GLW issue 303, published 1998-01-28.

Poem: Through and through

THROUGH AND THROUGH THROUGH AND THROUGHa Christian?No, but I know many very wella Muslim?No, but with them too I dwella Buddhist?No, but their truths live and tella Jew?No, but into them as well I meldFOR ALL OF THOSEyou see, are integral parts of

Repackaging old perspectives

Repackaging old perspectives By Nick Soudakoff At last week's ALP national conference in Hobart, Mark Latham, shadow minister for education and youth affairs, outlined Labor's education policy for the next federal election. Latham said Labor

Saying sorry for Aboriginal oppression

Comment by Lisa Macdonald The full picture of the attempted genocide of Australia's indigenous people still remains largely unacknowledged in official Australian history. This is because of (rather than despite) the fact that the forcible removal

Loose cannons

Loose cannons Green Left Weekly's witty Loose cannons editor has taken a well-earned break this week. But don't worry you LC junkies, you'll get your weekly dose of laughter at "their" expense next week.

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Australian News

More strikes at Rio Tinto

By Alison Delit NEWCASTLE — Workers at Rio Tinto's Mt Thorley mine went on strike on January 21 in response to a proposed new enterprise bargaining agreement which breaks award conditions. The main change in the proposed agreement is a move from

Canungra protesters go to court

By Mark Cronin BRISBANE — A trial date of May 12 has been set by the Brisbane Magistrates Court for 17 activists arrested at Canungra Land Warfare Centre on December 7, the 22nd anniversary of the invasion of East Timor by Indonesia. All 17

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International News

Paramilitarism and popular resistance in Colombia

Paramilitarism and popular resistance in Colombia By Peter Sullivan On November 21, a paramilitary group assassinated 15 campesinos in the municipality of Viota in the province of Cundinamarca in Colombia. The people of Viota were considered

Mexico's paramilitaries step up attacks

By Wendy Patterson Chiapas once again burst on to the front pages of the world's newspapers with news of a massacre in the small town of Acteal on December 22. Local members of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) gunned down 45

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Editorial

New bottles, old poison

Editorial: New bottles, old poison New bottles, old poison NSW ALP "left" Anthony Albanese had predicted "intense debate and a few old-style Labor stoushes" at the 41st ALP national conference in Hobart. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Cultural Dissent

Making humble work come to life

Making humble work come to life Humble Work and Mad Wanderings: Street Life in the Machine AgeBy Ken AppolloNevada City, California: Carl Mautz Publishing, 1997. 108 pp, 61 duotone images$34.95 plus $3.50 shipping from 228 Commercial Street,

Feminist performance art

details = SleepFive Stories HighBackspace Theatre (as part of Hobart Fringe Festival) — January 29-30, $10/8 concession Review by Jane Marni Hobart's women's circus, Five Stories High, presents feminist performance art. It is based on a

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