A new book by Marc Lappe and Britt Bailey, Against the Grain, makes it clear that genetic engineering is revolutionising US agriculture almost overnight. In 1997, 15% of the US soybean crop was grown from genetically engineered seed. By next year, if
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On May 19, thousands of students in nine cities took to the streets to oppose the government's proposed "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation. The rally, with the theme "VSU: it's not about choice, it's about silence", was organised by the
Democracy film premieres in Lismore
By Nikki Sullings
LISMORE — A highly enthusiastic audience of more than 70 attended
the premiere of Indonesia in Revolt here on May 13. The showing
raised $200 for the Indonesian solidarity
Workers' football match for Korean unification
With a clear goal of helping to end the division of Korea, South Korea's Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and the North's Korean General Confederation of Labour have scheduled a historic football
By Jonathan Singer
On May 20, federal industrial relations minister Peter Reith announced that "pattern bargaining" between unions and employers, in which unions negotiate a single wages and working conditions structure for an industry, will be
The bombs
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Bombing cannot be a solution ... but the same goes for the forceful displacement of ethnic Albanians from their homes." — Reverend Jesse Jackson A reader in South Australia wrote and asked why I have not
Thousands march for independence and democracy
By Chris Latham
On May 21 student protests in Jakarta marking the first anniversary of Suharto's resignation were attacked by the Indonesian military (ABRI). The protests reflected growing anger
By Norm Dixon
"Despite the great sympathy in the UK for the Kurdish people, it is not in the public interest for any broadcaster to use the UK as a platform from which to incite people to violence", intoned the chairperson of Britain's Independent
By Maurice Flame
BRISBANE — Nick Everett and Mike Bryne from the Democratic Socialist Party and Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) highlighted the injustices maintained by the Habibie regime when the Indonesian ambassador
Liberal and radical democracy in Indonesian elections
By Max Lane
It took the Suharto regime five to seven years to become firmly established in Indonesia after Suharto seized power in the 1965 coup. The process required the slaughter of more
Film festival exposes nuclear industry
Review by Conrad Barnett
The Wild Spaces film festival, which kicks off around the country next week, features documentaries which expose the dangers to people around the world of the nuclear industry. Just
Mexican students stage huge demo
By Paul Jenkins
MEXICO CITY — On May 12, students from the strikebound National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) staged a demonstration in the central city which mobilised more than 150,000. This is the
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