By Kate Carr
After discussions at the four major student conferences this year, a new student group, the National Broad Left (NBL), was established in Melbourne on July 21. The group will initiate national campaigns, intervene in student unions and
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Vote in East Timor delayed again
By Jon Land
On July 28, a spokesperson for United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan announced that the referendum on independence for East Timor will be delayed yet again. August 30 has been scheduled as the
East Timor protest in Blue Mountains
By Shane Bentley
SPRINGWOOD — On July 25, 40 people rallied here in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney to demand freedom for East Timor and an end to the violence against pro-independence East Timorese.
Maggie wouldn't treat me like that
By Karen Fredericks
When the producers of Blue Heelers first approached the Victoria Police to borrow uniforms, badges, cars and other paraphernalia to use in the show, the force was not keen. Producer Hal
Here comes the revolution
"Like aristocrats joining a revolution in order to temper its excesses — useful fools, Lenin called them — these so-called 'conservatives' claim that it is necessary to support the Turnbull-Keating republic at the
Three other little pigs
Once there were three little pigs who lived together in mutual respect and in harmony with their environment. Using materials that were indigenous to the area, they each built a beautiful house. One pig built a house of
Panthers still caged in Angola
By Mumia Abu-Jamal
" For people of colour, doing time is only one among many terms of imprisonment legitimised by the concept of race." — John Edgar Wideman, Behind the Razor Wire: Portrait of a Contemporary
DARWIN — On August 10, the Cubillo and Gunner v Commonwealth trial reopens in the Federal Court. The cases are an attempt to show that the earlier government policy of removal of Aboriginal children from their families was racist and an attempt to
By Peter Montague
Several new studies have implicated chlorinated chemicals in human disease, including breast cancer and tooth decay. Chlorine chemistry is the premier example of humans adopting a new technology without thinking about the
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — Anticipating an August announcement by the federal Coalition government that a 24-hour airport will be built at Badgerys Creek, thousands of western Sydney residents have rallied to say "no". The next rally is planned
Workers strike over sackings
By Alastair Dickinson
SYDNEY — On July 29, workers at Plastiflex Australia, a small Belgian-owned enterprise in Sydney's western suburbs, walked off the job to begin a 48-hour strike against management's refusal to
... and ain't I a woman?: No sister of mine
The clearing of Carmen Lawrence of charges of lying under oath in relation to her evidence at the Marks Royal Commission in 1995 has been greeted with a cheer by many feminists. Lawrence's imminent
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