'Mandatory sentencing is a crime'
BY ANGELA LUVERA
BRISBANE — Forty people picketed the Northern Territory Tourist Bureau here on April 3. Aboriginal rights activist Sam Watson spoke of the need for more people to join the campaign to overturn
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KURDISTAN: 'The PKK is threatened with decay'
On February 16, 1999, Abdullah Ocalan, the chairperson of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), was kidnapped by Turkish intelligence in Nairobi, Kenya, and taken to the prison island of Imrali. Twelve
A wake for the Brisbane Resistance Centre
By Coral Wynter
BRISBANE — On April 1, Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) and Resistance members and supporters held a wake for the Resistance Centre in Terrace Street, New Farm, in which the
Since around April 1, an estimated 7000-10,000 Turkish troops have crossed the Turkey-Iraq border and are pressing deep into southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) to attack fighters of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), according to reports carried by
UNITED STATES: 'Hurricane' speaks out for Mumia
The International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal held a press conference on March 25 in Pittsburgh. A featured speaker was Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the former middleweight boxer who
By Mark Abberton
The University of Wisconsin Madison (UW-M) in the United States is hosting a conference on hip hop music and culture from April 14-16. "The conference is meant to empower youth of all backgrounds and those willing to advance their
Mixed insights into East Timor
East Timor: too little too lateBy Lansell TaudevinDuffy and Snellgrove, 1999$24.95, 319 pp. Ballot and bullets: Seven days in East TimorBy Tim FischerAllen and Unwin, 2000$19.95, 149 pp. Review by Jon Land
A swathe
Review by Stuart Munckton
SchwerpunktBombscareAvailable at gigs for $5 or contact <oibombscare@hotmail.com> Punk rock has come a long way. The pop-punk, like that of Blink 182, which dominates the airwaves these days has little in common
Icebergs provide new global warming alert
Two massive icebergs — one as large as Jamaica — have broken away from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, again drawing attention to warnings that human-induced global warming and its potentially catastrophic
Cartoons from out of Leftfield, and on the web
By Rani Singh
More than 2000 people have already visited a new web site which features political cartoons by Arun Pradhan. The cartoons include the fortnightly feature in Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, "From out
Mozambique, a country of 20 million inhabitants, has just suffered its worst floods for 30 years. The government estimates the cost of reconstruction at US$250 million. While governments of the industrialised countries point to the emergency aid they
Fitting farewell to committed socialist
BY MARG PERROTT
WOLLONGONG — Socialists, trade unionists, union singers, environmental activists, friends, comrades, relatives and workers filled Heineiger Hall in Dapto here on April 1 to farewell George
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