Rio Tinto campaign
SYDNEY ... A national campaign to force mining giant Rio Tinto to respect human, environmental and workers' rights was given a boost when representatives from AidWatch, Amnesty International, Community Aid Abroad, Friends of
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By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — The Brunswick Music Festival celebrates its 10th birthday this year with an impressive array of international and Australian artists. The line-up reflects the cultural diversity of Brunswick and surrounding suburbs,
By Dave Riley
The Northern Ireland peace process is in great jeopardy following the expulsion from political negotiations of Sinn Féin, which represents more than 40% of nationalist opinion in the Six Counties. Even prior to Sinn
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Solidarity with the Wharfies — Send solidarity greetings to the struggling wharfies of the Maritime Union of Australia at the MUA's official site . The Democratic Socialist Party is sponsoring a web site in support of the struggle
Special season by Bangarra
SYDNEY — The justly acclaimed Bangarra Dance Theatre has opened a special season of Fish at the Enmore Theatre (Tuesday-Sunday until March 29). This production has added choreography by Stephen Page, while David Page
US claims right to attack Iraq
By Norm Dixon
The 15-member UN Security Council on March 2 unanimously passed a resolution threatening Iraq with the "severest consequences" should it renege on the deal signed with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Fat is (still) a feminist issue
By Sarah Stephen
"A woman can't be too rich or too thin." So said the duchess of Windsor, and so says every fashion and beauty magazine, every television ad, every weight loss centre and even many families, friends
Rally in solidarity with Pivot workers
By Andrew Hall
WOLLONGONG — A picket at the Pivot fertiliser plant in Port Kembla, demanding the reinstatement of sacked workers, has entered its sixth week. A solidarity rally and march are to held on
By James Vassilopoulos
Waterfront bosses and the Coalition government are investigating the possibility of setting up a non-union stevedoring company in Fremantle. Other measures aimed at the Maritime Union of Australia include the planned
By Stuart Ross
In September 1992, Peter McBride was shot dead by British soldiers in the New Lodge area of North Belfast. He was one of the hundreds of people — mostly Catholic — acknowledged to have been killed by the army or Royal Ulster
Aboriginal health
I read with interest the issues article "Rough justice for Port Keats" by Sam McQuillan (GLW #306). I am a registered nurse who has worked in remote area communities and also undertaken research on this subject for a period of
By Wendy Robertson
The campaign by the Mirrar traditional owners and other land rights and environmental activists nationwide to stop Energy Resources Australia from opening the Jabiluka uranium mine in the World Heritage-listed Kakadu National
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