Stop environmental racism in Nigeria: Boycott Shell!
By Norm Dixon
On November 10, 1995, the Nigerian military dictatorship hanged Ken Saro-Wiwa and nine other Ogoni leaders who had been framed on murder charges. Their true crime was
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By Adam Hanieh
While most international media have focused on the aftermath of the July suicide bombings and the effects on Palestinian/Israeli negotiations, a damning report by the Palestinian Legislative Council has escaped the attention of
By Jo Brown
SYDNEY — Sydney University is planning to build a private hospital on its main campus in conjunction with Health Care of Australia, a division of Mayne Nickless. The construction would involve the demolition of the Bosch lecture
By Adam Hanieh
On 25 August, Palestinian prisoner Imad Sabi negotiated a "release" with the Israeli Security Service (Shabak). Imad Sabi agreed to four years of exile in exchange for his release from continued administrative detention (detention
Tax workers campaign against sackings
By Ben Courtice
MELBOURNE — Members of the Community and Public Sector Union Tax Section have begun rolling stoppages and pickets aimed at pressuring management not to sack staff. So far pickets have
By Eva Cheng
Led by Washington, most advanced capitalist countries imposed economic sanctions on China after the Tiananmen massacre in 1989. The sanctions are still partially enforced, though now confined to "sensitive" technologies. But the big
Taliban offers unconditional peace talks
By Rupen Savoulian
After many months of refusing even to contemplate talks with the Afghan opposition, the Taliban regime in Kabul has announced that it is will hold unconditional peace talks with
By Rina Anticich
PERTH — This week, Curtin University and the University of Western Australia will be electing the student guilds of 1998. Most tickets promise to provide students with plenty of cheap beer and more bands in the tavern, but
African dance music courtesy of East Timor
By Arun Pradhan
PERTH — The unique sounds of Jah Era will feature at a Reggae Against Racism here on September 21. The mix of cultural influences in the band is best reflected in Angelo
Campaigning against racism
CANBERRA — Around 100 people rallied at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy on September 3. The rally, organised by the Campaign Against Racism (CAR), was called to protest against the federal government's racism and job
The myth of men's oppression
The August 30 issue of the Sydney Morning Herald's Good Weekend magazine proudly proclaimed itself a "special men's issue". The feature articles — on men's friendships with other men, men's work and men's
Correction
In the article on Campaign Against Racism in Adelaide in last week's GLW, it was incorrectly reported that National Action has an office in Woodville and that the Vietnamese community was planning to march past it on September 6. In
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