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Woman forced to return to Iran

Woman forced to return to Iran An Iranian woman fearing persecution for making "pornographic" films in her home country has lost her attempt to stay in Australia. The Federal Court has dismissed her appeal against an earlier decision to refuse her

Universities: Can't pay? Can't go!

By Simon Butler Late on Christmas eve, federal education minister David Kemp released a government report revealing that the Coalition government has cut funding to higher education by $600 million over the past four years. Direct yearly government

Aboriginal protest camp closed down

By Bronwen Beechey ADELAIDE — On January 7, the South Australian police, on government orders, broke up a protest camp of Arabunna people and their supporters outside Government House on North Terrace. Police arrived at the camp at 6am, removed

Media sharks just got bigger

Media sharks just got bigger By Sean Healy The January 11 US$350 billion merger of the world's largest media company, Time Warner, and US internet giant America Online (AOL) will spur a new wave of mergers and acquisitions, centralising control

One Word ... Magnificent!

One Word ... Magnificent! One Word ... We!New Theatre, 542 King Street, NewtownUntil January 29Book through MCA Ticketing on 9873 3575 Review by Wendy Varney Sydney's summer brings rich theatre offerings but surely none warmer and of better value

Labor not doing enough for work safety

By Russell McGilton MELBOURNE — When you have that feeling that maybe you shouldn't go to work today, perhaps you should act on it. You could save a limb or even your life. Jason Carter would most likely agree. The 19-year-old apprentice had his

Artists for East Timor exhibition

Artists for East Timor exhibition By Stephen O'Brien NEWCASTLE — An art exhibition here, organised by Artists for East Timor and Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET), raised more $3000 for East Timor. The exhibition was

Write on: Letters to the editor

Write on: Letters to the editor East Timor Marcus Larsen's latest on East Timor (GLW #388) at least has the merit of displaying Larsen's unspoken assumptions. How, he demands, can the Democratic Socialist Party call for armed intervention in East

Looking out: Right-wing rag

Right-wing rag By Brandon Astor Jones "There may be worse things in the universe than letting your Voice subscription expire . . . frankly, we can[not] for the life of us figure out why you — seemingly — ignored our previous notices. If

Students hold national conferences

Nikki Ulasowski MELBOURNE — At the National Education Activists Conference held here on November 28-29, more than 100 people met to discuss the future of the campaign against the privatisation of higher education. One inspiring discussion at the

German police attack leftists' commemoration

German police attack leftists' commemoration By Wolfgang Pomrehn BERLIN — The police of Germany's new capital city had a lucky day on January 10. An obviously insane person threatened to attack the annual commemoration of the deaths of Karl

Message to Marxism 2000 from John Pilger

Message to Marxism 2000 from John Pilger I am very sorry and disappointed I can't attend such an important and exciting conference. We have cause for optimism. A little over a year ago, who would have thought Suharto would be history,