SYDNEY — Chanting "end nuclear testing, ban all nuclear weapons" at least 300 protesters took the anti-nuclear campaign to the French consulate on June 23. The picket brought together groups including the Anti-Bases Campaign, Pax Christi,
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Brisbane rally against testing
By Debbie Marshall and Nicole Kamp
BRISBANE — More than 500 angry people rallied outside the French Consulate on June 23 to protest against the decision by French President Jacques Chirac to resume nuclear
No More Hiroshimas Coalition formed
By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — The French Consulate was the scene of a lively 800-strong protest on June 24. The rally, called by the newly formed No More Hiroshimas Coalition, demanded an end to French
By Melanie Sjoberg
The debate about whether a bridge to Hindmarsh Island should be built has focused on the spiritual beliefs of Aboriginal women in relation to the site. Green Left Weekly spoke to Katrina Power, chairperson of Tandanya
French students reject nuclear tests
We, student representatives in our countries, want to express our deep concerns about the French decision to renew nuclear testing in the Pacific.
This testing is ecologically hazardous. Regardless of
Newcastle University staff maintain bans
By Kamala Emanuel
NEWCASTLE — A National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) meeting on June 20 supported continuing work bans imposed at Newcastle University since May 29 and decided in favour of
By Melanie sjoberg
ADELAIDE — The 25-year ban on the building of a controversial bridge to Hindmarsh Island, south of Adelaide, continues to generate debate.
South Australian Liberal Premier Dean Brown announced a royal commission into
World Federation of Democratic Youth
The defiant declaration of the French government, headed by Jacques Chirac, to renew underground nuclear tests in the Moruroa Atoll is an open challenge to peace and public opinion for nuclear disarmament.
Earlier this year, JOHN HALLAM was involved with Polski Klub Ecologiczny (the largest environmental organisation in Poland, and a member group of Friends of the Earth International) in a campaign to stop the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Socialists run in Brisbane
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialist campaign confirmed on June 22 it would run 22-year-old environmental and social justice activist Zanny Begg for the seat of Brisbane Central in the July 15
Canberra refuses visas to Bougainville reps
Representatives from the Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) and the Bougainville Revolutionary Army have been refused visas to enter Australia to attend a conference at the Australian National
The Cuban Revolution's next generation
Between May 23 and June 2, 27-year-old ALEJANDRO HERRERA AGETE visited Sydney as part of a speaking tour. Agete, formerly a computer engineer and currently a full-time member of the Havana City Province
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