Cancel all Third World debt!
By Zanny Begg
In 1992, a memo by the World Bank's chief economist and vice-president Lawrence Summers was leaked to the media. In it Lawrence asked, "Shouldn't the World Bank be encouraging more migration of the dirty
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NT land rights under attack
By Margaret Allum
A review of the 1976 Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act released on August 21 contains recommendations which many say are an attempt to extinguish land rights throughout the NT. Building on Land
By Andrea Marklew
BRISBANE — More than 600 people attended this year's annual Lesbian and Gay Pride rally at Roma Street Forum. The rally marks 10 years of activism for Brisbane's Lesbian and Gay Pride Collective. The rally was chaired by Gay
By Jim Green
The nuclear power industry is experiencing "a meltdown of historic proportions", according to a recent report from the Worldwatch Institute. After growing more than 700% in the 1970s, and 140% in the 1980s, nuclear power capacity has
Isaiah Berlin: A LifeBy Michael IgnatieffChatto & Windus, 1998. 356 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon
Since the death of Sir Isaiah Berlin in 1997, there has been a publishing flurry of Berlin's philosophical and historical essays,
By Kate Carr
SYDNEY — On June 29 it was revealed that, despite the federal Coalition government's efforts, its proposed "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation will not be debated during this sitting of the Senate. With the changed balance
Woman wins pregnancy discrimination case
By Robyn Marshall
In 1997, Colette Johnson, then 28 years old, was hired by the Ipswich office of Gloria Marshall Australia, the infamous weight-loss firm. Three weeks later she found out she was pregnant.
By Jill Hickson and Sam King
JAKARTA — A 2000-strong rally organised by the People's Democratic Party was viciously attacked by police and military on July 1. Protesters were beaten and shot. More than 100 were injured, two are in a critical
By Bill Mason
The federal government's haste to cut public servant numbers has cost $711 million in redundancy payments for about 20,000 staff over three years, according to a report by the auditor-general, Pat Barrett. The report criticised the
By Sue Boland
Membership ballots to determine party policy and select party leadership — surely these measures guarantee party members' control over elected politicians? It seems not: the Australian Democrats have such a structure but have
Resistance conference guest attacked
By Chris Latham
Dhyta Caturani, who was scheduled as a guest speaker at the Resistance National Conference in Melbourne, July 8-11, was attacked by the Indonesian military in Jakarta on July 1. Dhyta was
By Anna Weekes
TOLAGNARO, Madagascar — A mining project on the southern coast of
Madagascar, the huge island east of the African mainland, has run up against
unexpected resistance from local villagers, and could spark angry protests
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