BY SEAN HEALY
Special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on April 21
raided the premises of the Seattle
Independent Media Center, after security plans for the Summit of the
Americas were posted on its web site.
FBI agents
446
Three Days of RainBy Richard GreenbergSydney Theatre CompanyWharf Theatre, Walsh Bay, SydneyUntil May 13
REVIEW BY MARK STOYICH
The southern belle makes a welcome return to modern US theatre in this mid-'90s play by prolific New York playwright
BY JENNY LONG
SYDNEY — More than 1500 workers, led by Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union members, and supported by unions affiliated to the NSW Labor Council, marched to state parliament on April 27 to protest against the state Labor
BY KENNY BRUNO
SAN FRANCISCO — The winner of the Winter Greenwash Award is Philip Morris, the largest US-based tobacco corporation, for its "Working to make a difference" television ad campaign.
The commercials tell us moving stories of real
BY SARAH STEPHEN& RUPEN SAVOULIAN
PERTH — Thirty-five people held a spirited protest outside the immigration detention centre at Perth airport on April 21. The protest was organised by the Refugee Rights Action Network (RRAN). The protesters
BY ADAM BAKER
BRISBANE — "I've never been to a public meeting where so many politicians have given so many apologies", stated Drew Hutton from the Queensland Greens. He was addressing an April 20 public meeting in Narangba, 30km north of
A survey conducted in Russia to mark Bolshevik Revolution leader Lenin's 131st birthday on April 22 found that 66.7% of those questioned regarded Lenin's role in Russian history as positive, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
Some 29% said his
BY PASTOR VALLE-GARAY
Pending US congressional approval, the White House's next ambassador to the UN will be a grey eminence of the United States' bloody Central America policy during the 1980s.
In his obsession to destroy the Sandinista
BY JOHN PASSANT
There are two emotions many Australian workers feel about globalisation — fear and anger. The fear is bred of insecurity about jobs, living standards and overwork. The anger is born of seeming helplessness. Ordinary working
Networker: 'Take political action'
“Take political action” was the call by Lawrence Lessig at a US conference,
organised by the O'Rielly Network, in February on peer-to-peer (P2P) networking.
P2P refers to the exchange of music (such as
BY PETER BOYLEÂ
With the successful M1 mobilisations under its belt, the movement
against corporate globalisation will soon discuss its next major focus.
A month ago we floated the idea of a Canberra convergence against the
new
BY PIP HINMAN
The International Monetary Fund is tightening the screws on President Abdurrahman Wahid to deliver on austerity measures in return for its US$5 billion bailout package.
Following a review of Indonesia's neo-liberal economic reforms,
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