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Students occupy in IVF protest

Students occupy in IVF protest BY ANGELA LUVERA BRISBANE — Students from various political persuasions — socialists, Laborites, anarchists — united to protest against John Howard's plan to restrict access to in vitro fertilisation by

Why have an ALP conference?

Why have an ALP conference? BY SUE BOLAND Why does the ALP hold national conferences? With almost all the votes sewn up before the conference and virtually all the delegates being MPs, party apparatchiks and union officials, it cannot be to

Big protest, little politics

Big protest, little politics BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — "Greenies don't want to take away jobs, we want to save jobs and forests" was the best message that came from the platform of a rally against woodchipping here on August 2. The plea for

International news briefs

International news briefs WTO recognises asbestos danger World Trade Organisation officials are claiming a new trade ruling on asbestos proves that the body is not, as critics claim, stacked in favour of business interests. A WTO dispute

BRITAIN: Refugees imprisoned

On July 15, 100 people protested outside England's Harmondsworth Detention Centre in solidarity with the asylum seekers imprisoned there. Most of the inmates are from poverty and war-stricken Third World countries outside Europe. The protest was

HISTORICAL FEATURE: POLAND — The rise and degeneration of Solidarity

The rise and degeneration of Polish Solidarity BY CHRIS SLEE Twenty years ago, on August 14, a strike began at the Lenin shipyards in Gdansk, Poland, which led to the birth of the independent Solidarity trade union movement. This movement went on

Janis Ian: Setting the record straight

Setting the record straight REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS God and the FBIJanis IanWindham Hill State executions, antisemitism, racial segregation, book burnings, war, government surveillance and the terrorising of civilians, firings, black-listings,

Globalisation's myths and victims

Globalisation's myths and victims BY ALASTAIR GREIG When I heard the World Economic Forum was to be held in Melbourne in early September, my mind raced back to an ABC interview I heard around six months ago with Pru Goward — the Prime

Construction workers fight for entitlements

BY TRISH CORCORAN& HELEN BRANSGROVE SYDNEY — Angry about suddenly losing their jobs and their employer's refusal to pay their entitlements, 140 construction workers occupied the head office of Deemah Marble and Granite and then the office of

PERU: Massive protests against Fujimori's inauguration

Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori began his third consecutive term in power to the sound of massive protests in the country's capital, Lima, and the smell of police tear gas. Fujimori was inaugurated on July 28 for another five year term, alongside

Fringe theatre gets a boost at last

Fringe theatre gets a boost at last Rough CutsBelvoir St Downstairs, SydneyUntil August 13 REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE Theatre in Sydney is still losing ground to the multiplex cinemas, television and the home computer. The subsidised,

IRAQ: Death for oil

DENIS HALLIDAY is probably the world's most high-profile critic of continuing sanctions against Iraq. He should know. As United Nations assistant secretary-general heading the international organisation's humanitarian mission in Iraq he was