BY IGGY KIM
Renowned Russian Marxist writer and political commentator Boris Kagarlitsky will speak at the Second Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference, to be held in Sydney, March 29-April 1, 2002.
Kagarlitsky was jailed for his
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By Kylie Moon and Chris Atkinson
Since the November 1999 siege of Seattle a new movement has come
onto the world stage, the movement against corporate globalisation. This
was sparked by the victory in Seattle of stopping a new round of
BY SEAN HEALY
SYDNEY — The giant transnational corporations will come under the spotlight in September, when more than 100 academics, researchers and activists from across the region gather here for the third conference of the Asia-Pacific
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
As the sun slowly crept above city office buildings, hundreds of union activists and officials responded to an urgent call by the NSW Labor Council to blockade parliament on June 19 in a desperate attempt to prevent Labor Premier
BY NOREEN NAVIN
Despite incredibly short notice it was inspiring to hear the Labor Council call for a blockade of parliament. It reminded me of the unity and successes of S11 and M1 where we collectively demonstrated the power of people and the
BY LINDA WALDRON
MELBOURNE — "I'm not interested in the mobile phone or being addressed as 'Councillor'. What is important is to give the city back to the people. It's time the council reflected the interests of residents, small business, the
"M1 was a great, inspiring demonstration of people's power and of what we can achieve if we organise against corporate tyranny, whatever the odds. I think the most inspiring thing at M1 was the level of solidarity and unity among protesters, and the
pregnant, women, sport, Trevor Mudge, Australian Medical
Association, Pam Smith, Karen Eustace, United States, foetus,
Lynch v Lynch, ALISON DELLIT">
and ain't I a woman: Why Netball Australia got it wrong
On June 18, Netball Australia took
Aggressive earnings management
Want to make money but you don't really know how? Not small amounts of money, enough to get you through to the next pay packet or student allowance. Really big amounts of money, enough to impress the stock market. In
The Australian Senate passed the following motion, moved by Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown, on June 19:
That the Senate:
a) notes the police raid that resulted in the unlawful detention of 32 foreigners (including 20 Australians) attending a
BY SEAN HEALY
United States negotiators have taken a hard line in defence of drug companies' patents in a special one-day meeting of the World Trade Organisation on June 20, stating that it would oppose any attempt to weaken the WTO's agreement on
By Sophie Williams & Belinda Selke
"The shameful events of yesterday had nothing to do with democracy or individual freedoms." That was how NSW Premier Bob Carr described the June 20 trade union blockade of the NSW parliament imposed to stop his
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