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By Adam Hanieh On February 26, the Israeli government announced the future construction of 2600 housing units between East Jerusalem and Bethlehem on Mount Abu Ghneim. These units will be built for Jewish settlers as part of the continuing
Comment by Bernardo Zamora The changes in El Salvador over the past five years are the result of 11 years of armed struggle led by the Frente Farabundo Martì para la Liberacion Nacional (FMLN) for liberation, progress and democracy. The
By Tim Gooden CANBERRA — A long-running dispute between the Transport Workers Union and concrete company Ready Mix came to a head recently when police were used to arrest union officials. According to Trevor Santi, ACT branch secretary of the
By Norm Dixon Fighters of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) are on "red alert" in preparation for attacks by South African mercenaries hired by the Papua New Guinea government. The pro-independence Bougainville Interim Government has
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Beaches for all people Parks Victoria and the Marine Board, without consulting residents or beach users, want to ban swimming in up to half a kilometre of Seaford Beach on the Mornington Peninsula. This area is for the exclusive use of power
To mark International Women's Day, the establishment media inundated us with a "feminism" which is a far cry for the lives of ordinary women. They pushed the line that "feminism" is synonymous with the lives and careers of rich and famous women.
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Left On-line Frontier Online (http://www.abc.net.au/frontier) — The groundbreaking ABC-TV documentary series about the 150-year war against the Aboriginal people has a companion web page. The site reflects material presented in the TV series,
Unionists protest WorkCover changes By Michael Bull MELBOURNE — Ten thousand construction workers marched through Melbourne on March 5, condemning the Kennett government's changes to WorkCover. Their rally voted to continue a campaign of
Ted Roach, 1909-1997 @box text intro = Ted Roach, secretary of the South Coast branch of the Waterside Workers Federation during the pig-iron dispute in 1938, passed away on February 25. Born in Coledale, NSW, in 1909, Ted learned
MELBOURNE — In late April, a massive open air concert is planned in the Treasury Gardens to highlight the plight of 1300 East Timorese asylum seekers facing deportation to Portugal. Since the invasion of East Timor by Indonesia in 1975, there has