Olympic freeloading
There was quite a mixture of embarrassment and hypocrisy on display last week as corporate "hospitality" for politicians hit the news. Olympic tickets, plus air fares, accommodation, food and drink and who knows what else —
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Olympics torch met by activists
BY NICK FREDMAN
LISMORE — Amidst the surreal atmosphere created by chariots, giant video screens and corporate trucks and displays, 30 activists used the opportunity presented by the Olympic torch's passage here
Around 20,000 people from around the state of Bihar braved torrential rains to march to Parliament Street in Delhi on August 23. The march and rally were organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) to support demands for an economic
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
MELBOURNE — The Victorian Trades Hall Council will endorse and participate in three events associated with protests against the September 11-13 World Economic Forum (WEF) summit here — but the major event, the start of the
World Bank admits failure
The World Bank has admitted that a sector adjustment loan for the restructuring
of India's coal industry “has exacted a severe toll on citizens whose lives
ultimately were supposed to have been made better by
BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — Romawaty Sinaga, the international officer of the militant Indonesian National Front for Workers Struggle (FNPBI), in Australia to meet other trade unionists, has appealed for greater assistance for the emerging independent
Courts are 'homophobic, misogynist'
BY PAM CURRIE
BRISBANE — Jennifer Morgan's fight began six years ago when a doctor at a Brisbane clinic told her to forge a male partner's signature on a consent form so as to qualify for artificial
OXFORD, England — Over the past year, European activists have watched large political mobilisations unfold in the United States with keen interest. Although Europe has not recently witnessed a demonstration on the scale of the Seattle anti-World
A report into the daily operations of Papua New Guinea's Tolukuma goldmine claims that the mine's Australian operators expect to wipe out all fish life and food resources along a 30-kilometre stretch of a nearby river. This is a direct consequence of
Lucas Heights reactor from 'Dodgy brothers'
BY JIM GREEN
The federal Coalition government has been embarrassed by revelations about Investigaciones Aplicadas (Invap), the Argentinean company contracted to build a nuclear reactor in the southern
OLEG SHEIN from the Russian trade union confederation Zaschita (Workers' Defense) toured Europe in July at the invitation of International Solidarity with Workers in Russia. He was interviewed on July 14 by GREG DROPKIN for LabourNet
CUBA: Another shady and sinister story
The case of six-year-old Elian Gonzalez, plucked from the Florida straits in November and held against his family's will for eight months until his July return, forced world attention onto US policy towards
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