Welfare 'reform': attack the poor
The final report of the government's Welfare Reform Reference Group gave the Coalition government what it wanted. It proposes the extension of "mutual obligation" requirements to all social security recipients of
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LOS ANGELES — On the night of August 14, cops showed off their months of anti-protest training for the Democratic National Convention. Police shot high-pressure water and pepper spray pellets at protesters on a peaceful, festive march through
BY RAYYAR FARHAT
Justice Michael Kirby wearily told the Young Lawyers' Forum on "Community participation in genetics and law" that he'd seen it all before. The controversy surrounding the mapping of the human genome and all the subsequent
BY NICK EVERETT
SYDNEY — Several hundred people gathered to hear deposed Fijian Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry speak at the Marrickville Town Hall on August 12. Also speaking were Fiji Trades Union Congress general secretary Felix Anthony and
Destroying native forests for 'renewable' energy
BY JIM GREEN
Friends of the Earth and the Alternative Technology Association have slammed the Australian Labor Party for supporting federal Coalition government legislation which will allow the
BY JORGE JORQUERA
MELBOURNE — Trade unions in Victoria are on the horns of a dilemma: do they support the planned protests at the World Economic Forum's Asia-Pacific Economic Summit here on September 11-13 and strike a blow for global justice, or
BY ALLEN MYERS
The excitement is building. The torch has passed from West Wybelong to East Woop Woop. Only 700 hours to go. Australian athletes are in training. Aussie Aussie Aussie.
In Sydney, an emergency public transport system is under
GERMANY: Authorities' hypocrisy on racist violence
KIEL — After years of racist crimes perpetrated against immigrants and refugees, Germany's establishment is giving the impression that it is finally willing to act to stop it. This follows a bomb
Haider, Austria and resistance
VIENNA — On August 10, 3000 people gathered outside Government House to take part in the usual Thursday demonstration against the coalition government of the conservative Austrian People's Party (VP)and the extreme
Global Action Radio goes national
BY ANNE O'CASEY
MELBOURNE — People around Australia can now find out about the latest debates and news in the lead up to the September 11 protests against the World Economic Forum here. The Global Action Radio
Networker: Finding more workers
A few months ago this column (GLW #402) raised the question of where information technology workers were going to come from to feed the soaring demands of the advanced capitalist world. Cuts in many areas of public
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — While momentum for the September 11 protest in Melbourne against the World Economic Forum snowballs, the S11 movement has much to work out: including whether it can unite on anything other than the protest itself. A
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