Howard attracts protesters in Hobart
By Matt Bloor
HOBART — The signing of Tasmania's Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) was delayed yet again after unresolved discussions between PM John Howard and Premier Tony Rundle in Launceston on
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Community radio station 3CR recently celebrated 21 years on air, a considerable achievement for a station that receives no government funding, corporate sponsorship or advertising revenue. But the station is
Cancel Congo's debt
"My country, whose foreign debt amounts to $14 billion, calls upon the major donors to demonstrate greater solidarity and a more responsible and consistent approach to possible solutions", Congo's foreign minister, Bizima
Practising on me
By Brandon Astor Jones
[Editor's note: On September 23, Brandon Astor Jones' resentencing trial in Georgia ended with him being condemned to death. Here he comments on an aspect of the trial. Further information is
KWON YOUNG-KIL, leader of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), is standing in South Korea's presidential election in December. HAN DONG-MIN looks at the background. The decision by the trade union federations and the National Alliance for
NZ students arrested outside parliament
By Francesca Alice
WELLINGTON — Baton-wielding police arrested 74 students on September 25 at a peaceful protest outside parliament. The protest, organised by the Victoria University of Wellington
This article is excerpted from Chapter 4 of a new book by Australian environmentalist SHARON BEDER titled Global Spin: the corporate assault on environmentalism. Every year, thousands of Americans are sued for speaking out against governments and
By Sibylle Kaczorek
DARWIN — The federal government decision to give the green light to uranium mining at Jabiluka was met with a 150-strong protest in Darwin on October 9. Called at short notice by the Coalition Against Uranium Mining, the
Under the bed
"I understand the old Comm trick of staggering 20 people among 800 to cause a distraction." — NSW Premier Bob Carr, on being booed and heckled at the ALP state conference when he advocated privatisation of the electricity
Hanson protest planned in Adelaide
ADELAIDE — The "secret venue" of Pauline Hanson's next appearance here on October 18 has been leaked to Campaign Against Racism. The One National fundraising dinner will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, on
By Barry Healy
A Greenpeace protest in Hong Kong Harbour in September stymied an attempt to export illegally Australian toxic computer scrap. Early on September 22, 10 Greenpeace activists occupied the freighter Zim Sydney in Hong Kong Harbour
ANU staff keep up the fight
By David Gosling
CANBERRA — National Tertiary Education and Industry Union members in the Faculty of Arts at the Australian National University held a stop-work meeting on October 8 and voted unanimously to
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