By Pip Hunter
The two-month-long strike which has crippled Nigeria's already weak economy was called off by unions earlier this month in response to the worsening crackdown by the country's military regime. They managed to slow Nigeria's
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Pickets oppose uranium mining
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — A "yellow-cake luncheon" was held outside the state Labor Party offices on September 22 to let the ALP know that there is strong opposition to allowing uranium to be
By Kerry Meiers
In 1990, 41% of students in Victorian TAFE colleges were women. They studied predominantly in traditionally female dominated fields: art and design, paramedical, social and community services and personal services. In
Comment by Rebecca Meckelburg and Jen Crothers
HOBART — After six years of campaigning for gay law reform in Tasmania, the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group (TGLRG) has announced a victory with the release of the federal
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — "The process of democratisation will not come automatically; we have to strive for it." This is how leading human rights lawyer Buyung Nasution described the task facing the democratic movement in Indonesia.
Hobart rally for gay law reform
HOBART — Despite extremely cold and wet weather, 600 people marched here for gay law reform on September 24. The loud and vibrant march and rally were organised by the Lesbian and Gay Human Rights
Handspan Theatre's production of Viva la Vida: Frida Kahlo is being presented at the Performance Space, 199 Cleveland St, Redfern (Sydney), from September 29 to October 9. Written by Karen Corbett and directed by Angela Chaplin, the play uses puppets
Isis
Self-titled CD
Reviewed by Nick Everett
"Post feminism don't you wish/ While rape exists that's still a myth.../ Look above my chest look me in the eye/ And join the rap against rape" — Rap Against Rape
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ALP and left
History does repeat itself. In the 20s and 30s, the Left in Australia branded the ALP as social fascists. In the 90s, the DSP (and most likely others on the Left) are abusing the ALP as a "Left cover".
In 1933,
Â鶹´«Ã½ #158 reprinted the text of an Amnesty International statement on alleged violations of human rights in Cuba, and a response to that statement by Havana-based journalist Karen Wald. Both were carried on Pegasus, from which we obtained them,
Unions recognise role of women
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Celebrations for the centenary of women's suffrage continued in South Australia with activities from September 16 to 23 directed towards women in the workplace. 160
Disasters like the volcanic eruptions in Rabaul in Papua New Guinea do not happen every week. The spectacle of a mountain billowing gray ash combined with a boiling harbour is a rarity.
When disasters like Rabaul do happen they attract
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