Wars are fought over access to scarce resources. The 20th century was dominated by wars over colonial possessions and energy resources.
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Federal environment minister Peter Garrett says he will grant resource giant Xstrata permission to expand its zinc mine in the Northern Territory. The move will mean a six kilometre diversion of the McArthur River, causing significant environmental impacts and the violation of Aboriginal sacred sites.
Four hundred people rallied on January 17 demanding an end to Israel’s massacres in Gaza and calling for the Australian government to cut ties with Israel.
An independent review into the notorious Vellar mansions in Wollongong has confirmed what residents have known for some time: construction of the buildings was illegal and a deliberate cover up took place.
If the world’s foremost scientific authority made a point of condemning what we were doing, most of us would at least pause to wonder if we were getting things right.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on January 20 that the government would not permit violent protests by Áªthe pitiyanquis [Áªlittle yankies”]”, according to the January 21 Ultimas Noticias.
Germany began a "super election year" on January 18 when the west German state of Hesse went to the polls for the second time in twelve months.
If there is one thing heading towards a complete meltdown even faster than our economy then it’s Melbourne’s privatised metropolitan public transport system.
Forestry Tasmania has pushed more than three kilometres of road through the old growth forests of the Upper Florentine Valley, sparking weeks of intense protest.
The massive public turnout in the US for the inaugural presidential address of Barack Obama underlines the incontestable fact that millions of people in the US and around the world invest great hope for change in him. But amid the bloody ruins of Gaza, the latest victims of US-backed imperialist war blinked uncomprehendingly at TV images of this spectacle of euphoria.
On January 21, BHP-Billiton announced the sacking of 3400 workers across Australia.
Mona Mona community
Good to see Jonathan Strauss writing about Mona Mona (GLW #779).
I live in the area and over the years I've come to learn some of the history of this area, including the extraordinary story of Mona Mona.
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