BY SEAN HEALY
Special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on April 21
raided the premises of the Seattle
Independent Media Center, after security plans for the Summit of the
Americas were posted on its web site.
FBI agents
446
BY JENNY LONG
SYDNEY — More than 1500 workers, led by Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union members, and supported by unions affiliated to the NSW Labor Council, marched to state parliament on April 27 to protest against the state Labor
BY ADAM BAKER
BRISBANE — "I've never been to a public meeting where so many politicians have given so many apologies", stated Drew Hutton from the Queensland Greens. He was addressing an April 20 public meeting in Narangba, 30km north of
BY PASTOR VALLE-GARAY
Pending US congressional approval, the White House's next ambassador to the UN will be a grey eminence of the United States' bloody Central America policy during the 1980s.
In his obsession to destroy the Sandinista
BY SARAH STEPHEN& RUPEN SAVOULIAN
PERTH — Thirty-five people held a spirited protest outside the immigration detention centre at Perth airport on April 21. The protest was organised by the Refugee Rights Action Network (RRAN). The protesters
A survey conducted in Russia to mark Bolshevik Revolution leader Lenin's 131st birthday on April 22 found that 66.7% of those questioned regarded Lenin's role in Russian history as positive, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
Some 29% said his
Networker: 'Take political action'
Take political action was the call by Lawrence Lessig at a US conference,
organised by the O'Rielly Network, in February on peer-to-peer (P2P) networking.
P2P refers to the exchange of music (such as
BY PIP HINMAN
The International Monetary Fund is tightening the screws on President Abdurrahman Wahid to deliver on austerity measures in return for its US$5 billion bailout package.
Following a review of Indonesia's neo-liberal economic reforms,
BY JOHN PASSANT
There are two emotions many Australian workers feel about globalisation — fear and anger. The fear is bred of insecurity about jobs, living standards and overwork. The anger is born of seeming helplessness. Ordinary working
BY PETER BOYLE
With the successful M1 mobilisations under its belt, the movement
against corporate globalisation will soon discuss its next major focus.
A month ago we floated the idea of a Canberra convergence against the
new
In case you missed it, April 25 was Anzac Day. And in case you didn't get the message of the day, it was printed on the Australian flags that lined the march routes: "Their Sacrifice. Our Heritage."
Anzac Day is not about commemorating the
[M]illions of Americans will find their lives changed because [of]
Bush's views on ... ergonomics. David Broder, the Atlanta Constitution,
March 16, 2001
A subtle contempt is expressed by David Broder in his recent political
commentary
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