BY DAVID BACON
IMMOKALEE — If a small union of Florida farmworkers has its way, the nasal voice of the famous Chihuahua will be saying, "No quiero Taco Bell" (I don't want Taco Bell) on college campuses across the United States.
For almost a
500
BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
SYDNEY The proceedings have been more like a prosecution of the
union than a genuine investigation of the building industry This was
how Andrew Ferguson, secretary of the NSW Construction, Forestry, Mining
and
BY NOREEN NAVIN
SYDNEY — The tenacity and determination of teachers, students and other members of the local community has forced the overturning of former NSW education minister John Aquilina's decision to close Dulwich and Marrickville high
PARIS — An estimated 500,000 people took part in the June 29 Pride March here. Calling for "Egalite!" (equality), lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender contingents paraded from Montparnasse to Bastille Square. Photo by Jonathan Strauss.From Green
BY EMMA CLANCY
PERTH — Murdoch University hosted the 2002 Students and Sustainability Conference, held July 7-13. The conference was attended by around 500 students, there to learn about and discuss environmental and human rights campaigns.
BY EVA CHENG
Even before news of the latest corporate scams exploded in late June, the London-based Economist on May 18 published a 20-page defence of capitalism. The article began with the claim that "the capitalist system has proved surprisingly
BY PIP HINMAN
SYDNEY — The federal government's "Pacific solution" is likely to be become the "Christmas Island solution" when a 1200-bed detention centre is finished there in March 2003, Anne Coombs, from Rural Australians for Refugees (RAR),
BY SUE BOLTON& ALISON DELLIT
While the majority of Green Left Weekly's readers live in Australia's capital cities, during the last 10 years, the paper's distribution has expanded into a number of regional centres.
GLW is now distributed in Alice
Hell Stirs in HeavenBy Anita Caratelliself-published, Melbourne, 2001$25, order at <acspecials@yahoo.com>
REVIEWED BY CHRIS SLEE
Most Australians are only vaguely aware of the Torres Straits islands. Most have heard of Eddie Mabo, the
SYDNEY — More than 40 people gathered in Parramatta Mall on July 9 to protest against the public executions that have taken place recently in Iran and the failure of the UN to condemn human rights abuses there.
Speakers also condemned the
BY NORM DIXON
Residents in Mandela Park, Khayelitsha (near Cape Town), rebelled on July 8 in response to a raid by police and municipal officials. Community anger boiled over when a council sheriff attempted to repossess an elderly pensioner's
500th issue Australian solidarity messages
Congratulations to Green Left Weekly, our robust, people-produced, streetwise and ethical alternative source of news and views, in a dangerously censored world. Best wishes for the next 5000 editions, at
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