BY ADAM BAKER
BRISBANE — "I've never been to a public meeting where so many politicians have given so many apologies", stated Drew Hutton from the Queensland Greens. He was addressing an April 20 public meeting in Narangba, 30km north of
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A survey conducted in Russia to mark Bolshevik Revolution leader Lenin's 131st birthday on April 22 found that 66.7% of those questioned regarded Lenin's role in Russian history as positive, the Itar-Tass news agency reported.
Some 29% said his
BY PASTOR VALLE-GARAY
Pending US congressional approval, the White House's next ambassador to the UN will be a grey eminence of the United States' bloody Central America policy during the 1980s.
In his obsession to destroy the Sandinista
BY JOHN PASSANT
There are two emotions many Australian workers feel about globalisation — fear and anger. The fear is bred of insecurity about jobs, living standards and overwork. The anger is born of seeming helplessness. Ordinary working
Networker: 'Take political action'
Take political action was the call by Lawrence Lessig at a US conference,
organised by the O'Rielly Network, in February on peer-to-peer (P2P) networking.
P2P refers to the exchange of music (such as
BY PETER BOYLE
With the successful M1 mobilisations under its belt, the movement
against corporate globalisation will soon discuss its next major focus.
A month ago we floated the idea of a Canberra convergence against the
new
BY PIP HINMAN
The International Monetary Fund is tightening the screws on President Abdurrahman Wahid to deliver on austerity measures in return for its US$5 billion bailout package.
Following a review of Indonesia's neo-liberal economic reforms,
The Age of AccessBy Jeremy RifkinPenguin Books, 2000$45 (hb), 312 pages
REVIEW BY KARL MILLER
According to the cover notes to The Age of Access, Jeremy Rifkin makes his living from lecturing to "CEOs and corporate management". That is clearly the
SYDNEY — Thirty people packed into the Democratic Socialist Party's new office in Burwood on April 21, to launch the party's new inner-west branch, in the traditional style: with drink and laughter and hope for the future.
In case you missed it, April 25 was Anzac Day. And in case you didn't get the message of the day, it was printed on the Australian flags that lined the march routes: "Their Sacrifice. Our Heritage."
Anzac Day is not about commemorating the
[M]illions of Americans will find their lives changed because [of]
Bush's views on ... ergonomics. David Broder, the Atlanta Constitution,
March 16, 2001
A subtle contempt is expressed by David Broder in his recent political
commentary
REVIEW BY NICK EVERETT
No LogoBy Naomi KleinHarper-Collins, 2000490pp., A$21.95
"A world united by Benetton slogans, Nike sweatshops and McDonald's jobs might not be anyone's utopian village", writes Canadian journalist Naomi Klein, "but its
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