Alas, radio and television programming that does not, one program at
a time, promote the life and cohesive development of the entire human family,
destroys it. Irving Elmer Bell.
The mind boggles when faced with the stark reality of what
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BY VIV MILEY & SUSAN PRICE
Progressive forces from around the world spoke out and took action as soon as news of the police and militia raid on the international solidarity conference spread.
In Canada, snap protests were organised across the
BY FRANZ VANDERPUYE
ACCRA — The campaign by individuals and non-governmental organisations to halt the government of Ghana's policy of privatising the water supply has been intensified, with the formation of the Ghana National Coalition Against
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
JAKARTA — "Since the police first arrived there was an increasing [number] of [militia] members and we predicted that after the police left, they would attack", said Yahgun, a member of the People's Democratic Party and one of
One of those detained by authorities after the June 8 raid on the Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference in Jakarta was Auckland city councillor Maire Leadbeater.
BY SARAH STEPHEN
Ten years is the maximum penalty for escaping a detention centre
and being unlawfully at large and it is what faces Parviz Eftekhari,
who escaped from Woomera detention centre on June 9.
The escape followed a
BY DANI BARLEY
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — The headline on the front page read in big bold letters, "8.14 am. It was over". The US federal government has executed Timothy McVeigh, the man who committed the worst act of terrorism on US soil.
BY CHRIS CHAPLIN
At its inaugural meeting on June 4, the O3 To CHOGM Alliance agreed to the following call to action, for distribution through all progressive, activist and community networks. The alliance meets weekly on Monday nights at 6.30pm in
The raid by police on the Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference in Jakarta
on June 8, the brutal militia attack which followed it and the detention
of 32 foreign participants has revealed two disturbing returns to the past.
It has revealed that
BY NICK FREDMAN
LISMORE — The streets outside Lismore courthouse were enlivened on June 4 by chanting protesters, anti-corporate banners, and clouds of illicit smoke. The 200-strong crowd had gathered in solidarity with three people arrested for
BY ALAN McCOMBES
GLASGOW — It was the most spectacular vote for socialism in any Westminster election in the last 50 years. As hundreds of thousands of voters deserted New Labour, the Scottish National Party and the Conservatives, tens of
BY STEVE MYERS
For some years now, Russian presidents, Yeltsin and now Putin, have been unable to push a new labour code through the Duma, due to opposition by workers and fears within the Kremlin of a backlash. Putin failed in his last attempt
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