By Norm Dixon
Big business and government in Atlanta are using the Olympic Games as cover to rid the city of the poor and remodel it as a convention/sports mecca, safe for well-off tourists. The US government's many law-enforcement and security
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By Pip Hinman
The government is taking an axe to too popular an institution in its attacks on the ABC. PM Howard and Senator Richard Alston's announcement of an "independent review", to be headed by Bob Mansfield, former chief executive of the
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — The Queensland government has been forced to reconsider controversial changes to juvenile justice laws, after widespread protest. The changes were criticised by Criminal Justice Commissioner Frank Clair as "seriously
By Sujatha Fernandes
LUCKNOW — Late on the night of July 3, the Indian government introduced a 25-30% hike in the prices of petroleum products. Although kerosene was exempted, the decision resulted in an increase in the price of all goods by 50
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Tasmanian Greens Senator Bob Brown, speaking at a meeting on July 20, said that the Coalition government had "boxed itself into a corner" on the sale of Telstra, whereas those opposing privatisation had a clear
By Jill Maclean, Marina Cameron and Alison Dellit
The Coalition's cuts to higher education are likely to be the most severe in over a decade. The process of moving towards a user-pays system was begun under Labor, and now the Howard government is
Challenging myths about women
Lip ServiceBy Kate FillionHarper Collins. $16.95Reviewed by Trish Corcoran As the cover of Lip Service reads, it is about "the myth of female virtue in love, sex and friendship". Canadian feminist author Kate Fillion
By Andrew Hall and Margaret Perrott
WOLLONGONG — Some 500 Port Kembla residents rallied on July 14 in anger over plans to reopen the Southern Copper smelter, chanting "stop the stack — we don't want it back!". Dan Meehan, spokesperson for the
The Olympic spirit
With time on my hands and the decks clear for a fortnight, the 26th Olympiad was something I thought I must see. It took a bit of wrangling to get a seat but I am only 2.365 metres from all of the action (I measured it
The independent Youth Club of Tuzla is trying to set up its own self-managed radio station, as a step toward overcoming the misery facing Bosnian young people and returning to their enjoyment of Western music. One of the things they need is music,
By Sean Healy
The British government back down on a Unionist march has led to an outpouring of anger by the Catholic community in Northern Ireland and threatened to destroy the talks process in the North. The march in Portadown, County Armagh, was
A Law for Women: Women and Debt — What should women consider before signing financial documents? This program gives hints on how to beat the sexist financial system. 2SER Sydney (107.3 FM), Wednesday, July 31, 9.30pm, and Friday, August 2, 9am.
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