The near-meltdown of a nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island in the US in 1979 remains a major warning of the danger of nuclear power generation. What makes an industrial accident involving a nuclear power plant so much more dangerous
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On June 19, police arrested some 100 women at a march in Filabusi organised by Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA). The protesters were demanding the reinstatement of their children, who had been expelled from their schools for failing to pay fees. Two
Scott Poynting
PM John Howard has always hated multiculturalism — a bipartisan policy on ethnic relations that has been in place for around a quarter of a century. Since the mid-'90s, he has collaborated in right-wing attacks on multiculturalism
An appeal for help has been smuggled out by the final group of Bushmen still inside the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The 30-odd Bushmen wrote that they are continually "harassed and threatened by wildlife officials and scouts", who "pressure us to
Rachel Evans
A total of 400 people in Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra took part in rallies in the week following the federal Coalition government's June 13 disallowing of the ACT's civil unions law. The law had granted legal recognition to same-sex
The following abridged letter from Zwelinzima Vavi, general secretary of Congress of South African Trade Unions, was handed to the Australian High Commissioner on June 13.
Workers' interests in Australia are being increasingly undermined. The
Emma Clancy
On July 8-10, young activists from around Australia will be attending the national conference of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, at Glebe Town Hall in Sydney. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly spoke to Resistance members about being an
NEWCASTLE — All kinds of drivers tooted their car horns as they drove past the protest outside the Newcastle Spotlight store on June 22.
The community action expressed solidarity with Spotlight unionists and condemned Spotlight's attempts to
Chris Slee
On June 17, troops from the Sri Lankan navy carried out a massacre of Tamil civilians hiding in a church in the fishing village of Pesalai.
According to a report by Krishan Francis in the June 19 Melbourne Age, "Sri Lankan forces,
Enemy Combatant, A British Muslim's Journey to Guantanamo and BackBy Moazzam Begg with Victoria BrittainFree Press, 2006395 pages, $34.95
REVIEW BY BARRY HEALY
After the suicide of three inmates of the Guantanamo Bay concentration camp on June
Nick Fredman, Lismore
Following a successful tour last September, Unions NSW has again decked out a bus in orange and the Rights at Work logo and taken the campaign against the federal government's Work Choices legislation to regional NSW. Many of
Colin Mitchell, Melbourne
On June 14, 13 men who were arrested in sensationalised raids in Melbourne in November and March appeared in court and were charged with belonging to an unnamed terrorist organisation and donating money to that
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