By Michel Chossudovsky The World Bank, it seems, has become the defender of women's rights urging national governments to "invest more in women in order to reduce gender inequality and boost economic development". Two WB reports were presented at the
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SYDNEY — Fifty environmentalists protested outside the annual general meeting of Boral at the Wentworth Hotel. They demanded that Boral, one of the largest woodchipping companies in Australia, cease its operations. Photo by Ken Bansgrove.
No Entry: Protest in the ParkA Photo EssayBy Nina LandisIntroduction by John PilgerForeword by Iain StewartPublished by Save Albert Park 1995Pre-order price $40Reviewed by Jeremy Smith No Entry is a public record of the struggle to keep Albert Park a
By Arun Pradhan PERTH — "We want to raise the issue of East Timorese self-determination and justice for our people", Francisco Soares, Fretilin representative for Western Australia told Green Left Weekly. Fretilin was originally formed in May 1974
By Norm Dixon In the wake of the execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists, Amnesty International fears for the fate of at least 17 other Ogonis still in detention. They too could be unfairly tried, sentenced and executed without
By Chris Spindler SYDNEY — NSW TAFE teachers went on strike on February 21 and held a 2000-strong march and rally to condemn proposed cuts to technical education by the Carr Labor government. The rally heard how the proposed changes to TAFE would
ADELAIDE — The Australian Greens have announced that they will be running in South Australia for the first time in the upcoming federal elections. Green Left Weekly's EMMA WEBB spoke to STEPHEN SPENCE, state convenor of the Australian Greens (SA).
By Joan Coxsedge I was intrigued by a recent story in the Age about a speech given by Treasurer Ralph Willis at Harvard University. He was discussing the federal government's compulsory superannuation scheme at a seminar co-sponsored by Harvard's
By Paul Jones BRISBANE — Queensland health minister Peter Beattie plans to continue uncontrolled mercury use in thermometers and blood-pressure recording machines (sphygmomanometers) in new buildings planned for Royal Brisbane Hospital (RBH). In
By Jeremy Smith MELBOURNE — On November 14 the cronyism of the Kennett government was laid bare for all to see. The appointment of Transurban, the consortium tendered to build Melbourne's City Link, as the major sponsor of the 1996 Grand Prix at
KRS ONEBy KRS OneJive through BMGReviewed by Sujatha Fernandes In 1988, KRS One had a powerful impact on the direction of hip hop with the release of the second album from his group, Boogie Down Productions, entitled By Any Means Necessary. In 1988,
A delegation of six Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander activists visited Tahiti in October to voice their opposition to nuclear testing in the Pacific and to extend their solidarity to the Maohi people. Green Left Weekly's SAM WAINWRIGHT spoke to
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