BY SEAN HEALY
The military dictatorship of General Pervaiz Musharraf has arrested hundreds of oppositionists in an attempt to prevent them staging a pro-democracy protest on May Day in Karachi, Pakistan's main port and largest city.
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BY EVA CHENG
The state machines of the First World are prepared to go to enormous lengths to crush political dissent — if Canadian police's cold-blooded and calculated attacks on peaceful protesters in Quebec City are anything to go by. But to no
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Ph 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for
BY MAX LANE
On April 23 a new organisation was established in Jakarta to campaign in solidarity with the Acehnese people. The organisation, Solidarity Movement for the People of Aceh (SEGERA), was formed in response to the issuance of Presidential
"Violence against women — it's against all the rules" is the name of the adverts broadcast on commercial radio and displayed on the back of buses on behalf of the NSW attorney-general's department.
The campaign is targeted at young men and
Leadership
"I hope we can find some way to keep the businesses around here going but I don't know." — new Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi.
Best qualified person for the job
President George W Bush's choice for the number three spot at the US
BY JULIAN COPPENS
QUEBEC CITY — For three days, from April 20-22, this city was filled with the spirit of revolution and CS gas. The Summit of the Americas had come to town — and so too had tens of thousands determined to stop its plans for
Breaking the Banks: the Impact of the Asian Development Bank and Australia's Role in the Mekong RegionBy Jonathan Cornford and Michael SimonCAA-Oxfam Australia, 2001$17.95
REVIEW BY MELANIE GILLBANK
Breaking the Banks is a timely publication from
BY JON LAND
In the wake of the second round of negotiations between Australia and East Timor on the Timor Gap Treaty and the disputed seabed boundary, Australia's big business press are stepping-up its support for Canberra's push to deny East Timor
Former Dead Kennedys' front man and candidate in the US Green Party's presidential primaries, Jello Biafra, has endorsed the World Bank bonds boycott campaign on his new spoken-word album, Become the Media.
On the album, Biafra talks about the
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
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
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