By Jim Green
Anti-Hanson, anti-racist protests — in particular the secondary school walkouts organised by Resistance — have received a deluge of media attention in recent weeks. Nowhere has this been more than in Sydney, following an
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By Regan Davis and Tim E. Stewart
BRISBANE — "Anti-racists on your feet! Join the march on Boundary Street". This was the call of Democratic Socialists as they marched through cosmopolitan West End here on June 25.
Chants of "Hanson, Howard,
APEC '99: trading in hype
ON JULY 13, the Aotearoa/New Zealand APEC Monitoring Group announced details of its campaign against the NZ government for hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in 1999 and to educate New Zealanders
Objection noted
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..." "In all criminal prosecutions ... the accused shall enjoy the right to a ... trial, by
By James Balowski
According to the leaders of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) in Indonesia, two PRD prisoners, Coen Pontoh and Mohammad Sholeh, were released on July 25. Along with Dita Sari, chairperson of the independent trade union, the
Loose cannons
Hallowed tradition
"I don't see why we should break with tradition; that is, we should re-endorse sitting senators." — NSW Labor Senator Michael Forshaw, facing a challenge for his position from TWU chief Stephen Hutchins.
Washington interferes in Cambodia's election
By Helen Jarvis
The Cambodian election campaign concluded on July 24; voting is to be held on Sunday, July 26. The Joint International Observer Group of government representatives — including
Punishing the poor
The Pauline Hanson/John Howard/Bettina Arndt pact has been sealed in blood. Not their blood, of course, but that of sole mothers who are being sacrificed on the altar of "family values". Hanson on July 16 called for the
Poisoning Kakadu
By Grusha
If its gets to mine uranium at Jabiluka, Energy Resources of Australia plans to leave 10,770,000 cubic metres — that's 100m X 100m X 1km — of radioactive waste (tailings), and more than that again in non-radioactive
Native title: a sell-out of land rights
Wiradjuri woman JENNY MUNRO, chair of the Metropolitan Local Land Council, spoke to the Network of Women Students of Australia conference at the University of Western Sydney on June 30 — the day that
A short story by Craig Cormick
Port Phillip — 1842
"You sorry fellows", says George Augustus Robinson, staring down at the empty graves. Waiting patiently for the bodies to arrive. He is glad he has not attended the hanging. He has seen too
A campaign for all left activists
MELBOURNE — MAURICE SIBELLE, Victorian TAFE Students and Apprentices Network coordinator, will be the Democratic Socialist candidate for the state seat of Northcote in a by-election on August 15. Â鶹´«Ã½
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