Mining company won't compensate PNG villagers
BY JIM GREEN
Dome Resources, the Australian mining company responsible for a spill of 100 to 150 kilograms of sodium cyanide in Papua New Guinea on March 21, says it does not plan to pay compensation
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US toxic waste rejected
@body text = A ship carrying 110 tonnes of toxic US military waste from bases in Japan to Canada has had to return without unloading, Radio Australia reported on April 10. Two inflatable boats belonging to environmental
Speaks volumes already
Light snow falls and renews the paths we walk,
grey skies soften raw, wintry day with bright light
my beard freezes in clumps of ice along the way ...
I call puppy Bella: Come! She loves to play,
I tell
BY KERRY BAKER
HOBART — One hundred people gathered at the International Wall of Friendship on April 11 to protest against the forced removal of the five remaining Kosovar refugees in Tasmania. The Sopjani family were being held by the
FRANKFURT, Germany — Twenty-six years ago, a young theology student, Manuel Campos, fled Portugal one step ahead of the secret police. Campos suddenly found himself in Germany, a young man with no prospects, few skills, and a head filled with
'400 and still dancing'
ADELAIDE — Supporters of Green Left Weekly celebrated the 400th issue of the paper on April 8 with a cocktail and dance party at the Resistance Centre. "400 and Still Dancing" raised funds for the Green Left Weekly
Networker: Running out of workers
It would be suicidal for any government to be honest about long-term employment prospects. So every time the government cuts another job, or encourages corporations to do the same, it talks about opportunities in
NOUMEA — Yann Celene Uregei, leader of the United Kanak Liberation Front/People's Congress (FULK/CP), died following a long illness, in his home in the suburbs of New Caledonia/Kanaky on April 7. "Old Yann", as he was respectfully known, had
Demonstrators in Washington, D.C., for the World Bank-International Monetary Fund (IMF) joint meeting on April 18-19, will take up where those who protested in Seattle in December against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) left off: they will seek to
Incumbents worried by union militants
BY CHRIS SPINDLER
The incumbents of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) leadership are resorting to dirty tricks to stave off the challenge by the militant Workers First ticket. Workers First's
BRITAIN: Unity fires socialist election campaign
LONDON — On April 13, the second major election rally of the London Socialist Alliance will be held. The LSA is a broad regroupment of socialist groups, which is using the May 4 elections for the
Activist guide to workers' revolution
The State and RevolutionBy Vladimir Ilyich LeninResistance Books, 1999108pp, $8.50 rrp Reviewed by Susan Price
They say you should never judge a book by its cover. But the contemporary format of this newly
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