Sean Healy

  • S11: Unions agree to march to Crown Casino

    BY SEAN HEALY& MELANIE SJOBERG MELBOURNE — Victorian Trades Hall Council has confirmed that its labour rights rally, scheduled for September 12, the second day of protests against the World Economic Forum, will march to the WEF's Crown Casino

  • Howard worried by S11 protests

    Prime Minister John Howard has added his own shrill voice to growing official outrage about the planned September 11 mass protests against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne. He has said that the world's governments "will

  • Activists target Shell

    Activists target ShellSYDNEY — Oil multinational Shell was accused of involvement in murder and gross human rights violations in Nigeria on August 18, when 40 activists staged an action against the company outside the city

  • Shell chief to head renewable energy task force

    Shell chief to head renewable energy task forceThe chairperson of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has been chosen to co-chair a new global task force on renewable energy. At its July summit in Okinawa, the G8 (group of eight rich,

  • UNITED STATES: Greenpeace occupies Arctic-bound barge

    UNITED STATES: Greenpeace occupies Arctic-bound bargeGreenpeace activists in Alaska have occupied a massive barge carrying equipment bound for oil giant BP's Northstar development, a controversial artificial drilling island

  • ITALY: Appeals to release Chilean dissident

    ITALY: Appeals to release Chilean dissidentChilean leftists and indigenous activists have called for international help to force the Italian government to free Jaime Yovanovic, who is being held awaiting extradition back to his

  • CUBA: Che photographer to sue

    CUBA: Che photographer to sueThe man who took the photograph which turned Ernesto "Che" Guevara into an icon is planning to sue Smirnoff for demeaning the revolutionary's memory by using the photo to advertise its new, "spicy"

  • NSW Labor plans old-growth forest for charcoal

    SYDNEY — NSW Premier Bob Carr's Labor government appears hell-bent on committing 230,000 tonnes of predominantly old-growth timber from north-east NSW to be burned each year for charcoal at Gunnedah, the North East Forest Alliance

  • World Economic Forum Global Compact: Heroes of the planet?

    Heroes of the planet?The scene could be the boardroom of any major corporation: long teak table, leather seats, grey suits, million-dollar views - and an air of suppressed panic. "Gentlemen, we have a problem. Our market research

  • Indy Media Centres launched in Melbourne, Sydney

    Indy Media Centres launched in Melbourne, SydneySYDNEY — Independent Media Centres are now up and running in Melbourne and Sydney, where they'll provide a protesters' eye view of protest actions at the World Economic Forum's

  • Long walk at halfway point

    Long walk at halfway pointThe "long walk" for Aboriginal justice, from Lake Eyre in South Australia to Sydney, has reached its halfway point. Starting from Lake Eyre on June 10, the walkers, who include Aboriginal elders and their

  • Greasing the wheels of capitalism

    Put a face to the word "corruption" and who does it look like? The customs agent taking a tenner with your passport? The council official accepting a brown paper bag? The politician banking hefty "campaign contributions"? But why is