Pinochet's coup remembered
ADELAIDE The Socialist Alliance hosted a public meeting on September 4 to mark the US-backed military coup that overthrew the elected left-wing government of President Salvador Allende on September 11, 1973.
Jorge Chiappe, a Chilean activist and member of Committees in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean, delivered an expose of Washington's involvement in Chilean politics, particularly during the years of Allende's Popular Unity government.
Radioactive waste dump discussed
ADELAIDE More than 400 people attended a public meeting at the Norwood Town Hall on September 3 to show their concern at the federal government's plan to build a national radioactive waste dump near Woomera in the north of South Australia. Organised by the Australian Conservation Foundation, the meeting heard from state environment minister John Hill, the ACF's David Noonan and Green Left Weekly journalist and anti-nuclear campaigner Dr Jim Green. Putting the case for the dump was the federal government's representative, Dr Keith Lokan.
Protest against ADI development
SYDNEY On September 6, local residents and activists opposed to the 8000-house development of the Australian Defence Industries site near St Marys demonstrated outside Blacktown council chambers. They protested against attempts by local councils, developers and the NSW Labor government to exclude the community from planning meetings for the site.
From Green Left Weekly, September 11, 2002.
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