The near-meltdown of a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in the US in 1979 remains a major warning of the danger of nuclear power generation. What makes an industrial accident involving a nuclear power plant so much more dangerous
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Dr Graham Thom
Following the granting of refugee status to 42 individuals from the Papuan province of Indonesia, the Australian government announced, in April, that it would be introducing legislation targeting individuals who attempted to reach
Alice Tinning & David King, Melbourne
The Howard government's $55 million "Protected by Law" advertising campaign has been a dismal failure. Some 6 million booklets explaining the virtues of the individual contract have not even seen the light of
EUROPEAN UNION: Complicity with US torture slammed
Human rights group Amnesty International has released a report on the role of European Union nations in the US program of "renditions". The report, published on June 14, documents EU complicity
SYDNEY — Congratulations to the winners of the first Sydney Green Left Weekly raffle of 2006, which was drawn at GLW's Club Che Latin fiesta on June 17.
First prize went to K. Baker of Caringbah, who won $400 worth of books, CDs and DVDs. Second
On June 19, police arrested some 100 women at a march in Filabusi organised by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA). The protesters were demanding the reinstatement of their children, who had been expelled from their schools for failing to pay fees. Two
Scott Poynting
PM John Howard has always hated multiculturalism — a bipartisan policy on ethnic relations that has been in place for around a quarter of a century. Since the mid-'90s, he has collaborated in right-wing attacks on multiculturalism
An appeal for help has been smuggled out by the final group of Bushmen still inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The 30-odd Bushmen wrote that they are continually "harassed and threatened by wildlife officials and scouts", who "pressure us to
Rachel Evans
A total of 400 people in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra took part in rallies in the week following the federal Coalition government's June 13 disallowing of the ACT's civil unions law. The law had granted legal recognition to same-sex
Emma Clancy
On July 8-10, young activists from around Australia will be attending the national conference of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, at Glebe Town Hall in Sydney. Green Left Weekly spoke to Resistance members about being an
The following abridged letter from Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary of Congress of South African Trade Unions, was handed to the Australian High Commissioner on June 13.
Workers' interests in Australia are being increasingly undermined. The
NEWCASTLE — All kinds of drivers tooted their car horns as they drove past the protest outside the Newcastle Spotlight store on June 22.
The community action expressed solidarity with Spotlight unionists and condemned Spotlight's attempts to
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