Protests over Bougainville
Around 30 protesters picketed the AMP building, home of the mining giant CRA, in Brisbane on February 10. The protest, organised by the Bougainville Freedom Movement as part of a national day of action, aimed to
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Settlements threaten Middle East peace
On December 20, three countries voted against the UN General Assembly resolution which expressed support for the Middle East peace process and called for a final settlement under which Israel would withdraw
By Jane Dillendorf
MOSCOW — According to statistics issued by the Russian Federal Employment Service at the end of January, there are now only 835,000 jobless people in the country — barely 1% of the work force.
However, statistics can
By Frank Enright
"The role of sport in our country has become a priority because it is the first phase of unifying the youth in our country. We see sport as the beginning to implement all of our policies, through the youth and other organs in
A special greeting to those readers who are reading Green Left Weekly for the first time this week — especially to those who bought this copy at university O-Week, or received it on joining the radical youth organisation Resistance.
You are
Greens announce candidate for Fremantle
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — At a press conference on February 11, the Greens (WA) announced that Stephen Walker will be their candidate for the by-election on March 12 in the federal seat of
Poisoning beauty
By Brandon Astor Jones
The so called "standards" for femininity, beauty and desirability in women, by and large, are dictatorially set by Caucasian men, most of whom the world over are of the sexist and racist persuasion.
Generation gap?
As the backlash outlined by Susan Faludi continues, there has been a rush of articles about the new feminism. Well known — or soon to be well known because they are well publicised by the establishment media and academic world
Jenny Craig
Kath Tucker's grizzle about Jenny Craig and similar diet institutions (GL #128) fails to take into account the fact that many women wish to lose weight in order to feel better — the fact that they may look better is secondary.
By Lamoin Werlein-Jan
The December 20, 1989 US invasion of Panama was not about Manuel Noriega's involvement with the drug trade, protecting US lives or restoring democracy. These were only the excuses used to justify Washington's gross
Open Learning — The Collapse of Communism — A Triumph for the West? — One for the early riser. A number of historians have declared the "end of ideology"; assessing this claim, the program looks at the role of the US as world cop in a more
Marina Carman
Population: no simplistic solutions
We live in a world in crisis. A world plagued by pollution of air, seas, land, food and drinking water. A world of ozone depletion, deforestation and global warming. It's an international
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