By Bill Day and Sally Mitchell
DARWIN — A determined group of pensioners and their carers are making a stand against the Darwin City Council (DCC) policy of harassing homeless Aboriginal people. In the last council elections, Mayor George Brown
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By Max Lane
Between November 14 and 16, thousands of East Timorese youth demonstrated at the University of East Timor and outside the governor's office in Dili in solidarity with Bishop Belo. Belo has come under verbal attack from the Indonesian
Resistance is putting up motions for NUS to prioritise a year-long campaign, initially under the slogan of "Education for all, not just the rich!", with a large national budget. We are calling for student general meetings to be held on every campus
By Iggy Kim
Australia First's Graeme Campbell was dumped from the ALP only last year. He'd been a proud racist in the ALP for a long time before that. In his final years in the party, he repeatedly whined about (two of) Prime Minister Paul
Left activist receives death threats
By Lisa Macdonald
It seems that right-wingers will go to any extreme to silence the growing public opposition to Pauline Hanson, John Howard and Co's racist attacks. West Coast Council member Ian Jamieson has
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"Try to imagine a large frog on a poster, smiling a huge smile. Around his head are tracks of insects whizzing by. A caption under the frog reads: 'Time's fun when you're having flies!' "— The Reverend Greg Skala
Have you ever noticed
Wagner: Race and RevolutionBy Paul Lawrence RoseFaber & Faber, 1996. 246 pp., $24.95 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon Hitler was a fan of Richard Wagner, always opening the Nuremberg rallies with the overture to Wagner's "Rienzi" opera. Does this mean
Porgera land-holders oppose increased tailings
Land-holders from the Kulini Strickland Resource Owners Association are outraged over Porgera Joint Venture's (PJV) application seeking a water use permit to quadruple the amount of tailings dumped
The Backsliders — Australia's premier of traditional African-American blues performing live. ABC Radio National, Friday, November 22, 9pm.
Earthbeat: The Fate of the Forests in Northern NSW — The northern NSW forests are a hot spot in the
By Sonny Melencio
At 4pm on Tuesday, November 12, Filemon "Popoy" Lagman, chairperson of Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP — Solidarity of Filipino Workers), was arrested by eight carloads of military operatives of the Intelligence
Racist minister gets 'special treatment' from protesters
By Kerryn Williams
CANBERRA — An angry group of protesters gathered at the Australian National University on November 15 to picket a function addressed by Aboriginal affairs minister John
By Anne O'Callaghan
PERTH — An unprecedented election initiative here seems certain to make waves in the December 14 state elections. A well-known Aboriginal activist is joining forces with an activist from the Asian Australian community to stand
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