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Networker: Where is cyberspace?

Networker: Where is cyberspace? Where is cyberspace? Log on to the internet. Chances are there is someone already logged on who you know or might be interested in "chatting" (taking turns to type messages to each other in real time). The two (or

Debt relief leaves countries worse off

Debt relief leaves countries worse off An International Monetary Fund-administered initiative to relieve the debt burden on the world's poorest countries is a "fraud" which is leaving countries like Zambia worse off than before, the British aid

Lucas Heights reactor from 'Dodgy brothers'

Lucas Heights reactor from 'Dodgy brothers' BY JIM GREEN The federal Coalition government has been embarrassed by revelations about Investigaciones Aplicadas (Invap), the Argentinean company contracted to build a nuclear reactor in the southern

Left debates S11 blockade tactics

COMMENT BY JORGE JORQUERA MELBOURNE — Prime Minister John Howard and Victorian Premier Steve Bracks are now both on record decrying planned September 11 (S11) protests against the World Economic Forum as likely to be "violent". The protest

RUSSIA: Free trade unions in an unfree country

OLEG SHEIN from the Russian trade union confederation Zaschita (Workers' Defense) toured Europe in July at the invitation of International Solidarity with Workers in Russia. He was interviewed on July 14 by GREG DROPKIN for LabourNet

UNITED STATES: Fox 'violated whistle-blower act'

UNITED STATES: Fox 'violated whistle-blower act' After a three-year fight to clear their names, Jane Akre and Steve Wilson won a partial victory on August 18 against former employer Fox TV. A Tampa, Florida, jury found that Akre was fired by Fox

Courts are 'homophobic, misogynist'

Courts are 'homophobic, misogynist' BY PAM CURRIE BRISBANE — Jennifer Morgan's fight began six years ago when a doctor at a Brisbane clinic told her to forge a male partner's signature on a consent form so as to qualify for artificial

Massive cop presence at anti-corporate demo

Massive cop presence at anti-corporate demo BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS BRISBANE — An August 25 demonstration against the corporate takeover of the Queen Street Mall attracted 50 demonstrators and a massive police presence, including members of the

Life of Riley: Mal returns to form

Mal returns to form 'Tis a delightful irony of Australian politics that Malcolm Fraser should reinvent himself as a radical. Anyone who has been cohabiting with the man within the four walls of Australia these last so many years knows that Big

IRAQ: US, Britain bomb civilian targets

IRAQ: US, Britain bomb civilian targets IRAQ: US, Britain bomb civilian targets United States and British warplanes attacked sites in northern Iraq on August 15. This followed heavy bombardment in southern Iraq on August 10-12. The air strikes

INDONESIA: Workers demonstrate at legislature

INDONESIA: Workers demonstrate at legislature Although most of the protests in Jakarta during the annual session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) were relatively small, the final day of the session, August 18, drew

S11: Training camp prepares activists

Training camp prepares activists for S11 BY MARCEL CAMERON MELBOURNE — Forty activists attended a lively "socialist training camp" near Ballarat in country Victoria to prepare for the September 11-13 blockade of the World Economic Forum summit