The corporations that are introducing genetically modified crops into the global ecosystem want you to think of genetic engineering as a well-understood science similar to laparascopic surgery. Indeed, the phrase "genetic engineering" gives the
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By Jim Green and Lisa Macdonald
The national council of the Australian Greens adopted a resolution on the Balkans conflict at its meeting on April 10 and 11. The resolution begins: "The Australian Greens condemn the Serbian leadership in Kosova for
By Nikki Ulasowski and Rohan Pearce
HOBART — At its meeting on April 20, the Tasmania University Union Students Representative Council condemned NATO's bombing of Serbia and the Australian government's support for the war. The SRC also condemned
By Jeremy Smith
MELBOURNE — Deakin University and Coles New World announced a new private vocational and higher education institution on April 14. Although details of the new "Coles Institute" are sketchy, the announcement signals a new stage in
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"If you wish to file a complaint for a violation of your civil rights under 42 U.S.C. 1983 ... [t]he court requires parties instituting civil actions to pay a $150.00 filing fee." — C.A. Long The Georgia Diagnostic and Classification
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — A number of Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) delegates and section councillors around the country have launched a campaign to reject the proposed 1999-2002 Centrelink agency agreement 1999-2002, which is being
Global demo for cancelling Third World debt
By Eva Cheng BRUSSELS — An international demonstration planned for June 19 to press for the cancellation of all Third World debt was endorsed at a conference organised by the Committee for the
Protests against East Timor slaughter
In response to reports that as many as 100 people in East Timor were murdered on April 17 and 18 by anti-independence terror gangs backed by the Indonesian regime, solidarity activists held an emergency night
How Labor betrayed anti-uranium movement
By Greg Adamson
In October 1980 a federal election returned Malcolm Fraser's conservative coalition. Despite widespread opposition to uranium mining, the ALP had refused to make it an election issue. ALP
VUT tries to silence critics
An industrial dispute is brewing at the Victorian University of Technology (VUT). Three staff members, one a member of the University Council, have been denied access to their e-mail, in breach of award agreements,
By Norm Dixon
The results of Turkey's April 18 national, provincial and local elections signal increased repression against the country's Kurdish minority and greater austerity for the working class. However, the strong vote in the south-east of
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