PARIS — "The government has sought and found a balance between individual freedoms and the authority of the state", said minister of the interior Jean-Louis Debré on March 13 after France's Senate passed a package of
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A minor storm has been created in Germany by seven Green and Social Democratic Party (SPD) members crossing the floor of the Bundestag (the federal parliament) to join Chancellor Kohl's conservative Christian Democrat (CDU)
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PARIS — Fortunately, every time the neo-fascist National Front (FN) organises a public gathering, it is a met by an even bigger demonstration organised by France's vibrant anti-racist movement. Even more heartening is the active
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PARIS — "The unions have shown that collective action is just as modern as the law of the market" said Le Monde's November 30 editorial. Who could disagree: after 12 days on strike, French truck drivers can claim victory in the
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PARIS — From November 8 to 11, the Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire (LCR), France's largest and most influential far left party, held its decision-making conference here. Green Left Weekly interviewed ALAIN KRIVINE, the
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PARIS — Ten thousand people marched through the streets here on September 22 to protest against the visit by the pope. People lined the streets as the demonstrators chanted "Kick out the pope and his clergy, not the immigrants"
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BRISBANE — More than 500 people marched and rallied on January 24 against Eastlink, a $1.2 billion project of the Queensland, NSW and federal governments to link the NSW and Queensland electricity grids with 1500 kilometres
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Activists from around Australia will be attending the Campus Activist Forum in Sydney on July 16. The day-long seminar will take up a range of issues, including the experiences of campus campaigners from overseas. Marina
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Protests are continuing against the federal government's white paper proposal to remove the under 18 dole and introduce a below award "training wage". Around Australia more than a thousand people
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PERTH — More than 200 people crammed into the Maritime Union of Australia's North Fremantle office on October 29 to hear discussion about how to fight the Howard government's proposed industrial relations laws. Speakers included former
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In the next few weeks Environmental Youth Alliance activists in cities around Australia will be protesting against the increasing pollution of the environment under the banner "People Against Pollution". The greenhouse
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MELBOURNE — The third Students, Science and Sustainability conference was held July 13-15 at the University of Melbourne. Judy Lambert, former adviser to environment minister Ros Kelly, opened the