BY SEAN HEALY
Killing people is big business. In 1999, the United States spent US$276 billion on its military, just over a third of the world's total military expenditure. In 2000, the Pentagon's budget is expected to hit US$310 billion.
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"Johnny Rotten" was a man who held strong beliefs on the rights of the working class. On any picket line in Melbourne over the last 20 years, chances are "Rotten" was there. Whether it was the nurses in 1987, the BLF in '86, the MUA in '98 or the
BY SUSAN PRICE& STUART MARTIN
More than 200 people rallied outside the Maribyrnong Detention Centre in Melbourne on August 26 in support of refugees' rights. The facility is run on behalf of the Australian government by Australian Corrections
ABC staff to fight
SYDNEY — Amid fears of commercialisation of the national broadcaster, members of the ABC section of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) will stop work on September 6 to discuss campaign strategies to defend the
BY BRONWYN POWELL
WOLLONGONG — On August 31, the University of Wollongong was declared winner of Australia's University of the Year Award for 2000-2001 for "preparing graduates for the e-world". Ironically, the university is considering the
BY KARL MILLER
Over the last couple of years, a company called Napster has been one of many trying to make money from the internet.
The company borrowed a few ideas and came up with some software that allowed listeners to share music through its
BY DICK NICHOLS
In discussions about globalisation, working-class internationalism is often put forward as the only serious counter to the crimes of the likes of Shell, Bill Gates and the International Monetary Fund. Easy to say, but how can unions
Organic farming — often considered an insignificant part of the food supply — can feed an entire country, concludes a report by the Oakland-based Institute for Food and Development Policy/Food First (<http://www.foodfirst.org>), a group
The chemical company Monsanto has existed for just short of 100 years. Fraud and deceit have been associated with it for much of that time. This is a short history.
The production of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) began in the 1930s. They were
BY ROBERTO JORQUERA
PERTH — The campaign here against corporate tyranny has taken a new turn with the organising of a Globalisation Convention for November. The convention was initiated by the local Stop MAI (Multilateral Agreement on Investment)
The Cuban Revolution and Its LeadershipBy Doug LorimerResistance Books, 200062 pp., $5.95.
REVIEW BY ALLEN MYERS
The movement that is fighting against the program of the major multinationals known as "globalisation" do not have many allies among
BY REBECCA MECKELBURG
ADELAIDE — An Adelaide University student was banned from entering 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ of the university on August 31 by student election returning officer Ian Cannon, who is also chief executive officer of the student union.
Cannon
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