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Bastards, the lot of them

Fridge Magnets are Bastards: An A-Z Rant About Annoying People & Useless Things in the Modern World
By Mark Dapin
HarperCollins, 2007, 262 pp, $24.99 (pb)

Burmese protesters imprisoned

According to an April 2 AFP article, Amnesty International have reported that at least 40 protesters in Burma, including seven Buddhist monks, have been jailed after secret trials over last year's pro-democracy marches. Officially, more than 3000

Peru: Arrests for participating in Bolivarian conference

Human rights group Rights Action, in a March 22 statement, said it was 聯extremely concerned about the current violations of fundamental human rights in Peru, particularly the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right of peaceful assembly and association聰.

Remembering the 1917 general strike

In 2007, the 90th anniversary of the New South Wales general strike was ignored by mainstream politicians and media sources 鈥 a silence that contrasted markedly with the extensive coverage allotted to the 90th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing in 2005.

Carbon offset schemes mostly hot air

A new British government 聯kitemark聰 suggests that most carbon offset schemes are flawed, but fails to address the more fundamental problem of paying others to clean up after us.

Unions rally to save WorkCover

After a spirited march through the Adelaide CBD, 1500 unionists rallied on the steps of the South Australian parliament on April 1 to protest the state Labor government鈥檚 plans to dismantle the workers鈥 compensation laws.

CFMEU continues wage campaign

The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) campaign to secure wage rises for construction workers across the country has attracted fierce criticism from the federal government, which is demanding the union apply 鈥渞estraint鈥 in order to keep a lid on inflation.

How can sustainable energy solve greenhouse?

Overwhelmed by the greenhouse debate? Bamboozled by all the competing claims that renewable energy sources cannot supply 24-hours-a-day power (鈥渂ase load鈥)? Depressed by the unending vastness of 鈥渢he literature鈥 on global warming and renewables?

Bolivia: Literacy drive progresses

According to a March 20 Prensa Latina report, Bolivia has honoured the second anniversary of the national literacy campaign that has so far taught 77% of its illiterate population to read and write, using the Cuban program \"Yes, I Can\". Since it

91自拍论坛 Weekly\'s $250,000 Fighting Fund: Dancing with the \'R word\'

Ben Bernanke is the chairperson of the US Federal Reserve Bank. If he sneezes at the wrong time, the world鈥檚 sharemarkets take another dive and currency speculators rush for their global roulette table. So when he addressed the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs on April 3 he was choosing his words very carefully. And there was one word he was wary about using: 鈥渞ecession鈥.

Building industry attack dog targets union militants

The Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC) is spreading its net further throughout the building industry in an attempt to intimidate unions from standing up for the interests of their members.

ACTU: Greenwashing the mining industry?

After decades of 鈥済reenies versus jobs鈥 propaganda, it is high time unionists and environmentalists started working together on the looming threat of catastrophic climate change. Sadly, the Australian Council of Trade Unions鈥 (ACTU) policy on global warming released in March barely strays from what is acceptable to the government and big business.