BY RUTH RATCLIFFE
Canberra — The Burmese embassy will be the site of a demonstration on November 30, the deadline set by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for forced labour to end in Burma.
The ACT Trades and Labour Council (TLC) will
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BY SAROJINI KRISHNAPILLAI
For the third consecutive year, the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory is on the agenda of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee (WHC), the international body charged with protecting the World Heritage values of
The following are remarks made by US Greens presidential candidate Ralph Nader to the National Press Club on November 8:
The Green Party is alive and well. This campaign has established the Greens as a viable political force. We are now third
By Noreen Navin
SYDNEY — The federal governments' education funding bill has been passed by the Senate with 23 amendments. If the bill is passed by the House of Representatives, it will result in windfall increases to elite private schools like
In recent years, the backlash against feminism has made significant ground — as evidenced by the resurgence of blatantly sexist advertising, government cuts to child care funding, and the propensity of morally conservative ideas fed to us in films
BY CATHERINE GOLDEN
SYDNEY — On November 18, the Sydney and Parramatta International Women's Day (IWD) collectives held a speak-out in conjunction with the Committee in Defence of Iraqi Women's Rights (CDWIR) to raise awareness about the plight
BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA — On November 14, six members of the Central Leadership Council of the People's Democratic Party (KPP-PRD) announced the formation of the Democratic Socialist Association (PDS).
The six members are Coen Hussein Pontoh, Dhyta
BY SUE BOLAND
If you want an example of classic government whitewash, you need look no further than the report of the Telecommunications Service Inquiry which was released by the was released by the government on October 12.
The outcome of the
REVIEW BY RICHARD PITHOUSE
The Poors of ChatsworthBy Ashwin DesaiMadiba PublishersSouth Africa, 2000
DURBAN — Ashwin Desai describes his book, The Poors of Chatsworth, as "journalism, an account from the frontlines of the [South African]
BY NEVILLE SPENCER
The leftist Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) has increased its strength in Nicaragua's municipal elections held on November 5, raising the possibility of it winning back power in next years' presidential and
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — Construction Forestry Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) members employed in Victoria's privatised power generation industry defied threats of legal action to meet at Morwell on November 16. Workers from all four power
BY NICOLE HILDER
WOLLONGONG — Left-wing students at Wollongong university fended off a challenge from the right-wing and regained control over the Student Representative Council (SRC) in elections held on October 24-26.
The left won all office
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