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NORTH AMERICA: People fight against investors' 'bill of rights'

BY EVA CHENG The pro-business reality of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement hit home forcefully in August when the Mexican government was ordered by a NAFTA tribunal to pay nearly US$16.7 million to US waste disposal Metalclad

and ain't i a woman?: Empowerment and the 'surrendered wife'

How can women find happiness in marriage? According to "feminist" author Laura Doyle all we a wife needs do is "surrender" to her husband's every wish. In her book The surrendered wife: A practical guide to finding intimacy, passion and peace with

M1 Alliance to elect marshals

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — After considerable debate, the Melbourne M1 Alliance resolved on March 20 to elect marshals from among its ranks to coordinate its planned May 1 blockade of the city's stock exchange. The marshals will be given an

PAKISTAN: Military cracks down on opposition

BY SEAN HEALY The military dictatorship of General Pervaiz Musharraf has launched a fierce crackdown against its opponents, arresting 20 leaders of political parties belonging to the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, including the

Beazley, Howard beaten by the yardstick

BY VIV MILEY The evidence is mounting that university students are paying too much for higher education and the federal government spending too little, with a senior university administrator backing such claims by the union which

UNITED STATES: Bush prevents airline workers from striking

George W. Bush campaigned for president on two broad themes — as a "compassionate conservative" and against "big government" taking away the rights and money of the American people. Now that he's president, the record is already in on what those

Demand release of Pakistani political leaders

The parties of the banned Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy are calling on supporters worldwide to write to Pakistani ruler Pervaiz Musharraf and to Pakistani embassies to demand the release of imprisoned political leaders. Musharraf's

University activists gear up for M1

BY ROHAN PEARCE As the national May 1 blockades of stock exchanges and other corporate targets approach, M1 activists have begun a big push to build the demonstrations. Since universities resumed this year, more than 1500 students have joined local

SOUTH AFRICA: Union 'mourns' on world water day

The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) has called for this year's world water day to be declared a day of mourning for the millions of people who are sick and dying as a result of not having access to water. The United Nations chose

Looking out: Not true!

“James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA, dumbfounded many at a guest lecture when he advanced his theory about a link between skin color and sex drive.” — Atlanta Journal-Constitution, November 25, 2000. My attention was caught recently by

INDONESIA: Timor war criminals remain free

BY JON LAND Chances are increasingly remote that the Indonesian legal system will bring to justice those responsible for war crimes and human rights abuses committed before, during and after East Timor's August 1999 referendum. Any trial that does

Write on: Letters to the editor

Friends of the Earth I thank Jim Green for his article on Friends of the Earth (FoE). His analysis is reasonable of FoE Australia and FoE International, and I applaud him for touching on some of the problems with some (not by any means all) of the