Exposing the G7 lies
By Eric Toussaint
Was last month's G7 Summit (bringing together the United Kingdom, United States, France, Japan, Italy, Canada and Germany) in Cologne a move towards cancelling poor countries' debts? Don't believe all you're
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Correction
In the article by John Pilger titled "The 'new feminism'" printed in GLW #365, a technical glitch resulted in Natasha Walter's name being misspelt throughout as NatashaWaiter. Our apologies for any confusion this may have caused.
Longford royal commission: Esso blamed
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — The Longford royal commission, which reported on June 28, found that Esso's inadequate training of its employees led to the explosion at the Longford gas plant near Sale in
Comment by Helen Lobato
Generation Xers feel ripped-off by feminism because they have not been able to fulfil the high expectations of themselves that feminism has created. This is the finding of a recent sociological study of Victorian women aged
Viva Timor leste!
SYDNEY — Australian and East Timorese performers will join forces on July 15 to raise money for much needed medical and humanitarian aid to East Timor in an event organised by the Australia-East Timor Association (AETA).
Viva
The force be with racism and sexism
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom MenaceDirected by George Lucas Review by Mary Merkenich
The latest Star Wars movie, The Phantom Menace, is both entertaining and visually very beautiful. Unfortunately,
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is undertaking a statewide speaking tour from late July into August. Aboriginal elders will address community meetings to discuss the history, recent developments and future of Aboriginal political action. Since the
Kurds protest Ocalan death sentence
By Gail Lord
More than 150 members of the Kurdish community travelled to Canberra on June 30 to condemn the death sentence imposed by a Turkish security court on the leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party,
Militia violence continues in East Timor
By Jon Land
On June 29, while East Timorese pro-independence and pro-integration leaders were finishing reconciliation talks in Jakarta, a pro-integration gang attacked the recently established United
By Edward Said
No one can doubt that what has transpired in Kosovo as a result both of Slobodan Milosevic's brutality and the NATO response has made matters a good deal worse than they were before the bombing. The cost in human suffering on all
By Robyn Marshall
Queensland gays and lesbians are celebrating. The state Labor government has recognised same-sex couples and their families for the first time under Queensland law. The new Queensland industrial relations bill includes same-sex
By Dave Gosling
CANBERRA — On June 29, 11 unions marched from Parliament House to the ACT Legislative Assembly to protest against the ACT Liberal government's approach to enterprise bargaining for government workers. The march was led by 175
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