Profiting from the Cuba blockade
By Jill Hickson
Much has been made in the establishment's media of Gareth Evans' recent trip to Cuba. While he cited human rights and debt repayment concerns, the main reason for Evans' trip — the first
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Greens: no 'conscience' vote in NSW
The Greens NSW support repeal of all abortion laws in the state and do not allow a "conscience" vote on the question, says Leeza Dobbie, a member of the Greens' ticket for the Legislative Council.
An
We in that factory
we were getting tired of the wrong expression
we were thinking if the moon is the same
and the heat of the sun is still on
why are only the bosses and their servants
laughing and singing their songs.
We, like any man in
Actively Radical TV — Knowing precisely what is screening when on Sydney's community television station, CTA, is still a bit of a hit and miss affair. However, the most consistent program is put together by the team from Actively Radical TV. It
By Max Lane
Indonesian troops in East Timor executed six young East Timorese civilians on January 12. The victims were Jose Nunes (35), Abel Nunes (20), Victor (24), Augusto Pinto Nunes (20), Americo Araujo (20) and Osorio Soares (20). According
By Lisa Renfrey
The federal ALP's elaborate manoeuvres to clean up the political mess it created with the issuing of 11 woodchip export licences in December has only fuelled the anti-woodchipping campaign around the country.
Prime Minister
Young money-maker of the year
On invasion day each year we are treated to fireworks and a set of Australia Day Honours. The conferring of these honours is decided by some anonymous committee, and their recipients are usually a politically
Skyrail activists arrested for pot
By Zanny Begg
BRISBANE — A picket was held outside the parliamentary executive buildings on January 17 to protest against the arrest of Manfred Stephens, an anti-Kuranda Skyrail activist who had
Gareth is coming
Watch out world — Gareth is coming. Stand up, Australia, because our favoured son is OS and making it big.
Does the pope live in the Vatican? You bet! Does a wombat shit in the bush? Uh-huh. Is Gareth Evans the ant's
The following "Challenge to political leaders of countries in the Indian Ocean and Asian regions" was issued by the Third Indian Ocean Regional Trade Union Conference, held in Perth at the end of November.
We, the workers of the Indian Ocean and
Midsumma festival
MELBOURNE — The seventh annual Midsumma gay and lesbian festival kicked off on January 21 with a giant street party in Fitzroy's fashionable Brunswick St.
The party was a first for the festival, which has progressed from
We in that factory
we were lifting heavy doors
we were risking our backs, our fingers and our souls
we were playing deaf against the English insults
We in that factory
we were lifting injustice and exploitation
we were getting dirty
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