Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's SARAH PEART spoke to Ricardo Navarro, chairperson of Friends Of the Earth International, who has recently been in Australia. Navarro is the first chairperson of FoEI from the Third World.
What are some of the major environmental
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BY MAX LANE
On April 23 a new organisation was established in Jakarta to campaign in solidarity with the Acehnese people. The organisation, Solidarity Movement for the People of Aceh (SEGERA), was formed in response to the issuance of Presidential
Leadership
"I hope we can find some way to keep the businesses around here going but I don't know." — new Japanese PM Junichiro Koizumi.
Best qualified person for the job
President George W Bush's choice for the number three spot at the US
BY JO HARNEY & MICHELLE BREAR
SYDNEY — A scandal involving a university's burial of library books has inspired students to re-ignite a struggle for better quality education and more equitable funding.
In 1995, approximately 10,000 books, some
BY WESLEY MORGAN
LISMORE — A lively crowd of 150 spoke out against corporate globalisation and marched through the streets here on April 28. The action was the first May Day celebration to be held in the region.
It was a colourful protest, with
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Four prisoners who had sought to prevent Queensland Police from taking compulsory DNA samples have had their legal bid dismissed in the Supreme Court on April 27. They plan to appeal.
The prisoners' argued that they
BY JON LAND
In the wake of the second round of negotiations between Australia and East Timor on the Timor Gap Treaty and the disputed seabed boundary, Australia's big business press are stepping-up its support for Canberra's push to deny East Timor
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Ph 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for
BY DALE T. McKINLEY
JOHANNESBURG — Prior to South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994, the labour movement here did not give much thought to the specific political, social and economic role that it might play in the new dispensation. If
BY SEAN HEALY
Special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on April 21
raided the premises of the Seattle
Independent Media Center, after security plans for the Summit of the
Americas were posted on its web site.
FBI agents
BY JENNY LONG
SYDNEY — More than 1500 workers, led by Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union members, and supported by unions affiliated to the NSW Labor Council, marched to state parliament on April 27 to protest against the state Labor
Iraqi women
Iraqi women suffer gender discrimination and oppression due to the implications of Iraqi family law and the policies of the Iraqi government. The UN's economic sanctions have also jeopardised living conditions and intensified women's
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