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Fight the System: join Resistance By Sean Healy The system sux — but the question is what are you going to do about it? Resistance is getting organised in the knowledge that people are more powerful collectively than on their own. Resistance
By Ravi Agarwal NEW DELHI — Rajinder Singh, 35, breaks imported used car batteries for a living. He pries them open and stacks the lead plates with his bare hands while the small, almost open furnace is fired to receive another batch. Meanwhile,
Injury highlights mine safety crisis By Bill Mason BRISBANE — On January 20, mining apprentice Brant North had both legs amputated in a horrific accident at MIM's Oaky Creek mine, about 350 kilometres north-west of Rockhampton. North is in a
By Lisa Young The Howard government is trying to push through legislation to cut junior wages. This is an attack on all workers. Living in Britain for the past two years, I've experienced first hand the reality of poverty pay. For many
Three of the world's top bands have joined forces to highlight the frame-up of radical journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. Rage Against the Machine, rap group Beastie Boys and Bad Religion have scheduled a benefit concert on January 28 in East
Godfrey Bigot, spokesman for the political establishment and candidate for the NSW upper house, shares his vision for society and helps us to understand where the current law and order debate is taking us. "It is time to get back to basics", says
Rage against the regime: students fight for democracy in Indonesia By Chris Latham Last May mass demonstrations toppled one of the most brutal dictators in the world — President Suharto of Indonesia. Having held power for over 32 years, with
Australia 'world's best' for nuclear waste dump By Jim Green The federal government and the nuclear industry might have hoped the leaked video identifying Australia as the "world's best" site for an international nuclear dump would have made the
By Peter Montague The New York Times in October ran "Playing God in the Garden" by Michael Pollan. It explains why many people in the US are already eating genetically engineered foods like corn and potatoes without knowing it, and why there is a
Lucas Heights EIS released By Jim Green SYDNEY — On January 18, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) released the final environmental impact statement on a new nuclear reactor in the southern Sydney suburb of Lucas
US By Neville Spencer Brazil's financial crisis, which erupted on January 13, had been anticipated since the middle of last year even by those, such as President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, who tried to reassure the markets by denying the obvious.
By Doug Lorimer At its 18th congress on January 5-10, the Democratic Socialist Party adopted a document which concluded that China, like Russia and the other former Soviet republics (as well as the former "Communist"-ruled countries of Eastern