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Palestinians debate Oslo Accords

— Throughout the Palestinian and Israeli left, a serious discussion is occurring over the Oslo Accords and their inability to deliver peace, a Palestinian state or an improvement in life for the majority of Palestinians. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's ADAM

Traditional owners say 'no' to Jabiluka uranium

Traditional owners say 'no' to Jabiluka uranium By Susan Laszlo The battle to preserve the unique wilderness of Kakadu, safeguarded by Aboriginal people for some 60,000 years, has reached a critical point. By August, Energy Resources

Resistance conference to commemorate David Alex

By Sean Healy Organisers of the 26th Resistance national conference have scheduled a special tribute to murdered East Timorese resistance leader David Alex as part of the conference. Alex, the second in command of the Falintil guerillas, was

ALP right loses AWU elections

ALP right loses AWU elections By James Vassilopoulos In elections in the Australian Workers Union, the positions of national secretary, national president and two of the four national vice-presidents have been won by a broad coalition,

Getting active for equal rights

Green left Weekly interviewed three Sydney activists about some of the issues facing lesbians and gay men today. STEVEN CARROLL, a Muthi Muthi from south western NSW, is studying politics at the University of Sydney. CASSANDRA POMROY, originally from

A child of poverty in modern Iran

A child of poverty in modern Iran A True StoryDirected by Abolfazi JaliliSydney Film Festival Review by Brendan Doyle There are films that stay with you long after the screening. For me, this tiny-budget, hardly edited and atrociously

Quality education — if you can pay for it

By Marina Cameron After the federal government cut $2.3 billion from university operating grants last year, university administrations have been scrabbling to make up costs by cutting staff, courses, libraries and services and charging more

Russian anti-nuclear campaigners fight reprocessing plans

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Anti-nuclear campaigners in Russia are locked in battle with state authorities over plans by the Atomic Energy Ministry to start a lucrative business reprocessing domestic and imported nuclear waste. If the ministry

East Timorese hero David Alex murdered

By Filomena da Silva Another Timorese freedom fighter has fallen. David Alex Daitula, 46 years old, was Falintil deputy chief of staff, regional commander in the Bacau area, and one of the earliest fighters for Timorese nationalism with the

International Women's Day Song 1997

International Women's Day Song 1997 By Rachel Morgan Hey sisters take to the streetsIt's International Women's DaySee the strength in you, the strength in meCelebrate our diversity. Hey sisters sing out loudGutsy aunts have shown the

WA: the most homophobic state

WA: the most homophobic state By Corinne Glenn PERTH — Since the repeal of Tasmania's anti-gay legislation on May 1, WA has the less than honourable title of being the most homophobic state in Australia. The age of consent in WA for gay

What next for WA unions?

By Anthony Benbow PERTH — June 26 was the WA Trades and Labour Council's "Day of Defiance", part of the campaign against the Court government's "third wave" of anti-union laws. Around 6000-8000 workers attended from all over the city and some