Colombia: US aid package for murderous military
US President Bill Clinton on July 13 signed into law a massive aid package for the Colombian government. Approximately 80% of the US$1.3 billion has been allocated to Colombia's security forces in the
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UNITED STATES: 'The poor will not be disappeared'
PHILADELPHIA — While the smug elite of the US Republican Party gathered here in plush hotels and a huge new convention centre to celebrate their wealth and to anoint two rich white men to lead
Progressive TV alive and well in Melbourne
BY AARON JOLLY
MELBOURNE — If the elite corporate current affairs dross is still driving you up the wall, then relax, comrades, for relief is at hand. Melbourne independent community television
Greenhouse blues
BY BARRY HEALY
A report released by the Australian Greenhouse Office in July shows that Australia's greenhouse gas emissions jumped by 16.9% in the eight years to 1998. Under the Kyoto Summit commitments, Australia is supposed to
Hypocrisy, Republican style
SAN FRANCISCO — The four-day Republican Party convention finally came to an end on August 4 with the formal nomination of Texas Governor George W. ("Dubya") Bush, as the party's presidential candidate in November.
Refugee forced into prostitution
BY SIMON BUTLER
A Colombian asylum seeker, who was forced into prostitution in Australia, has been refused a protection visa by the Refugee Review Tribunal. She may now be forcibly returned to her home country,
Four-year battle for reproductive rights
BY LISA YOUNG AND PAM CURRIE
BRISBANE — With women's reproductive and abortion rights under attack across the country, Queensland activist and mother of three Jennifer Morgan is leading the struggle to
Unsustainable non-development
By Noam Chomsky
At a recent talk, Noam Chomsky was asked "What are the motivations of the US push for sustainable development in the developing world?" Here was his answer. It's the first time I ever heard of that
CISLAC campaigns against US aid
As US interference in Colombia has increased, now including a massive aid package to the Colombian military, Committees In Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean (CISLAC) made the decision at its June
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS
BRISBANE — "The demonstrations in Seattle have opened a significant crack in the ideological stronghold of the international financial institutions", said Max Lane, addressing a public meeting of more than 100 sponsored by the
Shell chief to head renewable energy task force
BY SEAN HEALY
The chairperson of oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has been chosen to co-chair a new global task force on renewable energy. At its July summit in Okinawa, the G8 (group of eight rich,
PAKISTAN: 'No more Hiroshimas'
LAHORE — A seminar on the theme "No More Hiroshimas" was organised jointly by Lahore Peace Forum and Joint Action Committee for Peoples Rights on August 6 at Lahore Press Club. Despite severe rain, more than 200
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