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THAILAND: Villagers seize dam, demand justice

THAILAND: Villagers seize dam, demand justice VILLAGE OF THE POOR, northern Thailand — It's early morning in the Kaeng Tana National Park and I'm on the verandah of a guesthouse overlooking the wide brown Moon River, just above its confluence

Welfare 'reform' aims to attack the poor

Welfare 'reform' aims to attack the poor The Coalition government is carrying out a "reform" of the social security, or "welfare", system. This is part of its multifaceted policy for shifting the burden of the problems of the economy onto poor and

Campaign 2000 industrial action

Campaign 2000 industrial action BY MELANIE SJOBERG MELBOURNE — Industrial action associated with the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's (AMWU) "Campaign 2000" is on the rise as the union campaigns for employers to agree to its claims

Refugee detention centres have to go!

Refugee detention centres have to go! BY PAUL BENEDEK SYDNEY — Chanting "Refugees yes, racism no, detention centres have got to go" and "Free the refugees now!", more than 1500 people marched on the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre on

'No increased military powers!'

'No increased military powers!' BY KAMALA EMANUEL HOBART — Chanting "Tax the rich, not the poor. Money for jobs, not for war!", protesters braved rain to demonstrate their opposition to increased military spending at the federal government's

It's us or globalisation

It's us or globalisation BY STEPHEN DARLEY Globalisation is not that new and not that different, despite some unique features. It's the latest phase of what we used to call imperialism — capitalism on a global scale, neo-colonising through

Yelling abuse or winning refugee rights

Yelling abuse or winning refugee rights COMMENT BY PAUL BENEDEK SYDNEY — A protest at a Sydney University Law Society forum on August 24, which featured federal immigration minister Philip Ruddock, has raised questions about how the movement

Indigenous Americans celebrate unity

Indigenous Americans celebrate unity BY BILL NEVINS ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Turtle Island, Aztlan, the Land of the People: these are all names for the sacred places where the varied indigenous peoples of the Americas thrived for untold

and ain't i a woman?: Cancer and the church

Cancer and the church The August 14 Sydney Daily Telegraph reported that Professor James Drife, vice-president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in Britain, had stated: "Concerns have been raised about the possible link

CUBA: Money has 'tainted' Olympics

CUBA: Money has 'tainted' Olympics The head of Cuba's Olympics committee, Jose Ramon Fernandez, has accused Western commercial influences of corrupting sport. Fernandez, who is also one of the country's vice-presidents, charges that rich countries

Aboriginal Tent Embassy set to stay

Aboriginal Tent Embassy set to stay BY JENNIFER THOMPSON SYDNEY — With a Land and Environment Court injunction looming, an agreement between police, South Sydney Council and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was reached on August 23 which allows the

S11: DSP, Resistance in the thick of it

DSP, Resistance in the thick of it BY CHRIS SPINDLER MELBOURNE — The September 11 protests here against the multinationals' World Economic Forum have gathered enormous steam; a diverse range of groups and individuals which have helped to turn