Passing of an Aboriginal rights activist
By Margaret Allum
Don McLeod has died in Perth, aged 91. Although non-Aboriginal, McLeod was a dedicated fighter for Aboriginal rights long before reconciliation became the word of the moment, espoused
358
By Robyn Marshall
Antibiotics transformed human health beyond recognition after World War II. No longer were children and adults dying of common bacterial diseases dreaded by our grandmothers — pneumonia, tuberculosis, polio, scarlet fever,
Explosion during Maralinga 'clean-up'
By Jim Green
The Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency has revealed that an explosion took place during the clean-up of the Maralinga nuclear bomb site in western South Australia on March
Arabunna people: Stop Roxby mine!
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE = The Arabunna people, traditional owners of the Lake Eyre region in South Australia, say that Western Mining Corporation has pursued a deliberate policy of "divide and rule" of Aboriginal
By Peter Robson
BRISBANE — The University of Queensland Student Representative Council has passed a motion condemning the existence of the Cross-Campus Anti-VSU Collective (CCAVSUC), the organising committee for the campaign against voluntary
Jailed PRD leader: 'We want to empower the people'
Since March 21, when the radical People's Democratic Party (PRD) relaunched itself as a political party that campaigns openly, rightist groups and political figures have campaigned for its banning.
US: it's money, not morals
By Zanny Begg
With grave insincerity, US President Bill Clinton informed the world on March 25 that NATO had a "moral imperative" to intervene in Serbia to "defuse a powder keg at the heart of Europe". Clinton assured
May Day: 'The movement is worth more'
By Jonathan Singer
For more than 100 years, workers and socialists around the world have seen May Day — May 1 — as the international day of working-class demonstration and action. It symbolises the
East Timor: time for action
By Jon Land
The events of April mark another turning point in the East Timorese people's struggle for independence. Pro-integration terrorist gangs armed and funded by the Indonesia military have unleashed a wave of
By Patrick Bond
JOHANNESBURG â South Africa's June 2 national and provincial elections
will be won by the African National Congress (ANC) government with two-thirds
(or possibly more) of the vote. Nelson Mandela will hand the presidency
Residents say no to loss of parkland
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — Residents in the Parkville and Carlton areas have united to protect permanently reserved parkland at Royal Park near the Royal Melbourne Zoo which is being threatened by the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — When police in the city of Krasnodar in southern Russia searched a rucksack belonging to 19-year-old Gennady Nepshikuyev last November, they found a bomb. It was not a particularly sophisticated bomb, just a container
- Previous page
- Page 3
- Next page