BY JOHN SEED
LISMORE — The Lismore-based Rainforest Information Centre (RIC) has been struggling to protect the world's rainforests since 1981. Formed by veterans of the 1979 actions to defend Terania Creek in northern NSW, RIC was the first
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Despite the end of the Cold War, United States military, economic and political intervention around the world continues to increase, while at home the military budget consumes the hopes for a radical reordering of economic priorities. The idea of a
BY ARUN PRADHAN
MELBOURNE — The S11 protests against the World Economic Forum convinced many of the power and strength of united action. For many, the event became a catalyst to get actively involved in the Democratic Socialist Party.
Gillian
Did the Olympics help reconciliation
BY PETER BOYLEÂ
According to Sir Gustav Nossal, chairperson of the Council for Aboriginal
Reconciliation, the Olympic Games have done more for Aboriginal reconciliation
in two weeks than months
JERUSALEM — The following statement was issued on October 2 by the Union of Youth Activities Centers — Palestine, in response to the Israeli military's brutal attacks on Palestinians protesting against their repression in the occupied
Protests by tens of thousands of workers and students have rocked Indonesia since the government of President Abdurrahman Wahid and Megawati Sukarnoputri, under pressure from international creditors, decreed an average 12% increase in the price of
A new web site has been set up to distribute information about the current crisis in Palestine and build international solidarity with the Palestinian people's struggle for justice. It is the September 2000 Clashes Information Center at
BY SUE BOLAND
The federal Coalition government, with support from Labor, plans to rush through parliament amendments to the Electoral Act which will make it virtually impossible to register a new political party — unless it has plenty of money.
As the Israeli military launched its war on the Palestinian masses protesting against the killings of Palestinians following Israeli opposition leader Ariel Sharon's provocative visit to the al-Aqsa mosque on September 28, Arabs in Israel took to the
PORT MORESBY — Human rights lawyer and Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol) activist Powes Parkop has warned that West Papua will soon erupt into a more explosive and bloodier war than East Timor.
The Papua New Guinea government must deal with the West
The Palestinian community and other supporters of Palestinians' right to peace and justice mobilised in rallies around Australia over the last week to demand that the Australian government call on Israel stop the killings of Palestinians.
Ray
A few days before the Olympic Games closing ceremony, a private party for many of the Olympic winners was held. After weeks of media reports on how sportswomen were given more respect in these games, reflected in particular during the opening
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