BY JIM GREEN
The federal Coalition government is planning a wrecking operation at an international climate change conference at the Hague from November 13-24.
The conference — formally known as the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the
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Richest man is the poor's best hope
Odd as it may seem, it took the richest man in the world to remind us that when most of the world's population lives on the edge of extinction, it mocks the rosy predictions for our common future on a wired
Some 400,000 people converged on the capital of Indonesia's nothernmost province of Aceh, Banda Aceh, on November 10 for a two-day independence rally, despite scores of killings by security forces trying to prevent demonstrators attending.
The
 Self-determination for West Papua now!
[The following statement was issued by Action in Solidarity with
Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) on November 8 in response to the Indonesian
troops build-up in West Papua.]
Action in
BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
SYDNEY — Around 200 Transport Workers Union (TWU) members and their families attended a combined protest and service of remembrance outside NSW parliament on November 3. The action was to highlight the number of deaths in the
More than 100 people gathered at Granville Town Hall in Sydney's western suburbs on November 10 to celebrate the 83rd anniversary of the Russian October 1917 Revolution. The event was organised by the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) and the
Promise of a Dream: Remembering the SixtiesBy Sheila RowbothamAllen Lane/Penguin, 2000262 pp, $40.00 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
"Dreams have gone out of fashion" and the dreams of the 1960s generation, veterans from a tumultuous decade when
BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
SYDNEY — On November 6, the International Women's Day (IWD) Collective commenced meetings here to organise the annual IWD march scheduled for March 10. IWD is recognised as a day of unity, solidarity and action for women's
BY LIISA RUSANEN
SYDNEY — In response to the human rights abuses of the military dictatorship in Burma, a protest action was held outside the Grace Brothers department store in the Pitt Street mall on November 10.
The Grace Brothers store was
As the people of East Timor struggle for their independence under the weight of the consequences of the Machiavellian machinations of successive Australian governments, another resource rich country in the region is calling its independence.
The
M1 target
A mistake in my article on the M1 Alliance in Melbourne in last week's Â鶹´«Ã½ could have given readers the entirely wrong impression of what sort of action target is being discussed by the new M1 Alliance in Melbourne. The article
SYDNEY — You passionately committed to a political cause. You have been given $30,000 to help you bring about political change. What do you do with it? Fund a demonstration? Design a web site? Hire a lobbyist? Bribe a politician? Buy guns? Or do
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