427

GLW issue 427, published 2000-11-08.

Sydney's Collins-class nuclear reactor

BY JIM GREEN
A Senate inquiry into the plan for a new nuclear research reactor in Sydney has heard evidence about a string of problems and scandals surrounding the project.
The federal government and the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology

How S11 hit regional Victoria

BY JEREMY SMITH
BALLARAT — When I heard of plans for an action outside the World Economic Forum summit on September 11, I was anxious to find a way for unionists and activists in Ballarat and regional Victoria to be a part of the event.
It also

Correction

In the last issue of Green Left Weekly, in the article titled "What went wrong with O20?", a sub-editing introduced an error. The sentence, "They had the prior agreement of the PRC and Citizens' Action for this announcement", should have read, "They

Who were the 'fascist bullies' at S11?

BY PETER BOYLE
If anything captured the desperation of the ruling class during the S11 blockade, it was the screaming headlines about "violent protests" accompanied by graphic photographs and TV images of police, with name tags removed, beating up

PressGang: A revolution you can jig to

REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS
Dancing in our DreamsPressGangVoxpop records<http://www.voxpop.demon.co.uk>
Cheerful harmonies, dulcimer, double bass and danceable praise of the egalitarian Chartist faith of the English working class. This is

Freedom for Palestine: upcoming actions

The following Palestine solidarity actions were confirmed as of November 5. Further actions may be called in your city. For more information, contact your nearest Resistance Centre (details on page 2).
ADELAIDE — Action planning meeting. Wed Nov

Life of Riley: DOGS

DOGS
I'd like to apologise to all you young people out there for my previous dose of spirituality. While I now wholeheartedly recommend dialectical materialism (look it up!) as the way to go, in hindsight my remorse rests primarily on my daily

Iraqi communist arrested

Hawree Latif was killed on July 14 when forces from the ruling Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) attacked the offices of the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (WCPI) in Suleimaniah, Iraqi Kurdistan. On October 27, Hawree's brother, Aram Latif, was

The nights of the long batons

MELBOURNE — Premier Steve Bracks and the commanders of the Victoria Police are under heavy fire for their backing of violent assaults on peaceful S11 protesters during the September 11-13 blockade of the World Economic Forum's summit in the Crown

WEST PAPUA: ALP, Liberals oppose independence

The efforts by the West Papuan people to garner international support for self-determination have taken a number of leaps forward recently. But despite growing international concern at Indonesia's repressive policies in West Papua — including a ban

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