BY SUE BULL
GEELONG — In a corner of a building that once housed the Australian Federal Police, a new group of decidedly more radical tenants committed themselves to vastly different aims when they opened Geelong's new Resistance Centre on
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BY RUTH RATCLIFFE
Between Two WorldsAt the National ArchivesKelsey Crescent, Millner, DarwinTuesdays and Wednesdays 9am-noon, until May 31Group bookings at other times by appointment
DARWIN — In 1939, the year Prime Minister John Howard was
“If the women's liberation movement is to succeed, it needs to be organised
and led by women. There are a lot of ways that men can support and participate
in women's liberation movement, but running for women's officer is not
one of them.” —
BY SUE BOLAND
The quality of the majority of women's lives in the next few years will largely hinge on the success or failure of the international movement against neo-liberal globalisation.
Neo-liberal policies such as privatisation of
BY LOWITJA O'DONAGHUE
[Desperate to "prove" that the genocidal policy of separating Aboriginal children from their parents was essentially "humane" the establishment press embarked on an outrageous beat up on February 22, based on an interview with
For the first time that anyone can remember, an International Women's Day march and rally is being organised in the Central Queensland coastal city of Rockhampton, sometimes referred to as the "beef capital" of Australia. One of the key organisers of
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — The women of Australia can expect an earful from the Labor Party over the next six to nine months. Indeed, the wooing has already begun.
More ALP women hold seats in the Queensland parliament than ever before, boasted
BY BRONWEN BEECHEY
ADELAIDE — The 2001 Womadelaide world music festival, held February 16-18, attracted a record 67,000 people. They braved high temperatures to hear an inspiring and exciting line-up of musicians from around the globe.
Sierra
BY ROHAN PEARCE
A growing mood of active opposition to corporate globalisation is emerging among Australia's university students, if campus "orientation weeks" are anything to judge by. The socialist youth organisation Resistance has joined over
Members of the Australian Defence Industries Residents Action Group and supporters picketed federal Liberal MP Jackie Kelly's office in Penrith on February 15, to oppose the proposed residential development on the heritage-listed ADI site at St
BY MAX LANE
Despite the humiliating forced resignation of Indonesian President Suharto in May 1998, the political machine that he built during his 33-year reign has remained virtually intact.
Suharto's son may be on the run from a prison sentence
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PORT HEDLAND — "BHP posted out 537 workplace agreements. We've got over 400 of them piled here in the union office, still in the envelopes. We expect another 70 or so when people return from annual leave. Probably 20 more were
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