Eden report released
By Francesca Davis
The Resource and Conservation Assessment Council released its options report for the first NSW regional forest agreement on May 15. Four options were presented after a comprehensive regional assessment into
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Thursday May 28-Saturday May 30
Adelaide
Thursday, 1pm: speak-out, Plaza, Flinders University.
Saturday, 11am: demonstration, Victoria Square, march to the Indonesian consulate.
Brisbane
Saturday, 10am: demonstration, King George Square,
By Reihana Mohideen
MANILA — With over 70% of the vote counted and a commanding lead of 4 million votes over his nearest contender, Joseph "Erap" Estrada has all but been declared the new president of the Philippines. He will be sworn in on June
Scab ship stopped from unloading in US
By James Vassilopoulos
International solidarity, has stopped the Columbus Canada,
one of 23 ships loaded by non-union labour during the wharves dispute,
from unloading its cargo in Los Angeles.
By Peter Montague
The city of Philadelphia has a long history of dumping its toxic wastes on other states and nations. Now the "city of brotherly love" is refusing to spend a paltry sum to clean up 3.6 million kilograms of the city's toxic
Campaign against library cuts
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — On May 21, 50 people rallied at the University of Tasmania to protest against plans to amalgamate the two science libraries. The university administration wants to close down the bio-med
Portraying the stolen generations
In the Interest of Bennelong is an evocative display of photographs,
text and indigenous art around the themes of the stolen generation â
acknowledgment, unity and commitment. The exhibition will be
70,000 demand cancellation of Third World debt
Around 70,000 people gathered on May 16 in Birmingham, where the Group of Eight countries met, to press for the cancellation of the debts owed by the poor nations and which they have little hope of
Patrick seeks to deregister MUA
By James Vassilopoulos
In an attempt to smash the Maritime Union of Australia, Patrick Stevedores applied on May 22 to the Federal Court seeking massive damages and fines from the union and its deregistration.
Apartheid Did Not Die: a Special Report by John PilgerABC-TVTuesday, June 2, 8.30pm. Preview by Norm Dixon
John Pilger's documentaries have the uncanny ability to provoke howls of outrage and indignation from the defenders of the status quo because
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