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Free Roisin McAliskey! — Roisin is imprisoned in

Holloway Prison, London, without formal charges and without bail. She awaiting a decision

by the German government to seek her extradition. She is pregnant and has been denied

proper medical care and is being held in solitary. The Britain and Ireland Human Rights Centre

has produced an excellent briefing paper on the McAliskey case that is available on the web.

See

"http://larkspirit.com/roisin/">http://larkspirit.com/roisin/.

Australian Aid for Ireland (Queensland) — Australian activists

fighting for Ireland's freedom want you to visit their site at

"http://www.cynergy.com.au/usr/aaiqld/">http://www.cynergy.com.au/usr/aaiqld/.

Native Alaskans — Today 5 Tlingit (native Alaskans from the

Tongass region) communities are landless. These are Seet Kah (Petersburg), Kaachxana-aakw

(Wrangell), Deishu (Haines), Teinaa Geey (Tenakee Springs), and Kichxaan (Ketchikan). This

represents 22% of the Tlingit nation. Find out more about their history and their struggle at

"http://members.aol.com/waya94/tlingan2.htm">http://members.aol.com/waya94/tlingan2.htm.

New Bougainville site — See photos of Bougainville as well as

links to background information and news of the Bougainville people's struggle. Visit it at

HREF =

"http://www.isource.net/~flyinfox/">http://www.isource.net/~flyinfox/.

Progressive Cartoonists — Dykes to Watch Out

For: Alison Bechdel has been creating this strip since 1983. Since then, her biweekly

comic strip has become a cultural institution for lesbians and discerning non-lesbians all over

the world. Jennifer Camper's SubGURLZ is a strip about three women living in

the subway tunnels. Science calls them freaks of nature, society calls them outlaws, women

call them exciting. The Open Prairie: Joe Hoover is an award-winning, editorial

cartoonist and illustrator published in more than 50 newspapers across the US. His cartoon

focuses on political and social issues affecting the gay, lesbian, bi, and transgender community.

The Northern Mystique is Richard MacPhie, a 33-year-old Ojibwa native

American. The Northern Mystique is a monthly cartoon which takes place in and

around an Ojibwa Indian reservation somewhere up in the north. These cartoons and many

more can be viewed at

"http://www.visi.com/~oprairie/">http://www.visi.com/~oprairie/.

Left On-line welcomes information on new and interesting left and

progressive Web sites. Send a short description to glw@greenleft.org.au or visit

http://www.greenleft.org.au/. Don't forget to recommend the GLW home

page on your travels through the Web!

From GLW issue 272