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Amidst great controversy, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and (MBG) recently agreed to support a gas pipeline project proposed by Enron and Shell Eastern Bolivia. The San Miguel-Cuiabá pipeline, a joint
Academics warn of further action By Andy Gianniotis WOLLONGONG — A strike by Wollongong University academics took place on July 28 and 29. The strike was called by the National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) after a breakdown in
Petition to free Mordechai Vanunu By Mervyn Murchie Mordechai Vanunu, a nuclear technician who worked at Israel's Dimona nuclear establishment, was kidnapped by Israel's secret police, Mossad, on September 30, 1986. He was condemned to 18 years'
The left after the ANC election victory By Dale T. McKinley JOHANNESBURG — The African National Congress (ANC) still commands overwhelming support amongst the South Africa's poor and working class, who are the vast majority of the population.
By Chris Slee MELBOURNE — About 70 people filled Comrades Bar on July 28 to discuss opposing industrial relations minister Peter Reith's "second wave" anti-union legislation. At the monthly Politics in the Pub, organised by Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly,
By James Smith The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) on July 15 called on the federal government to "think again" on its proposed second wave workplace relations laws. The CPSU is concerned that a new round of award stripping and moves to
Labor with the wrong class Labor Without Class: The Gentrification of the ALPBy Michael ThompsonPluto Press, 1999118pp, $20 (pb) Review by Sue Boland The Labor Party lost government at the 1996 federal election when a substantial number of
Keeping Marley's spirit alive RevolutionNasioAphelion ProductionsOrder from <http://www.reggaecd.com>, e-mail enquiries to <hafilion@nas.net>Visit Nasio's web page at <http://www.nasio.net> Review by Norm Dixon
The pace of corporate concentration within the "life industry" is accelerating, according to a report by the United States-based Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI). "Life industry" is a term used by the giant transnational enterprises
By Bea Brear SYDNEY — The NSW Labor government has announced significant changes to the state's drug policies in the wake of the Drug Summit. The new measures are in line with a number of the recommendations of the summit, including a focus on
By Troy Dunn ADELAIDE — Queer Collaborations (QC), the annual gathering of transgender, lesbian, bisexual and gay student activists, converged at Flinders University July 5-10. It was attended by 270 people from a broad range of backgrounds. A
By Jonathan Singer In 1969, hundreds of thousands of Australian workers struck in opposition to the penal sanctions in laws against unions taking industrial action and in defence of Clarrie O'Shea, a union official fined and jailed under these