BY DANIEL JARDINE & ALEX BAINBRIDGE
"Australians and New Zealanders rarely have any valid basis for questioning the safety of foods on the supermarket shelves for human consumption", Senator Grant Tambling claimed when he launched the
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World Development Report author quits
BY SEAN HEALY
The World Bank has been embarrassed by the June 13 resignation of Ravi Kanbur, the chief author of its flagship World Development Report 2000, after Kanbur claimed unacceptable pressure had been
BY BECKY ELLIS
TORONTO — Twelve hundred people demanded entry to the Ontario parliament building here on June 15, saying they should be allowed to address the provincial legislature about poverty and homelessness in the city. The protesters were
A mild-mannered proposal
Running on Empty: 'Modernising' the British and Australian labour partiesBy Andrew ScottPluto Press, 2000330pp., $29.95(pb) Review by Sue Boland
In the 1980s, Britain's Labour Party (LP) officials were forever scurrying
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ is taking a break
Many of the activists involved in producing 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly will be in Melbourne attending the Resistance national conference on June 29-July 2 (see article on page ?). We are therefore postponing the next issue of
Cuban women's tour
July 22-30
Berta Acosta Sequi and Nancy Iglesias from the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) will be visiting Australia on July 22-30. This is a special opportunity to share experiences and learn from revolutionary women.
If you
International news briefs
Wits University occupied
JOHANNESBURG — Members of the South African Students Congress, the Postgraduate Students Association and the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union on June 20 occupied of the
BY MICHAEL STRUTT
SYDNEY — As this city shivers through the long nights of its Olympics year, New South Wales parliamentarians have been working overtime to pass into law sweeping new police powers to collect and examine our DNA, laws which will
CISLAC consultation a success
Latin America solidarity planned
BY NATASHA SIMONS
BRISBANE — A public meeting detailing the resistance to neo-liberalism in Latin America kicked off the Committees in Solidarity with Latin America and the
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522.
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Race and class in the US: Why racism matters
BY MALIK MIAH
SAN FRANCISCO — The historic half-million march across Sydney Harbour Bridge on May 28 in solidarity with the Aboriginal people showed why race and racism remains an important issue for
BY NORM DIXON
Not content with destroying Mozambique's cashew processing industry, resulting in the loss of more than 9000 jobs in recent years, the economic dictators of the International Monetary Fund have turned their attention to the
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