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Joy miners joyful SYDNEY — Two hundred union supporters enjoyed an excellent evening of Latin American and African music at a benefit at the Harbourside Brasserie on July 12 for the workers of Joy Mining. The evening, organised by the

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne community TV,

SOUTH AFRICA: Privatisers gets 'Seattled'

SOUTH AFRICA: Privatisers gets 'Seattled' JOHANNESBURG — Holding up an unexploded orange water balloon like a trophy, South Africa's water and forestry department director-general Mike Muller beamed with relief. He and a gathering of water

Centrelink staff outraged at minister's attack

Centrelink staff outraged at minister's attack BY JIM McILROY BRISBANE — Union members in Centrelink offices around the country are outraged at attempts by family and community services minister Jocelyn Newman to blame them for GST-related

HISTORICAL FEATURE: The Korean War — a war of counter-revolution

The Korean War: a war of counter-revolution SEOUL — Fifty years after the outbreak of the Korean War, it is still seen as a war to defend peaceful South Korea against the aggressive ambitions of "totalitarian" North Korea. This theme dominated

Urban guerillas confront injustice

Urban guerillas confront injustice Urban GuerillasJust a LifetimeMad in AustraliaCloud Above my HeadSelf-releasedOrder at <http://www.arch.su.edu.au/~stewa_k/Lyrics.htm> REVIEW BY ROBBIE CASEY Marchers in this year's May Day parade in

The myth of the peaceful atom

The myth of the peaceful atom BY JIM GREEN "Over the last 30 years the International Atomic Energy Agency's safeguards system under the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty has been a conspicuous international success", says Ian Hore-Lacey from the

Support democracy in Fiji

Editorial : Support democracy in Fiji The Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) appointment on July 14 of coup leader George Speight's nominees, Ratu Josefa Iloilo as Fiji's president on July 13 and Ratu Jope Senilopi as vice-president, marked the

KURDISTAN: PUK attacks Worker Communist Party of Iraq

The following statement was issued by Rebwar Ahmad, secretary of the Worker Communist Party of Iraq on July 14. Green Left Weekly readers are urged to respond to the WCPI's urgent appeal for solidarity. On July 14, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Lucas Heights reactor contract signed

Lucas Heights reactor contract signed BY JIM GREEN SYDNEY — Construction of a new nuclear research reactor in the Sydney suburb of Lucas Heights is now due to begin in 2002, after the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation

and ain't i a woman: Can equality be bought?

BY MARGARET ALLUM The list of the world's richest 200 women has been released, and a big shock it was to those of us who had expected to see our very own monarch in top spot, at least among the royal women in contention. But no, our Lizzie

Walk for Aboriginal solidarity

BY KAMALA EMANUEL HOBART — While the "walk for reconciliation" across the Tasman Bridge planned for July 23 has the endorsement of the political establishment as well as Aboriginal people, calls are also being raised for far more substantial