If you thought the "new communications revolution" was going to weaken the grip of the world's media giants, then think again. It's doing the opposite. Fifty years ago, media companies were politically influential but economically peripheral. Today,
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Anti-racist initiatives launched
BY RANI SINGH
MELBOURNE — Anti-racist activists here hope to build on an AC Nielson March 28 poll which indicated that Victorians are more likely to disagree with mandatory sentencing and reject One Nation than
Solidarity with Cuba planned
BY LARA PULLIN
ALBURY — Supporters of Cuba were asked to concentrate their energies on political solidarity with the socialist Caribbean nation at a national conference here on March 24-26. Eva Seoane, the
By Iggy Kim
LISBON, Portugal — On March 22, a number of Europe's radical left parties met here in the shadows of the European Union Summit. Hosted by Portugal's Left Bloc, the conference aimed to exchange ideas regarding continent-wide
Madagascar!
“It is indeed desirable to be well descended, but the glory belongs
to [my] ancestors.” — Plutarch, AD 46120
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Morals Of the Training of Children by Plutarch, the Greek essayist
and biographer, reminds me
Southern Cross uni staff to take action
BY NICK FREDMAN
LISMORE — Southern Cross University (SCU) members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU) voted unanimously at a combined mass
American Beauty
Having read the review of American Beauty and the subsequent letter in the March 8 Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, I feel compelled to write.
I completely hated American Beauty. Although I enjoy and would love to see more films critiquing the
Destruction
Over the past 100 years the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (caused by land-clearing and industrial emissions) has increased by 25%.
Between 1950 and 1997 the global average sea surface temperature rose from 18.86oC to
Colombia: US poised to boost intervention
The United States House of Representatives passed a bill on March 30 which approves US$1.7 billion in military aid to Colombia. The package, which includes the setting up of two new Colombian military
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