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Lebanese demonstrate in Canberra

On April 24, the Australian Lebanese Solidarity Committee organised buses and cars to transport members of the Lebanese community in Sydney and Melbourne to a demonstration outside Parliament House. Some 250 people braved the four-hour trip to have

Left on-line

Red Pepper (http://www.rednet.co.uk/redp epper) — Describing itself as a forum for the libertarian left, the electronic version of the British left magazine Red Pepper sets out to challenge "the monetarist New Right and the complacent liberal

Activists demonstrate at US nuclear test site

By David Kupfer Promoters of peace continue to have an active presence at the gates outside the entrance to the Nevada Test Site 100 kilometres outside Las Vegas. While the 1993 Comprehensive Test Ban (CTB) agreement was signed by the US president,

Action updates

Radical feminist conference MELBOURNE — More than 200 women attended a conference on the Politics of Radical Feminism, sponsored by Deakin University, Melbourne University's Political Science Department and Spinifex Press, on April 20. Sheila

Warning against abolishing EPA

By Pip Hinman SYDNEY — Friends of the Earth has warned the federal government against disbanding the Commonwealth Environment Protection Agency, arguing that it would make environmental impact assessments of uranium and other projects under

The revolution will not be televised!

On April 2, US musician and songwriter Gil Scott-Heron was arrested for cocaine possession in Brisbane after flying in from London. On April 4 he pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Magistrate's Court and was fined $2000 for 2.3 grams of cocaine, $1500

Ten years later: the true price of nuclear power

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — On April 19, a week before the 10th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, leaders of the G7 group of industrialised nations met in Moscow with the presidents of Russia and Ukraine for a two-day summit on nuclear

May Day's revolutionary traditions

By Jorge Jorquera On May Day we recall past victories and foreshadow future battles. This day we join with our comrades around the world to demonstrate our conviction that one day society will belong to all. We should remember the class-struggle

Loose cannons

Great minds "Gareth used to say that, and he was dead right." — Foreign minister Alexander Downer, on his predecessor Gareth Evans' frequent claim that there was no point in "haranguing" the Indonesian government over human rights abuses in

NSW teachers take united action

By Chris Spindler SYDNEY — In a historic day for teacher unions, some 15,000 TAFE teachers, Teachers Federation and Independent Education Union members held a spirited rally outside Parliament House on April 23, the day of their 24-hour strike.

Shake-up in South African cabinet

By Norm Dixon The ANC-dominated government of national unity in recent weeks has experienced a rash of resignations, appointments and sackings. South African left sources in touch with Â鶹ӳ»­ Weekly have interpreted the moves as a strengthening

Rusden students save their campus

By John Sacchero MELBOURNE — Students at Rusden campus of Deakin University on April 24 occupied the pro vice-chancellor's office and the surrounding administration offices. The 250-strong student protest was undertaken in response to