BY PATRICK BOND
HARARE — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who led the national liberation fighters to win independence from the white Rhodesian colonists in 1980, is facing a presidential vote in March. His main opponent is the Movement for
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The following call for a national student mobilisation during the January 31-February 4 meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) was issued by Students for Global Justice. It has been slightly abridged.
Every year, 1000 top business leaders come
and ain't I a woman: Abortion access for all women
Many believe the myth that abortion is easily accessible to all women in Australia. It is not. For women living in rural areas, abortion is extremely expensive and disruptive. In Queensland,
Museworthy: The Wept
"the last edge of the knife" — Pablo Nerudathe persuasiveness of the shade in Summerthe judgement of the treesthe blue extraordinarythe purple cord joining me to my motherthe all-motheredthe future-lossthe hidden under the
BY LUKE FOMIATTI & MELANIE SJOBERG
SYDNEY — “This meeting to discuss war and globalisation occurs against
the backdrop of US President George Bush's 'state of the nation' speech”,
anti-war activist Tara Povey told 60 people at Trades
BY EVA CHENG
Despite being the biggest in the US energy business and seventh biggest among all US firms before its December 2 collapse, Enron had not paid income tax in four of the five years before 2000, according to Citizens for Tax Justice.
BY SIMON BUTLER
SYDNEY — The February 12 refugee rights convergence on Canberra has been given a boost by decisions taken in Sydney, Wollongong and Melbourne to organise buses for activists to the protest.
The socialist youth group Resistance
Firmly inhuman
"The approach I have taken in relation to these matters requires a degree of firmness, which sometimes people think demonstrates a lack of humanity. But I think your humanity has a greater potential to be evil than if you remain
A report in the January 26 British Medical Journal reveals that
Argentina is running out of medical supplies and faces rising drug prices
as the country sinks deeper into economic crisis.
The report quotes Juan Carr, who heads Red Solidaria
BY SARAH STEPHEN
There is a huge range of refugee solidarity web sites popping up
every day, reflecting the broadening of support and sympathy for the plight
of people trying to find a safe haven in Australia.
Children out of Detention
REVIEW BY TRISH CORCORAN
The Boys From BallymoreBy Anthony BrownPenguin Books Australia, 2001355 pages, $23
Liam O'Brien returns to Ballymore after living in Australia, he remembers. Ballymore is a small town in Tipperary, Ireland. Liam finds the
BY MARK ABBERTON
CANBERRA — On January 26-27, hundreds of people from Aboriginal and other communities across Australia came together outside Old Parliament House to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. The gathering
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