BY NOREEN NAVIN
Despite incredibly short notice it was inspiring to hear the Labor Council call for a blockade of parliament. It reminded me of the unity and successes of S11 and M1 where we collectively demonstrated the power of people and the
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Women have suffered disproportionately under the military rule of the Taliban. Since 1994, the Taliban regime has terrorised the people of Afghanistan, especially women and girls, imposing harsh decrees forbidding women from leaving their homes
BY KYLIE MOON
Behind closed doors in its Geneva headquarters, out of view of the public eye, the World Trade Organisation is currently negotiating the expansion of GATS, the General Agreement on Trades in Services. The product of extensive
By Kylie Moon and Chris Atkinson
Since the November 1999 “siege of Seattle” a new movement has come
onto the world stage, the movement against corporate globalisation. This
was sparked by the victory in Seattle of stopping a new round of
BY MAX LANE
On June 15 the Indonesian police kidnapped eight members of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and occupied and ransacked the PRD's West Java office. The PRD activists remain in police custody in Bandung and so far have been denied
The Australian Senate passed the following motion, moved by Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown, on June 19:
That the Senate:
a) notes the police raid that resulted in the unlawful detention of 32 foreigners (including 20 Australians) attending a
By Danny Fairfax
On November 30, 1999, 75,000 people converged on Seattle to successfully stop the World Trade Organisation trade talks. Taking inspiration from that momentous event, similar actions have taken place around the world in opposition
BY SEAN WALSH
MELBOURNE — Two hundred protesters successfully blockaded the Nike superstore on Friday June 22, despite police attempts to disperse them. The weekly blockades, protesting Nike's extreme exploitation of workers in the Third World,
BY PAUL BENEDEK
SYDNEY — "We were sacked for joining the union of our choice, a union which would actually stand up for our rights, not sit with management", says factory worker Linh Nguyen of the bitter dispute at Metroshelf, in Sydney's
BY PETER BOYLE
Indonesian non-government organisations believe the June 8 raid by police on the Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference, during which 32 foreigners were detained, was "a threat not only for [conference organiser] INCREASE but for all
REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM
Me, You, ThemDirected by Andrucha WaddingtonWith Regina Case, Lima Duarte, Stenio Garcia and Luiz Carlos VasconcelosScreened at the Sydney Film Festival, June 6-22
If you saw Central Station, you'll have an idea of the
BY NICK EVERETT & REBECCA MECKELBURG
BANDUNG — Police have arrested six members of the radical People's Democratic Party (PRD) in West Java, in an attempt to repress the largest strike the Indonesian province has seen since the coming to power of
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