By Angela Luvera
The first International Women's Day (IWD) was organised by women
active in the socialist movement in the early 1900s. They wanted to set
aside a day on which women could organise for their demands and celebrate
their
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The killing of Lake Baikal
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — There are not many places in the world where you can leave an industrial plant in operation and doom hundreds of species of plants and animals to extinction. One such place is Siberia's Lake
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Threat to gay rights in Fiji
SUVA — Right-wing political forces and conservative church groups in Fiji are attempting to reverse a constitutional provision that outlaws discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. A clause in the Bill
Three of the world's top bands have joined forces to highlight the frame-up
of radical journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal. Rage Against the Machine, rap group
Beastie Boys and Bad Religion have scheduled a benefit concert on January
28 in East
Dita Sari rejects bail offer
THE INDONESIAN MEDIA announced on December 13 that Indonesian political prisoner Dita Sari had been offered early bail by the Habibie government. Dita, a labour activist and leader of the People's Democratic Party, was
By Kylie Moon and Mark Abberton
MELBOURNE — On January 18, Victoria's Student Unionism Network (SUN) met. More than 40 student activists from a wide range of Victorian universities and National Union of Students (NUS) state and national
100,000 remember Liebknecht and Luxemburg
BERLIN — The traditional January 9 march to the graves of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg, the revolutionary Communist leaders murdered in 1919 on the orders of the Social Democrats, attracted 100,000
Godfrey Bigot gets back to basics
By Brad Pedersen
The major parties are lining up for a law and order policy auction,
each seeking to make the highest bid. They will trade in pseudo-solutions
that prey on the public's fears and
By Claire Konkes
HOBART — Last November, members of the Antarctica and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC), the international environmental lobby group trying to keep fishing "honest" in the southern seas, left Hobart's Wrest Point Casino on a yacht
Rage against the regime: students fight for democracy in Indonesia
By Chris Latham
Last May mass demonstrations toppled one of the most brutal dictators in the world — President Suharto of Indonesia. Having held power for over 32 years, with
Stop VSU: we will not be silenced!
By Wendy Robertson
On December 21, federal education minister David Kemp announced that
the government would introduce "voluntary student unionism"(VSU) legislation
in the next sitting of
By Allen Myers
An editorial in the Financial Review over the January 16-17
weekend adopted a rather plaintive tone regarding the scandals that have
recently shaken the Olympics.
Headed “Cash tarnishes Games goal”, the editorial began by
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