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By Jim Green The nuclear power industry is experiencing "a meltdown of historic proportions", according to a recent report from the Worldwatch Institute. After growing more than 700% in the 1970s, and 140% in the 1980s, nuclear power capacity has
Resistance conference guest attacked By Chris Latham Dhyta Caturani, who was scheduled as a guest speaker at the Resistance National Conference in Melbourne, July 8-11, was attacked by the Indonesian military in Jakarta on July 1. Dhyta was
Stop press: PRD offices attacked At 11.20pm on July 3, the office of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) in Yogyakarta, Central Java, was attacked by an unidentified group of men carrying machetes and swords. One carried a Molotov cocktail. The
Protests condemn Indonesian regime's violence By Liam Mitchell SYDNEY — More than 40 protesters gathered outside Garuda Indonesia's office on July 2 in an emergency action to protest against the police attack on democracy movement protesters
Woman wins pregnancy discrimination case By Robyn Marshall In 1997, Colette Johnson, then 28 years old, was hired by the Ipswich office of Gloria Marshall Australia, the infamous weight-loss firm. Three weeks later she found out she was pregnant.
By Max Lane On June 25, the Jakarta daily newspaper Kompas reported that the Indonesian minister of defence and the commander in chief of the armed forces, General Wiranto, had stated that the government would take firm action against anybody
By Sue Boland Membership ballots to determine party policy and select party leadership — surely these measures guarantee party members' control over elected politicians? It seems not: the Australian Democrats have such a structure but have
Cancel all Third World debt! By Zanny Begg In 1992, a memo by the World Bank's chief economist and vice-president Lawrence Summers was leaked to the media. In it Lawrence asked, "Shouldn't the World Bank be encouraging more migration of the dirty
By Emily Citkowski YOGYAKARTA — More that 80 Indonesian farm workers and organisers met here on June 25-27 to re-establish the National Peasants' Union (STN — Sarakat Tani Nasional). This was the STN's second congress. The founding
East Timor delegation calls for solidarity By Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — Belinda Morieson, branch secretary of the Australian Nurses Federation, and John Cummins, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union construction division branch
Pakistani workers condemn war By Farooq Suleria LAHORE, Pakistan — On June 25, 500 workers attending the annual general meeting of Itehad (Unity) Carpet Industry Workers Union of Pakistan condemned the war efforts of the ruling classes of both
Gordonstone miners still 'standing tall' By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The miners' union is considering a High Court appeal after the Federal Court ruled on June 25 that, while sacked mineworkers at the Gordonstone mine in central Queensland were