Karen Fredericks, Melbourne
A mass meeting of 150 La Trobe University staff gathered on June 24, at two days' notice, to condemn a paltry enterprise bargaining offer from the university, contingent on increased student fees and the Coalition
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Barry Sheppard, San Francisco
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader named long-time activist Peter Miguel Camejo as his vice-presidential running mate at a press conference in Washington, DC on June 21.
The announcement was covered by
On June 18, Prime Minister John Howard addressed the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a government-sponsored think tank dedicated to developing Australian foreign policy. Howard outlined his vision of an aggressive militaristic foreign policy
Tents have given way to bricks and mortar,but refugees they remain.The years of waiting and neglecthave given way to a grim determinationto hold on against all the odds.For memories persistof that ancient and beloved land.Songs and stories have kept
Doug Lorimer
On June 22, for the second time in three days, US F16 warplanes fired missiles into Fallujah, a Sunni Muslim holy city of 250,000 residents located 50 kilometres west of Baghdad, that had been freed from the presence of US occupation
You can keep your camera's lens cap on but turn your tape recorder off.We'll tell you when you've heard enough. Inmates expect to be treated rough,shade your eyes, don't try to bluff. We'll tell you when you've seen enough.Don't talk to them they'll
Russell Rodenberry
The Coalition government has finally released a new advertising campaign targeting violence against women, after abandoning the original "No Respect — No Relationships" campaign last December.
This campaign is little more
David is a founder of the Moreland Peace Group and active in the anti-war movement. He is a union delegate with the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance and recently led a successful strike.
David played a key role in the S11 protests against the
Chris Slee, Melbourne
MELBOURNE - Two activists from Thailand discussed the conditions of Thai workers at a June 22 meeting in the Trades Hall bar.
Sompit, currently a clothing worker at a cooperative enterprise, previously worked at the Bed and
Esther Anderson
"The scale of the tragedy in Darfur would be difficult to believe if it were not for the terrible fact that it is a reality. More than 1 million Sudanese from Darfur are existing — barely — in desperate circumstances ... This
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