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Networker: Dreams of abundance In just a few weeks Canberra residents will have access to digital services that “the rest of the world can only dream about”, according to former Australian Capital Territory (ACT) chief minister Kate
'Never Race and class in the US: trust a son of a Bush' BY MALIK MIAH SAN FRANCISCO — “Never trust a son of a Bush.” This was one of many signs at George W. Bush's presidential inauguration in Washington on January 20. Some 25,000
By Jody Betzein In Melbourne last year on September 11, more than 20,000 people mobilised to shut down the World Economic Forum's Asia-Pacific meeting. The meeting's purpose was clear — for the chief executives of the largest 1000 corporations
By Marce Cameron and Sarah Peart "The world economic order works for 20% of the population but it leaves out, demeans and degrades the remaining 80%. We simply cannot accept to enter the next century as the backward, poor and exploited rearguard;
WASHINGTON, DC — The Palestine Right to Return Coalition (PRRC) upholds the inalienable right of Palestinian refugees to return home as an integral component of a just and viable peace. No agreement, negotiations or parties which purport to trade
BY NORM DIXON The United States' biggest corporations delivered more than US$35 million in 31 days to pay for George W. Bush's January 19-20 inauguration parties, the New York Times reported on January 18. Most of the money came in separate
A community service announcement With the year already well under way, I think we should note its significance. There's been the Year of the Pig before this and maybe the International Year for the Prevention of Bad Breath — but 2001 is chalked
Eat Flowers & Kiss BabiesCountry Joe McDonald and the Bevis FrondWoronzow Records<http://www.woronzow.com.uk> REVIEW BY BARRY HEALY If you are going to trip down memory lane, you should at least go with someone who knows the meaning of
Mouth to MouthRory McLeodThrough Shock RecordsOrder at <http://www.rorymcleod.com> REVIEW BY JOHN GAUCI "I want my songs to keep memory alive. I suppose I'm trying to tell history from working peoples point of view. Politics to me is
BY TONY ILTIS& JUSTINE KAMPRAD MELBOURNE — Fourteen maintenance workers have set up a picket line outside the luxury Grand Hyatt Hotel after management locked them out on January 19. The lockout followed seven months of negotiations for an
[The following is a slightly abridged version of a letter addressed to "all left parties and individuals" posted on the internet on January 25. It was signed by John Percy, national secretary of the Democratic Socialist Party, and Peter Boyle, the
BY JIM GREEN The federal government announced on January 24 its preferred sites in South Australia for a controversial national dump for about 10,000 cubic metres of low-level radioactive waste — much to the disgust of environmental groups and