IWD on NSW north coast
IWD on NSW north coast
By Kath O'Driscoll
LISMORE — Organising is under way for a march and rally for International Women's Day on March 6. A collective of campus and high school students, community workers and other
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By Zanny Begg
The federal government has launched a new measure aimed at teaching young people their "A B C". The $143-million scheme will link the payment of unemployment benefits for 18 to 24 year olds to their literacy and numeracy levels. From
By Yanni Cotis and Jo Ellis
The letter "A" breaking out of the confines of a circle symbolises everything anarchism aims to achieve: rebellion, uprising against authority, a revolutionary change in society. Both anarchists and socialists aim to
How progressive is multiculturalism?
Does multiculturalism defend migrant rights?
By Iggy Kim
In spite of a quarter century of multiculturalism as ideology and official policy, the conditions of life for most non-English-speaking immigrants
Bands defy 'cop killer' hysteria
By Norm Dixon
The popular band Rage Against the Machine was forced to live up to its name when it confronted hysteria following its decision to play a benefit concert for US death row political prisoner Mumia
By Michelle Wickham
SYDNEY — Guided tours of the Opera House by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a part of the annual Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, have been cancelled after objections from the Catholic Church. The gay male "nuns" are an annual
By Jon Land
Since the announcement on January 27 by the Indonesian regime that it might allow East Timor to become independent, the military has stepped up its recruitment of thugs for paramilitary "pro-integration" militias. Armed and paid by the
New patents for terminator seeds
The Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) has announced that it has uncovered 36 new patents describing a wide range of techniques that can be used for genetic sterilisation of plants and seeds. The
By Emma Murphyand Virginia Brown
MELBOURNE — On February 22, the Network Of Women Students Australia collective (NOWSA) decided that the plenary sessions for the July conference would be: Women and capitalism; Exploring different feminisms;
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Drugs: high time for decriminalisation
By Simon Frew
Last week, the establishment media in Sydney went into a frenzy after the Sun Herald printed a photo of a 16-year-old boy (initially described by the media as 12 years old) shooting up heroin.
No more dandruff'
By Brandon Astor Jones
"pso.ri.a.sis n. A chronic, noncontagious skin disease characterized by inflammation and white, scaly patches." — American Heritage Dictionary The condition that the dictionary defines above is a
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