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By Jennifer Thompson "End the arms embargo" was the main demand of a demonstration of 6000 Bosnians and their supporters in Melbourne on July 23 to protest against the war in Bosnia. Speakers included representatives from the Labor and
Melbourne council workers protest By Kim Linden MELBOURNE — Workers at Moreland Council, which covers the northern inner suburbs, have slapped bans on collecting rubbish and are refusing to collect some parking fines in their
Nuclear disarmament: why isn't it happening? @edit = France's decision to resume nuclear tests in the Pacific has galvanised world opinion against the irrationality of nuclear weapons. Since the end of the Cold War, the vanishing of the
Third accident at BHP steelworks By Margaret Allan NEWCASTLE — The third serious accident in four months occurred at the BHP steelworks on July 24. Unlike the earlier accidents, no-one was killed, although three men were
By Belinda O'Dwyer and Marty Branagan "Lies, lies, how can you tell so many lies?"* Deforest industry is lying. Backed by the mega money power of corporate ogres like Boral and Daishowa, the National Association of Forest Industries
Police condemned in deaths, bashings SYDNEY — The Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch Committee condemned the police on July 28 after two 18-year-old Aboriginal men were killed in a high speed car chase and another ended up in hospital.
The killing venue By Brandon Astor Jones @outdent = "I am a product of your creation. I responded as programmed ... You seem to think that executing criminals is the answer, but an overhauling of our entire society is the real
Dissident author receives literary award Pramoedya Ananta Toer, one of Indonesia's foremost authors, was chosen on July 19 to receive this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award for his work in journalism, literature and creative communications, and