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Life of Riley: The rat race

The rat race And it's a simply glorious day here at Homebush. The rain that dampened times for last night's 3000 metres seems to be holding off. With hardly a breeze in the stadium we're looking for some fine competition here today.

The right to have fun has to be won

BY DJ MIBRANE Bluelight.nu (<http://www.bluelight.nu>) is the world's largest discussion board for issues surrounding the use of MDMA (the recreational drug ecstasy), with over 11,000 members, including around 1000 in Australia. In the

CAMBODIA: In the eyes of Buddha

PHNOM PENH — The ancestor holiday (Ph'chum Benn) is coming near, and with it, the former Khmer Rouge leaders, Ieng Sary and Ieng Thirith, and their associate, Long Norin, will likely be visiting the Svay Por Pe monastery in Phnom Penh, which they

Resistance has been globalised

Resistance has been globalised The massive S26 conferences, rallies and blockades in Prague, in opposition to the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, demonstrate that the movement against corporate

Workers' action needed to solve fuel crisis

BY PETER BOYLE Through militant action, with massive public support, truck drivers, farmers and fisherpeople have forced the French government to back down and reduce the price of fuel. This militant example has inspired protests throughout

Bracks backs outsourcing government

BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — As tens of thousands of people linked arms, sang songs, danced jigs and blockaded the World Economic Forum from September 11 to 13, Victorian Labor Premier Steve Bracks was also extremely busy. In between loudly

Unionists Against Corporate Tyranny on the web

BY SUSAN PRICE Unionists Against Corporate Tyranny has launched a new web site which, according to site editor Melanie Sjoberg, will help broaden the campaign against corporate-led globalisation. "The site has only been up for a week", said

Labour Day condemns Coalition, backs ALP

BY JOHN NEBAUER ADELAIDE — The federal Coalition's industrial policies were the main target of workers' anger at the annual Labour Day march and rally, organised by the United Trades and Labor Council here on September 29. UTLC assistant

COLOMBIA: Paramilitaries suspected of murders of four indigenous leaders

Heavily armed gunmen, suspected of belonging to a paramilitary group, murdered four leaders from the Embera-Kateo indigenous communities in Colombia's Upper Sinu River Basin on September 19. Twenty other Embera-Kateo people were abducted by the

'Nothing has changed' since John Pat's death

BY ROBERTO JORQUERA FREMANTLE — "This ceremony of remembrance was for all peoples who have died in police and prison custody and police pursuits", WA Deaths in Custody Watch Committee chairperson Murray Jones told the 60 people who gathered for

S26 actions around Australia

BY RACHEL EVANS MELBOURNE — More than 600 people braved a wet, cold day to attend a solidarity action here with the Prague demonstrations against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. The action was called by the S11 Alliance and was

Left students poll well at Curtin

BY JANE ARMANASCO PERTH — Left-wing activists have performed well in elections to the Curtin University student guild here, but have been unable to oust conservative and apolitical incumbents, who retained 12 out of 16 positions on guild