What the Olympics really celebrate
BY ZANNY BEGG
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has spent $230 million on a series of advertisements around the theme "celebrate humanity". This exercise in "global branding" is supposed to encourage us
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SOUTH AFRICA: Who is bringing the SACP's name into disrepute?
The chairperson of the Johannesburg Central branch of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Dale McKinley, was officially notified of his expulsion from the party on August 16. He
and ain't i a woman?: 'Where's the freedom?'
OAKLAND, US - I'm a seamstress in a factory with 12 other people. We sew children's clothes - shirts and dresses. I've worked in the garment industry [in the United States] for 12 years, and at the
The World Economic Forum's (WEF) Asia-Pacific Economic Summit in Melbourne, September 11-13, will bring together 800 representatives of the world's largest transnational corporations and some of the region's most senior capitalist politicians for
BY KIM BULLIMORE
SYDNEY — Citing noise complaints, damage to the park and disruption to park users, but denying accusations of racism or Olympics-inspired paranoia, the mayor of South Sydney John Fowler has sought and received a court injunction
New push for up-front uni fees
BY NIKKI ULASOWSKI
SYDNEY — University entry requirements in New South Wales will be lowered from next year, to allow those able to pay up-front tuition fees easier access to courses. The announcement has sparked
MALAYSIA: Police beat labour rights advocate
KUALA LUMPUR — Well-known labour rights advocate Tian Chua said that two of his vertebrae were fractured after he was kicked heavily in his back by a police officer while being detained at the Jalan
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union national conference in August adopted a strategy the union hopes will stop the decline in manufacturing industry jobs, reduce job insecurity and strengthen the union. National secretary
EAST TIMOR: Jose Ramos Horta: 'CNRT will cease to exist'
EAST TIMOR: Jose Ramos Horta: 'CNRT will cease to exist'
DILI — Speaking at a meeting of the just weeks-old East Timor Press Club on August 12, Jose Ramos Horta, vice-president of the
Join the resistance!
The wealth of the world's richest 200 people increased from US$440 billion to more than $1 trillion between 1994-98. Compare this to the Third World, where 800 million people are suffering from chronic hunger, 840 million
Books of Fidel's speeches launched
BY GAIL LORD
SYDNEY — Cuba's consul general in Australia, Maria Luisa Fernandez, on August 9 spoke to a full Resistance Centre in Parramatta when she launched two new books containing recent speeches by Cuba's
Philadelphia protesters still in jail
PHILADELPHIA — At least 20 of the anti-corporate protesters arrested by Philadelphia police during the week of the Republican National Convention remain in jail as of August 15. Hundreds more face trials in
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