Secondary students won't be intimidated
BY JODY BETZIEN
MELBOURNE — Over the last week, the establishment media have threatened young people with police repression if they attend the September 11 blockade of the World Economic Forum (WEF)
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EAST TIMOR: Unanswered questions on transition
As East Timor moves towards full independence under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), the obligations and conduct of the UN, international aid
No support for US militarism!
The Australian government's support for "baby Star wars" — the US government's proposed National Missile Defence (NMD) system — must be opposed.
Much of the criticism of NMD has focused on the stupidity of the
BY SEAN HEALY
As unifying slogans go, "Fair trade, not free trade" has a lot going for it: it's simple, it stands against the injustice of corporate-dominated trade masquerading as "freedom" and it poses at least the beginning of an alternative
Mayor defends Townsville homophobia
BY BRIDGET RIGGS
TOWNSVILLE — Responding to televised accusations of rampant homophobia in his city, Townsville Mayor Tony Mooney has dug himself in further by blaming the messenger, claiming to be "outraged"
PACIFIC: 'We want to be nuclear free and independent'
The failure of another United States missile test at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands highlights the folly of the new arms race in space, notes the Suva-based Pacific Concerns Resource
Darwin council cracks down on free speech
BY PETER JOHNSTON
DARWIN — Darwin City Council has cracked down on free speech on the city's streets, fining Resistance activist Jo Ellis $50 for distributing Green Left Weekly in a public place without
S11 Alliance pickets Downer
BY ANGELA LUVERA
BRISBANE — Armed with a leaflet declaring "Picket Downer! Shut Down the WEF!", 25 students braved the early morning to picket a function attended by Foreign Minister Alexander Downer. The function,
Correction
In the article "UN report shows poverty grinds on" in Green Left Weekly #412, there was a typing error in one of the dates.
The sentence in question should have read: "The distance between the incomes of the richest and poorest country
A group of unions has demanded President Abdurrahman Wahid disallow a new labour rights bill, which was unanimously passed by the House of Representatives on July 10 but needs the president's approval to become law. While the new bill gives workers
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