(S)Hell in Nigeria
The Royal Dutch/Shell Group, commonly knowN as Shell, controls over 1,700 companies and is one of the largest producers of petroleum and related products in the world. Some of its largest operations are in Nigeria, where it
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BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance campaign for the federal seat of Batman kicked off on September 8 with a demonstration demanding that the federal government accept the Tampa refugees.
The demonstration, held at the Preston
BY MATT RICH
MELBOURNE — Many students are expected to attend protests outside the October 3-5 Commonwealth Business Forum, as activists have been fiercely publicising the events.
At Melbourne University, support for the blockade is growing
Socialist Alliance briefs
Speakout supports refugee rights
BRISBANE - A speakout on the steps of King George Square on September 14 condemned the federal government's scapegoating of refugees and called for public support for refugees in
Alfred Russel Wallace: A LifeBy Peter RabyChatto & Windus, 2001340 pages, $75 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
In an ironic illustration of the concept of "survival of the fittest", Charles Darwin's name has successfully survived as the originator of
Those who have followed the work of Green Left Weekly cartoonist Chris Kelly will have observed Prime Minister John Howard evolve from a small ugly man into a small ugly Satan (sorry Satan).
Kelly has taken Howard's transition one stage further
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — The NSW Labor government was punished by voters in the September 8 by-election for the western Sydney seat of Auburn. Labor retained the seat, which it had held with a 17% majority, but suffered an 11% swing against
BY TIM STEWART
BRISBANE — Despite the Queensland premier's challenge to publicly debate anti-CHOGM protesters on the issue of globalisation, Peter Beattie failed to show at the launch of the CHOGM Action Network on September 5.
Under the theme
@box text intr = In the days following the September 11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center and the Pentagon, millions of Australians were glued to their television sets, fixated by horror and aching empathy for the victims.
The disaster could
The Brick Kiln
the little boy squatted to pissin front of the huge mouth of the ovenhe was tired/of repaying the debthe was born/carrying the last obligationof his father/no more self-lostthan his son who in seven yearsdidn't wonder how many
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