>Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 08:47:39 -0700 >From: Green Left Parramatta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Green Left Weekly, > Issue #407 > May 31, 2000 > Australia's radical newspaper > http://www.greenleft.org.au > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Green Left Weekly provides news, information, opinion and debate from an >environmental and left perspective. > >Featured this week: IMF FEEDS CORRUPTION IN INDONESIA > >Despite all the PR bunk about the IMF's ``pro-development'' and >``anti-poverty'' agendas, the impact of its interference in Third World >countries is hard to hide. Indonesia is one of the most devastating >examples. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >COVER STORY > > * INDONESIA: How the IMF feeds graft and corruption > * INDONESIA: The legacy of IMF and World Bank rule > >INTERNATIONAL NEWS > > * FIJI: Business elite resurrects divide-and-rule politics > * FIJI: Trade unions plan action > * ZIMBABWE: Can the MDC solve the crisis? > * LEBANON: South liberated from Israel's occupation > * RUSSIA: Mass protests greet new labour law > * International news briefs -- Arise, Sir Thabo; Sri Lanka; US torture > * PHILIPPINES: The Mindanao war and Moro self-�determination > * UNITED STATES: Sixteen years for a Snickers bar > * EAST TIMOR: Fretilin conference plans for the future > * INDONESIA: Aceh rights trial `does not bode well' > * KURDISTAN: The right to be in power > * KURDISTAN: May Day in Iraqi Kurdistan > * TURKEY: Kurdish refugees need help > * IRAN: workers protest ILO conference > * PAKISTAN: Military capitulates on blasphemy law > * INDONESIA: Solidamor office attacked > * NORWAY: Strike ends in victory > * BRITAIN/USA: Debates in International Socialists > * ETHIOPIA: Letter from Addis Ababa > >FEATURES > > * World Economic Forum: Corporate club `shapes global agenda' > * Corroboree 2000: How we ruined John Howard's day > >ISSUES > > * September 11: a call to action > * Nike: How transnationals profit from human misery > * Networker: Control freaks > * Rural workers: why unions should be concerned > * Nuclear proliferation junket > * Ford wins greenwash award > * CPSU members deserve better > >CULTURAL DISSENT > > * Allende in his own words > * The world according to Mr TV > * Cradle Will Rock > * Keep 3CR uncensored and outspoken! > * Tuckiar's trial > * Robert McNamara: Sorry apology of a killer bean counter > >NEWS > > * Thousands protest against racism on Sorry Day > * A massive slap in the face for Howard > * NT minister in denial > * Anti-GST protesters confront Costello > * Log of claims campaign launched on La Trobe > * Victorian Labor: more of the same > * Teachers plan state-wide strikes > * Edith Cowan students reject fees for courses > * Burmese target Canberra embassy > * Protest hits Rio Tinto AGM > * University colludes in illegal oil exploration > * Ruddock: `Refugee policy not racist' > * Socialist seminar discusses racism > * Truck owner-drivers blockade over pay rates > * Union centre teaches organising skills > * University workers demonstrate against council > * Action updates > * Unionists face fines, jail > * Wollongong students say no to internet fees > * NSW Labor pleases private sector -- again > * UQ arts restructure is catastrophic > * Workers First wins, result put on hold > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Articles posted are as they were before proofreading, and prior to any >final changes in the printed version. > >All articles appearing in Green Left Weekly, and reprinted here, are >copyright by their authors. However, most regular contributors have granted >permission for their work to be republished by non-profit green, left, >human rights or generally progressive publications. > >Where such permission has NOT been granted, articles are marked with the >symbol && in the index above. Before reprinting such an article, or if >uncertain whether your publication is allowed to reprint, please inquire by >e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >ALL cartoons are copyright and must not be reproduced without permission of >the artist. > > We like to know what audiences we are reaching, and would therefore >appreciate being informed of any republication (in print or >electronically). > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > * > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
