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S11 spells trouble for Labor

BY PETER BOYLE Thousands of activists from the mass social movements of the last three decades joined with younger activists in a massive show of strength at the S11 blockade. It was a profoundly empowering event that revitalised faith in "people's

S11: people's power in Melbourne

If you relied on media like the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald for coverage of the S11 protests, you wouldn't have seen images like these (both papers are members of the WEF). The blockaders stood firm against assaults by police and the

CUBA: environmentalism acknowledged

The United Nations has selected Havana, the capital of Cuba, to host next year's World Environment Day. The choice acknowledges revolutionary Cuba's outstanding achievements in the protection of the environment. The announcement was made on

Largest-ever ozone hole over Antarctica

A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) spectrometer has detected an Antarctic ozone hole three times larger than the land mass of the United States, the largest such hole ever observed. The hole expanded to a record size of

S11: the day we stopped the TRG

BY JOHN McGILL On the morning of Friday, September 8, a railway carriage filled with activists left Adelaide for Melbourne to join the September 11-13 protests against the World Economic Forum. The carriage was organised by John Short, of the

Australia, South Africa breach waste dumping ban

The environmental groups the Mineral Policy Institute, Greenpeace, Basel Action Network (BAN), Earthlife and GroundWork have learned that Australia has exported hazardous wastes to South Africa in defiance of a global ban against such exports. The

Networker: Big still eats small

Big still eats small There's an internet saying, “On the internet, no-one knows you're a dog”. The same idea comes through in a series of IBM commercials targeted at small businesses thinking about getting on to the internet. This

Paintings of the Myall Creek massacre

SYDNEY — This exhibition of Chris Wyatt's paintings focused on the massacre of Aborigines at Myall Creek in NSW in 1838 is the artist's "contribution to the reconciliation debate and to reaching a clearer understanding of the unacceptable situation

PHILIPPINES: Building workers demand safety

MANILA — "Fight for ILO 167!" was the main chant taken up by some 5000 building workers here on September 10 as they marched to the Cultural Centre near the Manila Bay foreshore. The march was to demand the immediate implementation by the

Loose cannons

Enviable "Jodee [Rich], Bradley [Keeling] and their team have achieved enviable results in a very short time ..." One.Tel chairperson John Greaves, defending bonuses of $6.9 million each to the joint managing directors in a year in which the

Solidarity with protesters

MELBOURNE — The S11 protesters received messages of solidarity with their actions from the following groups and individuals: People's Democratic Party, PRD of Indonesia Labour Party Pakistan All Pakistan Para Medical Staff Federation All

EAST TIMOR: The Indonesian-Australian invasion

Prime Minister John Howard's Coalition government has released foreign affairs documents relating to the 1974-76 period in a cynical ploy to use Australian people's outrage at the 1975 invasion and occupation of East Timor to score points against the