BY ARUN PRADHAN
MELBOURNE — Footscray residents, members of the Socialist Alliance, refugees, Victorian University staff and students and migrants originally from Egypt, Chile, Somalia, India and Papau New Guinea came together on May 10 for the
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A recurring issue at CHOGM has been the homophobic comments by some of its members. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe grabbed the world's attention on this issue when he described gay men and lesbians as "pigs and dogs" at the CHOGM in Durban in
BY EVA CHENG
At least two farmers were killed and 18 wounded on April 15 when more than 600 police and paramilitary troops broke up a rebellion by farmers in Yuntang, Jiangxi province.
The farmers were protesting against what they saw as endless
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — "We value our relationship with S11 and M1, a relationship born of common values and goals [and] we'd like to talk to you about what will take place at CHOGM and work closely with you", John Maitland, the national
BY AHMED NIMER
RAMALLAH — The mainstream media here and in the West are trying to find out who exactly is "behind" the Palestinian intifada against Israeli rule. They'd serve the Palestinian people better if they sought out who is behind the
Under the headline "Murdoch supports May Day — Oh yeah!", Rob Gowland wrote in the May 2 edition of the Guardian, weekly paper of the Communist Party of Australia:
"On Friday, April 27, The Australian, flagship of the Murdoch press and a paper
BY NORM DIXON
More than 2000 people staged a peaceful protest through the streets of Honolulu on May 9 to coincide with annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank at the Hawaii Convention Centre.
Marchers' chants of "The ADB is B-A-D!" and
BY SIMON MILLAR
After more than two years of unsuccessful attempts by Yallourn Energy to stonewall the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union Victorian mining and energy division into giving up more than 200 workers' jobs, arbitration on
While efforts by the state to mount a lawsuit against Indonesia's former dictator collapsed ignominiously last year, the PRD has succeeded in taking Suharto and 12 other generals to court for the unlawful arrest of its members in 1996. This is the
BY CHRIS SLEE
MELBOURNE — The Power Workers Support Committee has begun holding public meetings in Melbourne's suburbs to build support for the Yallourn Energy workers. Public meetings were held in Sunshine on May 2 and Brunswich on May 10.
BY LINDA WALDRON
MELBOURNE — Six hundred Bradmill workers seized the opportunity presented by the re-enactment of the first sitting of federal parliament in Victoria's Parliament House on May 10 to mobilise to save their jobs. They demanded to
BY SHUA GARFIELD
HOBART — "Save the Forests!" and "Corporate Greed!" were among the more polite greetings given to Prime Minister John Howard upon his arrival in the small Tasmanian town of Margate on May 12.
Howard was arriving to attend the
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