BY MICHELLE BREAR
SUVA, Fiji — Since the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) movement's formation in 1975, the campaign for self-determination for Pacific island nations under colonial rule has been central to its work, and that of its
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Hundreds of angry
demonstrators rallied on June 8 outside the British Prime Minster Tony
Blair's residence at 10 Downing Street, London, to protest against British
arms sales to India and Pakistan and oppose war between the two countries.
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS
MELBOURNE — Maintenance workers at the BHP factory in Hastings decided to return to work on June 14 after beating the "Big Australian". They had been on strike since May 21. The 280 workers, who were fighting BHP's attempts to
BY DICK NICHOLS
In the April 21 first round of France's presidential elections, 2.84 million people (10.44%) voted for far-left candidates, chiefly Lutte Ouvriere (LO) and the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR). On June 9, in the first round of
BY SARAH PEART
GLASGOW — In the same week that the Scottish Parliament celebrated its first 1000 days of existence on March 26, its members voted themselves a 13.5% wage increase, placing MSPs in the top 5% of income earners in Scotland. The sole
BY EVA CHENG
Thousands rallied on June 13 in at least nine cities across India
and Pakistan to protest against the war drive and the threat of nuclear
devastation on the subcontinent.
How can arms traders be peace-brokers? was a
BY CHRIS LATHAM
PERTH — On June 1, Iranian asylum seeker Nader Sayadi Estahbanati was deported from Esperance in WA on the Iranian freighter Mazardaran.
In 2000, Estahbanati and two friends stowed away on the Mazardaran to flee persecution in
BATHURST Communications students at Charles Sturt University's campus
here are being taught too well this is the university administration's
justification for course and staff funding cuts. Students occupied the
university's media centre on
BY SIMON WHITTLE
The Sex Pistols re-released their anti-monarchist anthem God Save
the Queen at the end of May, 25 years after the national uproar the record
received on its original release back in 1977. It was again timed to clash
with
BY JIM GREEN
Prime Minister John Howard announced in parliament on June 5 — World Environment Day — that the Australian government will not ratify the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions.
The announcement followed ratification of the
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