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Green Left Weekly issue #818, 18 November 2009
Write On: Letters to the editor

LETTERS Time to take a stand for refugees

EDITORIAL On November 15, Indonesian authorities said they had shot and wounded two Afghan refugees they said were trying to escape after their boat was intercepted three days earlier. » Artists and activists are not criminals

RESISTANCE! The NSW state government wants to jail people as young as 13 for carrying a can of spray paint. Anyone with a spray can and no “legitimate reason” could face up to six months in prison » Uni colleges: ‘Bastions of male priviliege’

RESISTANCE! A “pro-rape” Facebook group set up by students at the University of Sydney’s elite St Paul’s College has ignited a debate about the sexist culture and behaviour in university colleges. » Climate logic of the madhouse

OUR COMMON CAUSE As the November 2-6 international climate change talks in Barcelona ended in poorly-concealed acrimony and weary expressions of “official optimism”, a funny thing happened in mainstream Australian media. » Interview: The fight for intersex rights

Earlier this year, South African track athlete Caster Semenya was vilified in the international media for allegedly having both male and female biological characteristics. People with such characteristics are known as “intersex”. Green Left Weekly’s Farida Iqbal spoke to Gina Wilson from the O... » Queensland abortion arrests: defend the right to choose

Many Queenslanders assume abortion is legal, since 14,000 terminations occur every year in the state. » John Pilger’s 2009 Sydney Peace Award speech: Breaking the Australian silence

The following speech by renowned journalist and film-maker John Pilger was delivered on November 5 as he accepted the 2009 Sydney Peace Prize. To read more of John Pilger's work, visit www.johnpilger.com » Unionists speak out for refugees

On November 6, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and the mining division of the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) announced they would jointly donate $10,000 to the 78 asylum seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking. » Clive Hamilton: ‘We can make Higgins a turning-point in Australian politics’

Well known author and environmentalist Clive Hamilton recently announced he will stand for the Australian Greens in the December 5 by-election for the seat of Higgins in Melbourne. » Gov't report condemns NT intervention

The Northern Territory Emergency Response, a “tough love” government intervention into remote NT Aboriginal communities, has been renamed by the federal ALP government. Its official name is now "Closing the Gap NT". » Abuse of guest workers is the real threat: Noonan

“What threatens Australian workers is the abuse of guest workers and the use of guest workers to drive down Australian workers’ wages and conditions”, Dave Noonan, national secretary of the construction division of the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU) told Green Left Weekly. » When did Australia disappear?

The story of the 255 Sri Lankan boat people in the Indonesian port of Merak is a saga worthy of a novel by J. K. Rowling, with greed, betrayal and magic, all in a long voyage to find nirvana. »


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