BHP — A Share Prospectus
There is a company called BHP
drilling for oil in the Timor Sea,
that's why we can't set Timor free
we've all got shares in BHP.
Don't talk to me about democracy
human rights or humanity,
'cause we're drilling
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APEC: what it is and how to fight it
By Dick Nichols
[This is the edited text of a talk to the Slam APEC conference in Manila in November.] APEC brings out all the greed of Australian big business. Multinational mining companies like BHP,
Aboriginal residents of the Block in Redfern have decided to fight back. They have decided to resist their eviction, which is being pushed by a racist alliance of governments, developers and one of the most corrupt police forces in the country.
By Maree Roberts
At a recent National Conference of Federated Ethnic Communities Councils (FECCA), Pauline Hanson and the attacks on migrants were squarely on the agenda. However, the responses of the ethnic representatives at the conference (and
Attack on South African woman activist
By Anthony Benbow
Two recent events have pushed the shockingly high incidence of violence against women in South Africa back into the public spotlight. The first was a brutal rape committed on Robben Island,
Budgeteer Junior
Hello. This is easy! Hello. Hello. Can I write my name? Keiran. My name is Keiran — K.E.I.R.A.N. What do I say next? I am six years old. I am in grade 2. I like Power Rangers, Batman and the Simpsons. And I like the computer. I
By Adam Hanieh
Speculation is increasing in Israel on the possibility of a government of national unity between the two major parties, Labour and the ruling Likud. Despite the impression given by much of the big business press that these two
Blood and oil
By Barry Sheppard
One week after I returned from attending the Democratic Socialist Party's convention in Australia, an explosion and fire at the Tosco refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area killed one worker and injured 25.
By Marina Cameron
Many an internet enthusiast will rave about the joys of "surfing" and the liberating nature of new communications technology. Some post-modernists even argue that expanding technology is breaking down traditional social divides
Write on: letters to the editor
McDonald's for all
The federal health minister, Dr Wooldridge, thinks Australians could take to the idea of getting a free McDonald's for each child immunised. Perhaps we are so Americanised that we see nothing
By Linda Kaucher
Minister for resources Warwick Parer released the government's "Sustainable Energy'" green paper over the Christmas period, obviously hoping that no-one would notice. It's a shocker. In a cynical play on words, "sustainable energy"
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