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PAKISTAN: Shell challenged over gas exploration

BY CAM WALKER A legal challenge against Shell and the military government of Pakistan began in a Karachi court on April 25 over plans to explore for gas in Kirthar National Park. The Kirthar National Park was established in 1974 and is one of

'Workers' compensation is a human right'

BY JOHN GAUCI SYDNEY — On April 27, 1500 workers attended a ceremony on the steps of the Opera House to mark International Day of Mourning for Dead and Injured Workers. The ceremony paid tribute to all workers killed or injured at work and was of

No to racism! Free the refugees!

[The following statement, initiated by the Melbourne Refugee Action Collective, is to be published in the May 26 Australian. To add you name to the statement and/or that of your organisation, or to make a donation to help pay for its

Natasha Stott Despoja's 'new politics'

BY ALISON DELLIT If the mainstream media are to be believed, the ascendency of Natasha Stott Despoja to the leadership of the Australian Democrats, and of Aden Ridgeway to the deputy leadership, heralds a new era in Australian politics. Never has

Write on: Letters to the editor

Iraqi women Iraqi women suffer gender discrimination and oppression due to the implications of Iraqi family law and the policies of the Iraqi government. The UN's economic sanctions have also jeopardised living conditions and intensified women's

Buried books highlight funding crisis

BY JO HARNEY & MICHELLE BREAR SYDNEY — A scandal involving a university's burial of library books has inspired students to re-ignite a struggle for better quality education and more equitable funding. In 1995, approximately 10,000 books, some

End land clearing, AMP told

BY JIM McILROY BRISBANE — Protesters gathered outside Queensland parliament here on April 20 to highlight the threat to the environment posed by large-scale land clearing in the state. An estimated 80% of all land-clearing in Australia takes

INDONESIA: Wahid masses to come to Jakarta?

BY MAX LANE Between 100,000 to 500,000 supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid are expected to gather in Jakarta for a mass prayer meeting on April 29, just one day before the Indonesian house of representatives meets to discuss a censure motion

'Think globally and act globally'

Green Left Weekly's SARAH PEART spoke to Ricardo Navarro, chairperson of Friends Of the Earth International, who has recently been in Australia. Navarro is the first chairperson of FoEI from the Third World. What are some of the major environmental

Action updates

Nike forced to close MELBOURNE — Corporate giant Nike's city superstore was forced to cease trading for more than an hour on April 27 after 100 protesters blockaded it for fifth Friday night in a row. Blockaders demanded an end to Nike's

SOUTH AFRICA: No 'third way' for labour movement

BY DALE T. McKINLEY JOHANNESBURG — Prior to South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994, the labour movement here did not give much thought to the specific political, social and economic role that it might play in the new dispensation. If

MACEDONIA: The roots of the Albanian rebellion

In early March the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) aided the Macedonian army's crackdown on the Albanian insurgents of the National Liberation Army (NLA). This followed the agreement between NATO and the Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica to allow Yugoslav troops into the Serbia-Kosova buffer zone to crush autonomy-seeking Albanian rebels.