Free education, not privatisation!
By Bronwyn Powell
On March 22, students will take to the streets as part of a national day of action (NDA) called by the National Union of Students against education privatisation. This year, students at several
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Inner-city bypass condemned
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — "The ALP-controlled Brisbane City Council's planned inner-city bypass will cut a swathe through beautiful Victoria Park and spew traffic out into suburban streets already overloaded in
Mardi Gras parade puts politics up front
Comment by Tom Flanagan
SYDNEY — The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras has been criticised in recent years for becoming too commercialised, at the expense of the progressive politics that marked its
By Doug Lorimer
The following article is abridged from a talk presented to the Marxism 2000 conference in Sydney, January 5-9, 2000. Utilising Karl Marx's theory of capitalist development, V.I. Lenin concluded 85 years ago that all the features
Aboriginal communities face deregistration
By Linda Kaucher
Hundreds of remote Aboriginal communities face the loss of title to their land because of federal government enforcement of seriously flawed legislation. Federal law requires all
On February 14 in Manila, 3000 students participated in a rally against education funding cuts and tuition fee increases. It was the biggest student rally in three years. The budget for state universities for the year 2000 has been cut by 700 million
Nuclear waster dump: 10 reasons for a referendum
By Jim Green
1. Sydneysiders have been told that long-lived intermediate-level nuclear wastes — including reprocessing wastes from the nuclear reactor in Lucas Heights — will definitely be
Bob Brown: mandatory sentencing is not justice
Australian Greens senator BOB BROWN has been one of the fiercest critics of mandatory sentencing in the Northern Territory and Western Australia. He has introduced a private member's bill to
By Mark Abberton
Five hundred people participated in a four-day congress beginning February 23 in Sentani, in Indonesian-controlled West Papua, to discuss efforts to build a unified leadership for independence. About 1000 security personnel stood
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By Marina Carman
When thousands of people shut down the World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit in Seattle for three days last November, it was proof that people are increasingly angry about the blatant inequality and powerful corporate influence
South Africa: 'Guns not butter' budget criticised
By Norm Dixon
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been criticised for introducing an annual budget on February 23 that massively boosts spending for the armed services,
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