http://www.greenleft.org.au * Green Left Weekly, Australia's socialist newspaper Issue #445 April 25, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------- Green Left Weekly provides news, information, opinion and debate from an environmental and left perspective. Featured this week: JOIN THE RESISTANCE TO CORPORATE GLOBALISATION On May 1, thousands of people will take action across the country against the stock exchanges. The M1 protests are part of the growing international movement of resistance to corporate globalisation. Green Left Weekly issues an appeal for young people to get involved in this movement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ COVER STORY * Join the resistance to corporate globalisation! * Editorial: All out on M1! * Their parliament versus ours Join the M1 (May 1) blockades! * Visit the M1 Alliance web site for the latest news http://www.m1alliance.org * M1 calls on cops to `avoid violence' * Canberra to shut down Mining Industry House * Students to strike on M1 * Differing views on high school action * `Get off the web and into action' INTERNATIONAL NEWS * CANADA/QUEBEC: Massive police crackdown against FTAA protesters * SOUTH AFRICA: Drug barons back down * HAWAII: No aloha for Asian Development Bank * WORLD ECONOMY: WTO trade round on the rocks * QATAR: Should we stay or should we go? * UNITED STATES: Cincinatti rebels against police terror * CHINA: Bush waves big stick * SOUTH KOREA: Cops viciously maul Daewoo workers * UNITED STATES: One race category isn't enough * SOUTH AFRICA: Billiton: a corporation founded on apartheid plunder * EAST TIMOR: Tensions rise as election nears * EAST TIMOR: Socialists tackle women's oppression * Asia Pacific activists to meet in Jakarta * International news briefs ISSUES * Body image and women's oppression * Ten reasons why the refugees should be freed * The Green "tide" hits Canberra * Carbon colonialism AUSTRALIAN NEWS * Socialist Alliance `will make a mark' * Socialist Alliance takes `first step' * Mobil plans union-busting tactics * Protest supports free Aceh * Deregulation threatens airline safety CULTURAL DISSENT * People's Power in Cuba * Traffic: The futile war * John Pilger lashes IMF * The struggle (and the beat) must continue * Aceh's courageous struggle for independence ---------------------------------------------- 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. Before reprinting such an article, or if uncertain whether your publication is allowed to reprint, please inquire by e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED] We like to know what audiences we are reaching, and would therefore appreciate being informed of any republication (in print or electronically). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Marxist-Leninist-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/marxist-leninist-list