Pip Hinman
Alfred McCoy, an expert on the CIA and its history of torture and a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, slammed foreign minister Alexander Downer on the ABC's June 13 Lateline program for claiming that Australian
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Gerry Watt
The tragedy of woodchipping in south-eastern Australia continues behind a smokescreen of glossy state and industry propaganda that has led many to believe the problems in our forests are over.
Forestry management practices are rapidly
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is to launch a website, the contents of which will be secret, for large corporations to be fed information about "threats". It is expected that the site will contain information about protest
Two Sri Lankan Air Force jets began bombing the town of Mullaithivu and its suburbs on June 15, according to a TamilNet report. The town is controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The LTTE's S. Elilan said that Sampoor and Muttur East in
William Engdahl
Curiously and quietly the United States is being outflanked in its now-obvious strategy of controlling major oil and energy sources of the Persian Gulf, Central Asia's Caspian Basin, Africa and beyond.
The US's global energy
On June 12, up to 10 students were killed when security forces shot protesters in Conakry. The students were demonstrating against the cancellation of pre-university exams after teachers joined a nationwide strike against price rises for fuel and
Kim Bullimore
On June 13, the New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) organisation called on Israel to launch an immediate, independent investigation into the explosion on June 9 that killed seven Palestinian civilians picnicking on a northern Gaza
Carey Hemingway, Brisbane
The 15th annual Students of Sustainability (SoS) conference, the largest student-run environment conference in Australia, will take place in Brisbane on July 9-15.
Ellie Smith, convenor of Queensland Environment Activist
On June 28, the national day of action against the Howard government's anti-worker Work Choices laws, supporters of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly will be at the rallies working hard to get the essential information that this anti-Howard newspaper contains into
Stuart Munckton
Venezuela has launched a new social mission aiming to reverse deforestation, according to a June 4 Venezuelan Presidential Press Office statement. Mission Tree aims to plant 100 million trees within five years.
Launching the
Farida Iqbal, Canberra
On June 13, federal attorney-general Philip Ruddock and federal territories minister Jim Lloyd met with Governor-General Michael Jeffery to disallow legislation adopted by the Australian Capital Territory parliament according
On June 12, a demonstration in Tehran demanding equal rights for women was brutally repressed by police as protesters began gathering for the action. More than 70 people were arrested when police used tear gas and beat protesters. Red paint was
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