UN: Sri Lanka second after Iraq for disappearances
SRI LANKA has the second highest number of disappearances in the world, ranking only behind Iraq, according to the UN Commission on Human Rights, reported in the March 28 London Sunday Times.
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Cops obstruct 'Millions for Mumia' march
Mayor Ed Rendell and the Philadelphia Police Department are attempting to interfere with the April 24 "Millions for Mumia" march. The Millions for Mumia Mobilisation, a coalition of more than 500
Stop the NATO bombing!
The war in Kosova, Serbia and Montenegro is a central political issue worldwide. Green Left Weekly believes the fundamental action needed is a halt to NATO's bombing. NATO is an alliance of the European imperialist powers
Protest against Sydney nuclear reactor
By Molly Wishart
SYDNEY — Six hundred people attended a rally on April 11 to protest against a new nuclear reactor proposed for Lucas Heights in southern Sydney. The rally was held outside the front gates
University pulls plug on community radio
By Corinne Batt-Rawden and Ritchie Logan
LISMORE — Around 120 people gathered on April 13 at a public meeting to show their support for the future of 2NCR, after the local community radio station's
More charges thrown at Pinochet
ON APRIL 7, Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon decided to accuse Augusto Pinochet of 11 more cases of torture allegedly committed between 1988 and 1990. The latest charges bring to 60 the total number of charges pending
By Ruth Ratcliffe
BRISBANE — The University of Queensland student union executive has shocked students and anti-voluntary student unionism campaigners by formally disassociating itself from the Cross Campus Anti-VSU Collective (CCAVSUC). At its
Marxism or nationalism?
Fatherland or Mother Earth? Essays on the National QuestionBy Michael LöwyPluto Press, 1998108 pp., $29.95 (pb) Review by Doug Lorimer
Michael Löwy, director of Research in Sociology at the National Centre for
How a mass movement defeated uranium strategy
By Greg Adamson
By early 1979, the Australian anti-uranium movement had grown rapidly for more than two years. Millions of people were now convinced of the dangers of the nuclear fuel cycle. Hundreds
Polemical theatre without gimmicks
Face To FaceBy David WilliamsonDirected by Sandra BatesEnsemble Theatre, SydneyUntil May 8 Review by Brendan Doyle
David Williamson goes back to his working-class roots with his latest play, Face To Face, which
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