By Michael White
BRISBANE — At a rally held at Roma Street Forum on March 15, Aboriginal elders deplored the rising tide of racism in Australia. Murri Watch coordinator Sam Watson said politicians like the new member for Oxley, Pauline Hanson,
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Indonesia: fighting for free unions
HERI, a local organiser for the Indonesian Centre for Labour Struggles (PPBI) and LUKMAN HAKIM, a PPBI national coordinator, have both been arrested for participating in strike actions. They are interviewed
By Max Lane
Dr George Aditjondro was the first Indonesian senior academic to speak out against the Indonesian occupation of East Timor. He has also been an outspoken advocate of democratic reform and environmental policy in Indonesia. As a
Concern at worldwide fall in sperm counts
By Peter Montague
The New Yorker magazine ran a long story on January 15 called "Silent Sperm" — a wry reference to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, which made its debut in the New Yorker 35 years
By Jeremy Smith
MELBOURNE — March 10 always promised to test the nerve of the movement to return Albert Park to the public. Over the last two years, the 1996 Formula One Grand Prix has emerged as one of Victoria's hottest political issues. For
By Beavis Marks
BRISBANE — As part of its "law and order" drive, the National/Liberal government has declared plans to amend the Juvenile Justice Act to give the courts more power to sentence young people. The amendments include: introducing
The Liberal-National Coalition intends to replace Labor's three-mines uranium policy with an open-slather approach. Mining giants Energy Resources of Australia, Western Mining Corporation, Denison/Cogema and CRA have been preparing for a change in
By Stephen Marks
Looking from the tall hill called "El Cerro" on the western side of Montevideo harbour, you can see the destruction which neo-liberalism has brought to Uruguay. Wealth has been orientated towards speculation rather than
By Sujatha Fernandes
CALCUTTA — After six years of talks between Nepal and Bhutan over the fate of 100,000 Bhutanese of Nepali origin living in camps in eastern Nepal, the Bhutanese refugees have decided to take matters into their own hands.
By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliable international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
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