Western Mining present eviction notice to Arabunna
BY JOHN NEBAUER
ADELAIDE â Western Mining Corporation has handed an eviction notice
to Arabunna traditional landowners camped near Lake Eyre in protest at
the company's uranium mining
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HANOVER, Germany â Scientists have found evidence that genes used to
modify crops can jump the species barrier and cause bacteria and even fungi
to mutate.
One aim of Expo 2000 in Hanover last month was to popularise GM (genetic
New DSP branch warms up for Olympic protests
BY DANIEL JARDINE
SYDNEY â Given mainstream media hype seeking to convince Sydneysiders
that the Olympics would be a golden time for everyone, a forum on Why
the Olympics won't benefit
LAHORE â The leader of Labour Party Pakistan (LPP) and Labour Unity
Rawalpindi, Bashir Botter, who was arrested on May 26, has been released
on bail. However, the charges against him â organising illegal strikes
and demonstrations,
Nike admits guilt
BY BRIAN TUPP
MELBOURNE — Unionists and anti-outwork campaigners have described as a victory an admission by clothing and footwear giant Nike, in Melbourne's Federal Court on June 6, that it had failed to comply with the
BY LISA MACDONALD
In her article replying to Margaret Allum's "and ain't i a woman" column on biological parenthood (GLW #405), Helen Riley (GLW #408) makes some sweeping claims which demand a reply. Of greatest concern is that Riley's basic
And pigs might fly
It was crisis day in the parliament
The house was hushed and still.
A member rose with a question
Are we doomed to go downhill?
I am confident of an upturn,
The PM made reply.
If workers pay is held at bay,
Defying warnings from Jakarta, the week-long Papuan People's Congress
ended on June 4 with a declaration that West Papua was no longer part of
the Republic of Indonesia. The congress was extended for a day because
of debates over the wording of
Teachers strike, plan more action
BY ALEX ROBINSON
BRISBANE — Queensland's teachers struck for 24 hours on June 14 in support of demands by the Queensland Teachers Union for an 8% per year pay rise, decreased class sizes and more resources for
War drums in the Pacific
Coming hard on the heels of George Speight's terrorist coup in Fiji, the
Australian capitalist media's battalion of analysts were quick to pronounce
the Malaita Eagle Force's (MEF) June 5 seizure of Solomon
When the military took control in Fiji on May 29, Commodore Frank Bainimarama
claimed he was acting to restore normalcy. But on June 16, the military
arrested Felix Anthony, national secretary of the Fijian Trades Union Congress
(FTUC), for
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Many thanks to Green Left and Phil Shannon for his review in
issue 407. Even more so than he normally does, Phil produced an analysis
that is politically thought-provoking and insightful
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