Bridge walk 'must be built upon'
BY MARGARET ALLUM
On May 28, a human sea of goodwill made its way across an Australian
icon, the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The largest mobilised expression of solidarity
with the Aboriginal people for
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Cuban women to tour Australia
July 22-30
Berta Acosta Sequi and Nancy Iglesias from the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) will be visiting Australia on July 22-30. This is a special opportunity to share experiences and learn from revolutionary
Led by metalworkers and nurses, more than 70,000 workers from more than 140 trade unions joined the first day of a general strike which swept South Korea on May 31, according to the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), which organised the
Sri Lanka: Government crackdown meets opposition
Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga's attempts to stifle public
opposition to the war against the Tamils in the north and to social and
economic policies in the south have met
Groups come together
PERTH — Sixty representatives of 30 community action groups met here on May 27 to share ideas and experiences and explore ways of working together on environmental and other community issues. The meeting, initiated by Greens
ATLANTA — The trial of Immigration and Naturalization Service official Mariano Faget has been under way for more than a week in Miami, and everything that has come out in court confirms that the case is a politically motivated frame-up. Cuban-born
The killing by police of Masophe (Michael) Makhabane at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) in Durban on May 14 has provoked outrage across South Africa. The killing has been condemned by student unions, trade unions and by the South African
Who's a naughty boy?
I'm afraid Winston is in the bad books. Everyone's favourite dummy has been a very naughty boy. (Haven't we Winston?) He sure has. Winston has been so naughty that I've locked him in his case until he apologises. He can
Write on: Letters to the editor
Interest rates
Why have interest rates been going up?
One argument is that as rates rise overseas Australia must follow suit to access an adequate supply of the world's savings. This is a bad argument.
The
It's time to be offensive
COMMENT BY DALE T. MCKINLEY
"If you're not angry, you're not paying attention" — anonymous It's disgustingly consistent. Open the newspaper, turn on the television or radio, access the internet and you are more than
Anti-nuke cycle to raise awareness
BY DAVE MURPHY
DARWIN — The second "Cycle Against the Nuclear Cycle" left the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu National Park on June 5 to ride the 6300 kilometres to Perth. The first cycle, from Melbourne,
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe is not used to losing. The wily septuagenarian is using every trick in the book to make sure that the popular trade union-backed opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), does not win a majority at
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