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Another 'beautiful, boutique' nuclear reactor for Sydney

Another 'beautiful, boutique' nuclear reactor for Sydney By Jim Green SYDNEY — On March 30, federal environment minister Robert Hill announced his approval for the construction of a new nuclear reactor in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas

Close Kariong youth detention centre!

SYDNEY — On March 3, Legal Aid's Children's Legal Service convened a meeting to discuss the announcement by the Ombudsman's Office of a inquiry into serious allegations against management and staff at the Kariong Detention Centre. The centre is the

Mexican indigenous rights referendum a big success

Mexican indigenous rights referendum a big success By Peter Gellert MEXICO CITY — On March 21, almost 3 million Mexicans participated in a makeshift referendum on indigenous rights called by the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN). The

Marx goes off on campus

By Sean Healy During March, more than 500 people attended a national campus speaking tour organised by Resistance on the topic: "Socialism vs Capitalism: what would Marx say today". About 70 people attended the forum at Sydney University, at which

How the union won at Australian Dyeing

By Sarah Lantz MELBOURNE — One of the bitterest disputes in the history of the Textiles, Clothing and Footwear Union was resolved on February 5. Victory for the union members at Australian Dyeing Company (ADC) came after 67 days on the picket

Kosova genocide: made in USA

Kosova genocide: made in USA By Michael Karadjis "Kosovo is to Serbs what Jerusalem and the West Bank are to Israelis — a sacred ancestral homeland now inhabited largely by Muslims ... the Kosovo issue may have to be settled one day by some

Stopping female circumcision: what role for the law?

By Margaret Allum In February, a French court sentenced a Malian woman to eight years' imprisonment for the “mutilation of minors” — the circumcision of 48 girls. Although most had been circumcised more than 10 years ago, the defendant

This machine still kills fascists

Mermaid AvenueBilly Bragg and WilcoWarner Music Review by James Smith "The world is filled with people who are no longer needed/ And who try to make slaves of us/ And they have their music and we have ours/ Theirs, the wasted songs of a

Who should vote for women's officer?

By Marina Carman SYDNEY — Last year a proposal was raised in a number of left student groups that only women members should vote in candidate preselections for women's officers. This position was adopted by the Activist Left group on Sydney

The enemy of my enemy: Kurds and the Middle East

By Yakov Ben Efrat Abdallah Ocalan, the revered leader of the Workers Party of Kurdistan (PKK), was abducted from Nairobi on February 15 by the Turkish Special Forces. The event spurred worldwide protests. Ocalan represents 20 million Kurds in

Looking out: One world

One world By Brandon Astor Jones "Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science." — William Wordsworth In the same way that I have chosen sisters and

Palm Sunday marches oppose Jabiluka mine

Palm Sunday marches oppose Jabiluka mine Anti-uranium protesters used marches held around Australia on March 28 (Palm Sunday) to focus attention on stopping the Jabiluka uranium mine in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory. The