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Coober Pedy says no to radioactive waste dump BY KATE DECKLEMAN COOBER PEDY — The Coober Pedy Against Radioactive Waste Repository Committee and the local Aboriginal women elders, the Kupa Piti Kungka Tjuta, joined together to demonstrate at
On March 31, Petr Aven, head of Russia's largest bank, Alfa, told the British Guardian that Russia needs President Vladimir Putin to come down with the iron-fist of dictatorship to suppress the workers' movement and all opposition to fast-tracking
The Meaning of May Day BY DOUG LORIMER This week we commemorate May Day — May 1, 1890 — when the socialist workers in western Europe staged an internationally coordinated day of street demonstrations to demand the legislative restriction of
The movement against the Vietnam War By Doug Lorimer April 30 was the 25th anniversary of the liberation of Saigon, marking the victory of the Vietnamese people over United States imperialism. In South Vietnam, the US sought to crush a
Tunisian activists jailed Fathi Chamki, president of the RAID (Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions to Assist Citizens, Tunisia), Mohamed Chourabi, member of the RAID and Iheb Heni were arrested and jailed on April 8 in Soliman.
Cuba tour in Che's footsteps BY ROQUE GRILLO The "heroic guerilla", Ernesto "Che" Guevara, may be all the fashion on T-shirts or posters but those people who want to get beyond the romantic imagery now have a special chance to do so. Ocean Travel
The tragedy of intolerance Boys Don't CryDirected by Kimberley PierceWritten by Kimberley Pierce and Andy BienenFeaturing Hilary Swank and Chloe SevignyScreening at Palace/Nova Cinemas REVIEW BY ERICA HAINES Boys Don't Cry is the tragic real-life
Winston and Kimbo: just for you! Such has been the massive public response to the announcement of the political aspirations of P.M. Winston — ventriloquist's dummy and the future DIY prime minister of Australia — that we at campaign
Networker: M-commerce BY GREG HARRIS Forget e-commerce, now it's "m-commerce". In case you missed it, e-commerce is the ability to buy and sell things electronically, usually over the internet. It is divided into separate categories. "B2B" is
Write on: Letters to the editor World Bank Thanks to the tireless staff at 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly for continuing to produce such excellent radical journalism, and thanks particularly for Sean Healy's article on the World Bank (GLW #402). With clear
Red flags fly in Canberra BY ANDREW HALL CANBERRA — With prominent contingents from the Australian Education Union, the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance, and Members First, the rank-and-file group in the Community and Public Sector
EAST TIMOR: Workers confront discrimination, poor conditions DILI — As workers prepare to celebrate their first May Day in a free East Timor, their pay and conditions of work remain very low, especially compared with the vast sums paid to foreign