A coalition of seven US consumer and environmental groups announced this month the formation of a major new US campaign to keep genetically engineered ingredients off grocery store shelves, unless they are thoroughly safety tested and labelled. As
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People, get ready for S11
BY JORGE JORQUERA
MELBOURNE — Many trade unions, community groups, student associations, non-government organisations (NGOs) and even churches have declared an interest in turning the World Economic Forum's September
BY ALLEN MYERS
"It's time", declared the PM of Danunda, staring straight into the TV camera. "This decision can no longer be postponed. It is a non-partisan decision, agreed between the government and the opposition after thorough discussions with
BY BRONWYN POWELL
While we might now make up half this country's university population, it's been a long, tough struggle for women to get decent access to tertiary education — and it still is. There was first a battle, more than a century ago, to
DURBAN — On July 9, 5000 people, many wearing "HIV Positive" T-shirts gathered at the Durban city hall to demand equitable access to HIV/AIDS treatment. The march preceded the opening of the 13th International AIDS Conference, held here on July
Write on: Letters to the editor
Germaine Greer
I couldn't agree more with most of Mary Merkenich's article (GLW, July 12) on Germaine Greer's book The Female Eunuch.
When I read it years ago, I was a 47-year-old housewife and was learning what
Globalise this!
GlobalizationInsurgeChatterbox/Phantom RecordsOrder at <http://www.insurge.com.au>. REVIEW BY SEAN HEALY
There have been plenty of bands who've been radical and angry in their early albums, only to turn to mush. Insurge
Secret police state laws revealed
BY MARGARET ALLUM
SYDNEY — The Olympic Games to be held in September have given the New South Wales Labor government the opportunity to quietly introduce legislation that gives police and security officers
Workers protest student association merger
BY RORY CAMPBELL
GEELONG — Staff at the Geelong Association of Students struck for three days, from July 18-20, in protest at the refusal of the association's board to discuss the impact of a planned
At least one protester was killed, more than 100 were injured and 57 were arrested when Indonesian security forces attacked an 800-strong protest in South Sumatra on July 20. The detainees were beaten in jail. The action was organised by the National
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