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By Emma Webb ADELAIDE — Around 120 people were addressed by Aboriginal elders and and other activists opposed to uranium mining at a public meeting on March 22 organised by the Jabiluka Action Group. Arabunna elder Kevin Buzzacott spoke about the
Another 'beautiful, boutique' nuclear reactor for Sydney By Jim Green SYDNEY — On March 30, federal environment minister Robert Hill announced his approval for the construction of a new nuclear reactor in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas
By Max Lane The major East Timorese newspapers Suara Timor Timur and Novas carried lead stories on March 29 about Indonesia's People's Democratic Party's (PRD) position on East Timorese self-determination. That day, the Election Implementation
By Sean Healy During March, more than 500 people attended a national campus speaking tour organised by Resistance on the topic: "Socialism vs Capitalism: what would Marx say today". About 70 people attended the forum at Sydney University, at which
By Jacqui Moon MELBOURNE — People in white radiation suits and with green faces will be appearing at high schools as part of a street theatre organised by Resistance to show the dangers of the nuclear industry. High school students will walk out
Mexican indigenous rights referendum a big success By Peter Gellert MEXICO CITY — On March 21, almost 3 million Mexicans participated in a makeshift referendum on indigenous rights called by the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN). The
By Peter Boyle SYDNEY — You wouldn't know it from the establishment media's coverage of the result of the March 27 NSW state election, but its greatest significance was the rebuff of the ruling class's privatisation drive by a whopping 56% of
Kosova genocide: made in USA By Michael Karadjis "Kosovo is to Serbs what Jerusalem and the West Bank are to Israelis — a sacred ancestral homeland now inhabited largely by Muslims ... the Kosovo issue may have to be settled one day by some
Mermaid AvenueBilly Bragg and WilcoWarner Music Review by James Smith "The world is filled with people who are no longer needed/ And who try to make slaves of us/ And they have their music and we have ours/ Theirs, the wasted songs of a
Bridging the divide HAVANA — On April 1, the Baltimore Orioles became the first US major league baseball team to play on Cuban soil in 40 years. After the game, musicians from both nations danced the night away at an all-star concert to bridge

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