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Oceans in crisis

By Francesca Davis Supposedly one the world's best controlled fisheries, the cod fishery in the Barents Sea, north of Scandinavia, is on the verge of biological collapse. This is the only remaining cod fishery in the world and is the last in a

It's time like these you need GLW

It's time like these you need GLW July 1 was a bad day for most of us. It was a day that most will wish had never happened. Perhaps it was just a bad dream? Unfortunately not. Pauline Hanson's One Nation party launched its racist

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Â鶹´«Ã½ campaign needs your support In these days of growing media concentration, Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly is a proudly independent voice committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability. By printing the news and

Council guards threaten

Council guards threaten GLW with violence By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Progressive groups continue to support Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's struggle for freedom of speech on the city streets here. Despite a well-attended rally in Rundle Mall on June 26,

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GLW is taking a break Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly is taking a one-week break so that the paper's contributors and distributors can attend the Resistance National Conference in Melbourne on July 11-13. The next issue will be dated July 22.

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News —

Brisbane students plan walkout

Brisbane students plan walkout By Emma Tovell and Sarah Cunningham BRISBANE — Angry high school students and Resistance members have joined to organise a mass high school walkout, protesting against racism and the growth of Pauline Hanson's One

Political prisoners benefit a huge success

Political prisoners benefit a huge success By Lynda Hansen BRISBANE — More than 120 people crammed into Che's Lounge on June 28 to support the campaign to free Indonesia's political prisoners. The fundraiser was organised by Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly

Jabiluka activists meet

Jabiluka activists meet By Lachlan Malloch CANBERRA — A national conference of environment activists committed to stopping the Jabiluka uranium mine was held here on June 27-28. Most of the 25 participants are leaders of the Wilderness Society,

Anti-award stripping rally

By Shane Bentley SYDNEY — Around 300 people attended a rally in opposition to award stripping in the Trades Hall auditorium on July 1. The rally heard speeches from Labor's industrial relations spokesperson Bob McMullen, ACTU president Jennie

Brisbane rally against One Nation

By Sarah Cunningham and Tim E. Stewart BRISBANE — Around 600 people rallied against One Nation in King George Square on July 4. The rally heard speakers from Aboriginal organisations, trade unions, migrant groups and socialist parties.

High school students arrested at anti-Hanson rally

By Keara Courtney and Becky Fairall Lee SYDNEY — High school students here walked out of school on July 2 to attend a rally in opposition to the rise of Pauline Hanson and racism. The socialist youth organisation Resistance, which organised the