BY RACHEL COHEN
Drug research and development (R&D) for diseases that disproportionately affect poor people in developing countries is at a virtual standstill.
According to a study by Patrice Trouiller and colleagues, soon to be published in the
509
BY SUE BULL
MELBOURNE The Victorian office of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union remains in limbo, awaiting a resolution to the dispute between the AMWU's national office and elected Victorian officials. By September 14, most
BY GRANT COLEMAN
WOLLONGONG In the lead-up to the September 17 University of Wollongong student general meeting, activists have again met resistance from the Student Representative Council. The SRC meeting on September 13 reaffirmed its
BY SARAH STEPHEN
For two years, Kevin John Enniss was a paid informant of the Australian Federal Police (AFP). He was also at the heart of the people-smuggling business in Indonesia.
Enniss went far beyond the normal role of an informant. At the
Respectful, like a subordinate should be
"The United States helped found the United Nations. We want the United Nations to be effective, and respectful, and successful." George "The Crusader" Bush, addressing the UN General Assembly,
BY DICK NICHOLS
[The
following is an abridged version of a talk presented to the International
Socialist Organisation's Marxism 2002 conference held in Melbourne, September
6-8. Dick Nichols is a member of the national executive of the
Labor sells out on war
The me-too approach that Prime Minister John Howard and his cabinet
have taken to the US war drive against Iraq has given the ALP some leeway
to appear to be an opposition on this issue. It isn't.
Both the
BY JASON DI ROSSO
ABC Radio National's Hindsight program will present a 60-minute
documentary on the 1973 strike by workers at Ford's Broadmeadows plant,
near Melbourne.
In the program, former metalworkers' union leader Laurie
[The following statement was issued on September 11 by Peaceful Tomorrows, an advocacy organisation founded by family members of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.]
"The past is prophetic in that it
Chile: The Other September 11
Edited by Pilar Aguilera and Ricardo Fredes
Ocean Press, Melbourne 2002
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