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BY JIM GREEN The federal Coalition government is planning a wrecking operation at an international climate change conference at the Hague from November 13-24. The conference — formally known as the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the
Peddling baloney Eating McDonald's hamburgers and fries reflects "an individualistic relationship between man and God which goes back to [Martin] Luther". — Catholic theologian Massimo Salami writing in the Italian bishops' daily Avvenire.
In September, Mifepristone, better known as RU486, was finally approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in early pregnancy abortions. Despite having been safely administered in France, where it is now used in one third of
More than 100 people gathered at Granville Town Hall in Sydney's western suburbs on November 10 to celebrate the 83rd anniversary of the Russian October 1917 Revolution. The event was organised by the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) and the
BY JON LAND On November 5, the Channel 9 Sunday program screened a special report titled "On Patrol in Timor", which claimed to show "how moderate militia factions are politically battling hardline groups still ready to attack the UN peacekeepers".
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS In the past week, the University of Canberra Students Association and the Wollongong University Student Representative Council have added their support to the "Global Action for Global Justice" student solidarity conference
M1 target A mistake in my article on the M1 Alliance in Melbourne in last week's Green Left could have given readers the entirely wrong impression of what sort of action target is being discussed by the new M1 Alliance in Melbourne. The article
BY PAM CURRIE BRISBANE — A November 7 forum here heard a member of the local Palestinian community, Saleh, and Democratic Socialist Party activist Stan Thompson, speak on the situation in Palestine. Saleh gave a detailed introduction to the
BY TYRION PERKINS CANBERRA — On the border of the ACT lies Mount Jerrabomberra, a landmark of Queanbeyan and one of the last mountains in the region with rare native plant species. Despite its listing as National Estate by the Australian Heritage
BY PETER BOYLE As more and more of the S11 activist groups around the country decide to make May 1 their next major mobilisation, the discussion now shifts to what kind of action should be organised for the day. The idea of a global strike against

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