BY SARAH STEPHEN
The five-day hunger strike by 170 people imprisoned in the Woomera detention centre, which began on March 7, has received scant coverage in the mainstream media. This has made it difficult for asylum seekers to relay their protest
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BY DITA SARI
[The following statement was issued on March 8 by Dita Sari, chairperson of the Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggles (FNPBI).]
International Women's Day is not just an annual tradition. This isn't also just a celebration.
BY MARGARET ALLUM
Despite winning the 2002 Grammy Award for best Latin/rock alternative album for Embrace the Chaos, Los Angeles-based Ozomatli's music is still firmly rooted in the streets.
The band's commitment to political activism is strong.
BY BARRY HEALY
MIDLAND, WA — In response to the February 11 Four Corners program that exposed the extent of the devastating toxic fire at the Waste Control recycling site in Bellevue in February 2000, and a year of community protest action,
BY RUSSELL PICKERING& ALISON DELLIT
The Australian government is attempting to introduce legislation giving secret police agencies more powers, and enabling state persecution of dissidents. The legislation includes granting the attorney-general the
Ludicrous
"It may be limiting of competition in that there's one dominant company, which is Foxtel, but it's ludicrous to say that competition will be limited." — Sydney right-wing radio broadcaster Alan Jones.
Certainly not his government
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BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — A range of local industry bosses — Chickenfeed boss Rudie Sypkes, Steven Auld of Auld Constructions and Robert Wilkins of Wilkins Constructions — utilised the beginning of the building industry royal commission's
BY SARAH CLEARY
This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the historic "X case" ruling whereby suicidal women in Ireland were permitted to travel overseas to obtain an abortion.
Rather than mark this anniversary with further liberalisation of
BY PIP HINMAN
More than 10,100 people have signed an online petition supporting
a call for a royal commission into the government's treatment of asylum
seekers. Out of thousands of active petitions from all over the world listed
on the
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BY SUE BULL
MELBOURNE — Workers sacked by Hugo Boss (formerly called Flair Menswear) found themselves under greater attack this week. Twenty-five workers and leaders of their union, the Textile, Clothing and Footwear Union of Australia (TCFUA),
BY PETER BOYLE
SYDNEY — On March 13, the Sydney Labor for Refugees group decided
to oppose the attempted exclusion of members of the Democratic Socialist
Party, International Socialist Organisation and other activist left groups
from the
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