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Seabed mining I am a Pakeha (Greek/French/Irish) who, along with my wife, has recently become a citizen of New Zealand. From our home base in Wanaka, we have become alarmed and active, generally on environmental issues such as opposing the release
Norm Dixon Rupert Murdoch's hacks have been at it again — shamelessly manipulating, distorting and fabricating "news". The Murdoch media empire's lynching of Willie Brigitte illustrates wonderfully why working people should never trust a word
Michael Karadjis Clashes between Albanians and Serbs, involving firearms, grenades and rocks broke out on March 17 in the northern Kosova city of Mitrovica. They were sparked by the drowning of three Albanian children. Tensions began in Caglavica
Sue Bolton, Melbourne The conservative wing of the union movement and the Victorian Labor Party machine are exerting massive pressure on union officials to withdraw support from Australian Manufacturing Workers Union activist Craig Johnston, in the
Kamala Emanuel, Hobart Tasmania's Labor government continues to feel public anger at its decision to support a private hospital downgrading services in violation of its contract with the government. At least 2000 people attended an open-air meeting
Patrick Bond, Johannesburg On April 27, 1994, the racist apartheid system was smashed. One person, one-vote democracy and deracialisation of government was achieved as a result of the mass struggle conducted largely under the 72-year long
Rohan Pearce Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network was originally not a terrorist organisation but as part of the ragtag group of warlords and Islamic religious fanatics trained and funded under the auspices of the CIA to fight against the left-wing,
Our Common Cause: Are Labor governments the friends of unions? Unionists are desperate to get rid of the Coalition government. The government's anti-union laws, its 1998 attack on the wharfies and the ongoing attack on building industry
Send messages of concern and protest to: Juan Manuel ArbelaezDirector de recursos humanos Panamco Colombia S.A.(Coca-Cola Company in Colombia)Fax: 091-4011687Mail: Cra 94 No 42-94, Fontibon Bogot  D.C. Coca Cola FemsaJuan Manuel Arbelaez
Dave Holmes Although small, Sydney-based Resistance Books can lay claim to being Australia's largest socialist publishing house — indeed, it is really the country's only socialist publisher. Currently, its catalogue lists almost 70 books and
Simon Jones, Newcastle On March 31, 550 people crowded into a public meeting against the NSW Labor government's planned part-privatisation of the Mater Hospital. The meeting was organised by the Newcastle Trades Hall Council's Defend Public Health
Uri Avnery, Tel Aviv Five hundred black-and white-bearded Hamas members were sitting opposite me. Venerable sheikhs and young people. On the side, some rows were occupied by women. I was standing on the stage, talking in Hebrew, with the crossed