by the Ok Tedi mine, owned by BHP.
The Opp Incorporated Land Group, claiming to represent
BY RICHARD PITHOUSE
DURBAN — On March 5, there were protests by AIDS activists around the world against the South African Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association legal attack on South Africa's laws designed to make anti-AIDS medicines cheaper.
BY SEAN HEALY
The two letters — M1 — are certainly getting around: they're on flyers, on lamp posts, stencilled onto footpaths, they've even started to get into the mainstream media. The idea is getting around too: "we're going to blockade the
Australia's Bid for the Atomic BombBy Wayne Reynolds Melbourne University Press, 2000218pp, $32.95(pb)
REVIEW BY JIM GREEN
It has been known for many years that Australian governments considered, and pursued, the development of nuclear weapons
BY MICHELLE BREAR
SYDNEY — Workers are continuing their actions against swimming costume manufacturer Speedo, which shut the doors of its South Windsor factory on March 2, leaving 65 workers without jobs. Sixty of the workers were women who had
At the founding meeting of the Socialist Alliance on February 17, representatives
of the eight founding parties — the Democratic Socialist Party, the International
Socialist Organisation, Workers Power, Workers Liberty, the Workers League,
the
BY AMANDA LEAHY
ALICE SPRINGS — The "Alice in Wonderland" gay and lesbian festival was held here, March 10-17. Activities included a dance, a film festival, a pool night, a cabaret and a day at the races.
In response, there were numerous
HOBART — On February 24, Greens Senator BOB BROWN endorsed the May 1 (M1) protests against corporate tyranny. The protests will be held around Australia and target the Australian Stock Exchange. "M1 is a way of expressing the need for us to close
BY ZANNY BEGG
The Guerrilla Girls were formed in 1985 after the Museum of Modern Art in New York held a blockbuster exhibition of 169 of the world's "most significant contemporary artists". All the artists whose work was on display were white, and
S11 DocoWritten, produced and directed by Charlie Hill-Smith, Cindy Elliot & Pat Stirling$8Order a copy by email at <charlie@cobweb.com.au>
StruggleKineticDistributed by MGM Records
BY SEAN HEALY
I've spent most of the last six months
Imagine you are sitting your year 12 exam. Girls sit at the tables with pink-coloured test papers, while boys sit at the tables with the blue test papers. It may sound ridiculous, but this is exactly what is being proposed by the president of the
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