By Graham Matthews
TOWNSVILLE — Around 600 students from campuses all around Australia and Papua New Guinea attended the Students and Sustainability Conference, held at James Cook University here July 14-18. "The conference has been a great
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Media, police harass conference goers
By James Norman
TOWNSVILLE — The organisers of the annual Students and Sustainability Conference, attended by some 500 people, are angry that despite its overwhelming success, the media reports have
By Al McCall
Rather than wring his hands and lament that political satire seemed to be in its dog days, Dave Riley decided to do something about it. "Good satire", he told Green Left Weekly, "is rare. It rages for a time, then rests. It's time
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Just in case anyone thought democracy and the rule of law were coming to Yeltsin's Russia, the country's security police in mid-June brought additional charges against nuclear safety campaigner Aleksandr Nikitin.
Conference to fight racism set for Sydney
By Jo Brown
SYDNEY — A national anti-racism conference is being organised here with the support of the NSW branch of the National Union of Students. The conference, called "Fighting Racism", will
By Graham Matthews
TOWNSVILLE — "Boong bashing with a giant bludgeon" was how Carpentaria Lands Council coordinator Murrandoo Yanner described mining multinational Rio Tinto's attempts to secure agreement for the Century Zinc mine in
The view from Cipinang prison
By John Roosa
We are inside Jakarta's fortress-like Cipinang prison for a Sunday afternoon potluck lunch. The families and friends of the political prisoners have brought specially prepared home-cooked
By Dave Riley
There was widespread relief throughout northern Ireland as news spread that the Orange Order had cancelled or voluntarily re-routed four highly contentious marches. The annual July 12 celebrations of a 1690 Protestant victory over
Cod liver oil polluted
By Barry Healy
Friends of the Earth UK has demanded that the British government release details of which brands of cod liver oil are most contaminated by cancer-causing and hormone-disrupting PCBs and dioxins. This
Rally against One Nation in Werribee
By Paul Miller
MELBOURNE — Around 700 protesters organised by Campaign Against Racism rallied outside the Werribee West Family Centre on July 14 to protest against Pauline Hanson's One Nation party
Academic tenure under attack
By Marina Cameron
In a bid to drive down university operating costs — the result of government funding cuts — jobs are being cut and remaining staff are being forced to take on greater workloads and give up
Celebration of lifeCelebration of life
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Even the death of friends will inspire us as much as their lives ... Their memories will be encrusted over with sublime and pleasing thoughts, as monuments of other[s]
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