By Tony Iltis CANBERRA — A weekend of protests aimed at removing US bases from Australian soil, and stopping nuclear testing and Australian militarism, began here on December 1 with a march of 100 people from Parliament House to the US embassy. A
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The Irish people voted narrowly in favour of the right to divorce in a hotly contested referendum on November 26. As predicted, the result was close, with 50.3% in favour and 49.7% against. The referendum was won by 9,114 votes out of a total 1.6
Tamil solidarity meeting in Sydney SYDNEY — A meeting at the Glebe Town Hall organised by Green Left Weekly and the Australian Federation of Tamil Associations (AFTA) on the Eelam Tamil nation's struggle for self-determination drew nearly 100
Against France's nuclear tests, too Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right. — Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1806) Nationalism can be a sickness that kills not only those filled with the self righteousness, in the centre of a country's
A soft heart ...? "It's always anathema to me to have writs out against our own employees. I don't think that's a good way to win the hearts and minds of our people." — CRA's chief executive, Leon Davis, on Comalco's legal action against the
Take and eat it she said This is my body which is given for you anorexia, bulimia constant scrutiny plastic surgery cellulite silicone dieting obsession exercise pressure To this I do not say NO but WHEN I do say NO No one believes me — she was
Profiting from the 'casino culture' in Victoria By Dave Holmes MELBOURNE — Since its 1992 landslide election win, Jeff Kennett's Coalition government has made an indelible impact on Victoria as it has sought to increase corporate profits at the
By Ben Alterman CASTLEMAINE — Jeff Kennett's economic rationalism has seen some repugnant transformations: hospitals turned into market squares, public co-ed schools into elite private girls' colleges, public parkland into private race tracks,
By Nick Soudakoff MANILA — Twenty-one trade unions and urban poor organisations have set up a tent city outside Congress to demand, among other democratic rights, an end to employers' attacks on unions. The Tent City campaign, begun on September 4,
Conference calls for cuts to greenhouse gases By Pip Hinman The world's leading body on climate change confirmed at a Madrid conference on November 30 that the world is warming up, and that there could be dangerous climate changes unless the
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