The near-meltdown of a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in the US in 1979 remains a major warning of the danger of nuclear power generation. What makes an industrial accident involving a nuclear power plant so much more dangerous
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Thank you for your coverage of the events in San Salvador de Atenco (GLW #670). As with the Colorado's largest daily, the Rocky Mountain News, concerning the events in Oaxaca, the corporate media censored reports on the protests that you
Wael Khalil from the Egyptian Anti-Globalisation Group remains in pre-trial detention after he was arrested at an April 27 protest in support of the independence of the judiciary. Khalil has been actively involved in many grassroots campaigns against
Joel Catchlove, Adelaide
In May, South African-Canadian mining company SXR Uranium One applied for a licence to commercially mine uranium at Honeymoon, 75 kilometres north-west of Broken Hill. The company wants to mine 400 tonnes of uranium a year
Vannessa Hearman
On June 22, East Timor's President Xanana Gusmao threatened to resign if Fretilin Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri does not resign first. Gusmao accused the Fretilin majority in the government of doing "bad things to the people". In
BY BREE MCKILLIGAN
Indigenous prisoners in Victoria will be broadcasting live from July 3 to 7 on 3CR 855AM in Melbourne during NAIDOC (National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee) Week.
In Australia's only live broadcasts from
Alice Tinning & David King, Melbourne
The Howard government's $55 million "Protected by Law" advertising campaign has been a dismal failure. Some 6 million booklets explaining the virtues of the individual contract have not even seen the light of
John Pilger
Arthur Miller wrote, "Few of us can easily surrender our belief that society must somehow make sense. The thought that the state has lost its mind and is punishing so many innocent people is intolerable. And so the evidence has to be
On June 19 prosecutors requested the indictment of Mario Lozano, a member of the US National Guard, over the murder of Nicola Calipari. Calipari was killed in Iraq in March last year when at least one soldier at a US checkpoint opened fire on the car
"I spent last year in Latin America, covering the amazing political developments, particularly in Venezuela and Bolivia, for Green Left Weekly. In a context where we are told that 'capitalism is the only way', and that the US empire has the right to
Justine Kamprad, Geelong
Inspired by the activities of Union Solidarity, a Melbourne community-union campaigning group, a group of 30 people met at South West Trades Hall on June 21 to set up South West Community Solidarity.
In Liberal Party
Percy Ngonyama, Durban
In the days leading up to the 30th anniversary of the June 16, 1976, Soweto uprising, young people were urged by the government and South Africa's National Youth Commission to take part in planned nationwide commemorations.
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