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Salsa for Cuba

Salsa for Cuba By Lynda Hansen BRISBANE — More than 120 supporters attended the Committee in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean (CISLAC) annual fundraiser here on July 19, supported by the Australia Cuba Friendship Society

Indonesian MP jailed

Indonesian MP jailed By James Balowski Yet another opposition figure has been jailed for speaking out against the Suharto dictatorship. On July 21, Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) legislator Aberson Marle Sihaloho, who is a close aide to

Black activist's visa revoked

By Helen Cunningham and Marina Cameron Immigration minister Philip Ruddock cancelled the visa of US Black Panther activist Lorenzo Kom'Boa Ervin on July 25. Ervin was arrested in Brisbane and held in solitary confinement earlier this month after

Opposition to new reactor grows

By Jim Green The campaign against the new reactor and reprocessing plant proposed for Lucas Heights in NSW has been stepped up. At a recent meeting Friends of the Earth, the Sutherland Shire Environment Centre, People for Nuclear Disarmament,

The problem with 'green power'

By Andrea Bunting In last week's Green Left Weekly, (#282) Andrew Woodroffe commended the recent introduction of green tariffs for NSW and Victorian electricity consumers. Dubbed "green power", these schemes allow electricity consumers to pay a

Vanstone confronted

Vanstone confronted LISMORE — Students from Southern Cross University (SCU) Lismore confronted federal education minister Amanda Vanstone on July 23, as she was leaving an OECD conference on higher education at Byron Bay. The protesters

Write on: Letters to the editor

Protesting racism I was pleased to see that you have continued your attacks against Hanson's and Howard's racism over many weeks. While all the issues you cover are vital, scapegoating on racist grounds is more so than others. This is

Toxic PVC fire in Canada

Toxic PVC fire in Canada HAMILTON, ONTARIO — A Greenpeace team began sampling for dioxin around Hamilton and its vicinity on July 12 as firefighters assessed the clean-up required following a fire at a PVC plastic (vinyl) plant located in the

Adams: 'We demand equality now'

The following is excerpted from a speech by Sinn Féin president GERRY ADAMS on the eve of the republican cease-fire announcement. The British government damaged itself badly in the eyes of many who expected better of it when the Orange march

Looking out: True friendship

True friendshipTrue friendship By Brandon Astor Jones "When you have succeeded in dehumanizing a person; when you have put that person down, and make ... this person to be but as the beast of the field; and when you have extinguished

Attacking the worst unemployment crisis

Attacking the worst unemployment crisis Comment by Allen Myers Stop worrying about the young people who can't find jobs. Cancel the programs to help the long-term unemployed (okay: they've already been cancelled). There's a far more

Conference strengthens international support for East Timor

By Max Lane OPORTO — More than 200 people attended a conference here between July 17 and 20 to discuss "Self-determination in East Timor — Democratisation in Indonesia: An international responsibility". The conference was organised by the