Vannessa Hearman Australian company Santos is a shareholder in an energy concession in East Java that has been the source of hot toxic mud flows following a well-head accident in May. The accident occurred near Porong, a small town close to the
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Pablo Stefanoni, La Paz "Move from words to action." This phrase flew around in the evaluations and self-evaluations in August of the strengths and weaknesses of the Bolivian government. First it was the turn of the social movements close to the
The Ethics of What We EatBy Peter Singer & Jim MasonText Publishing, Melbourne2006, $32.95 REVIEW BY BELINDA SELKE The Ethics of What We Eat by world-renowned ethicist and animal liberationist Peter Singer, and Jim Mason, a journalist, lawyer and
HOBART — On August 26, 100 trade unionists protested for workers' rights outside the state Liberal Party conference. The conference was attended by workplace relations minister Kevin Andrews and PM John Howard. Represented at the protest were the
Pip Hinman Keysar Trad, who was instrumental in organising the two Sydney rallies against Israel's bombing of Lebanon and Gaza, thinks the current ceasefire is a farce. "Israel ignores it at will", he told Green Left Weekly. On whether the United
Kerry Vernon, Sydney Office cleaners held two noisy rallies in the city on August 24, part of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union's (LHMU) "Clean start — fair deal for cleaners" campaign. The action at Martin Place defended 20
Another 'Mission Accomplished' "Hezbollah started the crisis. And Hezbollah suffered a defeat." — Emperor George Bush II, August 14. 'We was robbed!' "However hard [Israeli PM] Ehud Olmert tries to spin it, the UN ceasefire that began yesterday
Tommy Sheridan In reply to my article on the Scottish Socialist Party crisis (GLW #679), Chris Edwards (GLW #680) accuses Alan McCombes and his supporters in the SSP of adopting a "phony moralistic stance" on Tommy Sheridan's sexual activities.
Australian oil giant Oil Search has admitted that it caused an oil spill on August 9 between Papua New Guinea and Australia after earlier telling media it was unaware of any such spill. Following an expose in the PNG press, the company issued a
Sue Bolton, Melbourne After Hawker de Havilland, a subsidiary of Boeing, unjustly sacked three union delegates at the Fisherman's Bend site in Port Melbourne, an August 17 meeting of workers voted to strike until the workers were reinstated. The
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