Marce Cameron, Sydney
Representatives from the City Hub and the City News, the Big Issue, Green Left Weekly and progressive organisations met on August 8 to launch the Sydney Free Speech Alliance. The alliance will campaign against the City of
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Some 20,000 delegates from more than 140 countries attended the 16th World Festival of Youth and Students on August 8-15 with the theme "For peace, solidarity and against imperialism". Australia-Venezuela solidarity brigade participant Paul Benedek
Susan Price, Sydney
One hundred protesting unionists forced Imperial Mushrooms, located in Sydney's far western suburbs, to shut its gates for the day on August 12. The unionists were taking action in support of Carmen Walacz Vel Walewska, a
Mike Fuller
The August 9 overturning of the Miami court decision that unfairly jailed five Cubans charged with conspiracy to commit espionage was a major victory and they deserve an apology, stated their defence counsel Leonard Weinglass.
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Joe Lewis
Sustainability, as I define it, is the ability for a system to continue indefinitely for a prolonged period of time without reducing the amenity or the resources that maintain it.
Put this way it might seem to be a form of perpetual
Land of the living dead
"If the US Army and its Iraqi allies are killing as many insurgents as reports indicate they are per month, why is the insurgency intensifying instead of collapsing?" — United Press International, August 8.
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Human beings have a range of needs — some physical, the need for food and shelter and some mental, like the need for intellectual and aesthetic stimulation. Satisfaction of these is a prerequisite for leading a fulfilling life and, in the case of
Eva Cheng
A 2001 World Bank report, China: Air, Land and Water, provides a telling snapshot of the destruction of China's environment.
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In 1999, only one-third of the 338 monitored cities met the nation's air quality standard (with a similar
Jim McIlroy, Brisbane
"What we need is action, not just commemorations. We need to stop future Hiroshimas by stopping today's Hiroshima: the war in Iraq", US peace activist Phyllis Bennis told a rally of 200 people in King George Square, held to
Doug Lorimer
Under the headline "Military Plans Gradual Cuts in Iraq Forces", the August 7 New York Times reported that it had been told by "three senior military officers and Defense Department officials" that at a classified briefing given to
Kerryn Williams
On July 30, John Garang, leader of the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), died when the Ugandan helicopter that he was travelling in crashed near the Sudanese border. Garang was at the forefront of securing the January 9
Helen Masterman-Smith
The Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest report on pay setting methods reveals the complex consequences of individual agreements for the work force. It indicates many sections of the work force lose out under individual
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