Cancer and the church
The August 14 Sydney Daily Telegraph reported that Professor James Drife, vice-president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in Britain, had stated: "Concerns have been raised about the possible link
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CUBA: Money has 'tainted' Olympics
The head of Cuba's Olympics committee, Jose Ramon Fernandez, has accused Western commercial influences of corrupting sport. Fernandez, who is also one of the country's vice-presidents, charges that rich countries
Aboriginal Tent Embassy set to stay
BY JENNIFER THOMPSON
SYDNEY — With a Land and Environment Court injunction looming, an agreement between police, South Sydney Council and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was reached on August 23 which allows the
DSP, Resistance in the thick of it
BY CHRIS SPINDLER
MELBOURNE — The September 11 protests here against the multinationals' World Economic Forum have gathered enormous steam; a diverse range of groups and individuals which have helped to turn
Kindergarten teachers call 'time out' on Labor
BY SUE BULL
GEELONG — Kindergarten teachers in Victoria are now paid 30% less than their primary and secondary school colleagues, making them the worst paid teachers in Australia, staff and parents
Refugee rights petition
The human rights of refugees and refugee claimants in Australia are constantly under attack. The government arbitrarily detains asylum seekers who arrive without official documentation, and often keeps them locked up for
Globalising women's liberation
BY KATH O'DRISCOLL & NIKKI SULLINGS
Women make up 70% of the world's poor, according to the United Nations Development Program. And "globalisation" (read: global capitalism) is forcing on women ever greater
Queensland Labor threatened by electoral fraud
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
BRISBANE — The Queensland Labor Party has landed in hot water after ALP member and Townsville political identity Karen Ehrman, jailed for nine months in early August, alleged
PAKISTAN: Sugar mill workers fight for jobs
LAHORE - More than 700 workers in sugar mills in Sind province were made redundant during July and August. At the Alnoor Sugar Mills and Shah Murad Sugar Mill, both owned by the same person, 240 workers
BY SEAN HEALY
Prime Minister John Howard has added his own shrill voice to growing official outrage about the planned September 11 mass protests against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne. He has said that the world's governments "will
BY KATHY NEWNAM
ADELAIDE — The bread and roses that adorned the meeting hall of the first South Australian Inter-Union Women's Conference on August 18 symbolised women's continuing struggle for their "basic needs and a rich cultural life",
Looking Out: Generations of victims
"Hi Dad, today you have another Great grandson weighing in at seven pounds and nine ounces. Born on this 29th day of June, at 12:41 p.m. His name is Daemonta Munson, son of Robert Gene Munson, son of Tanisha
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