GLW issue 398, published 2000-03-22.

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International news briefs: Turkey, Nigeria, Philippines, India

Turkish police attack neighbourhood Several thousand Turkish cops, including anti-riot police and special units with face masks and assault-style weapons, swept the predominantly leftist and Kurdish Gazi neighbourhood in Istanbul on March 12. Three

Exhibition extended in western Sydney

Exhibition extended in western Sydney The Living without Violence 2000 exhibition reviewed in the previous issue of Green Left Weekly has been extended due to popular demand. The exhibition, which provides art spaces and audiences for women artists

Privatisation is not the solution

By Margaret Allum Between 1850 and 1914, the main infrastructure projects in Australia were state-owned and controlled. These included the railways and the water, electricity, telephone and sewerage systems. At federation, state governments owned

Looking out: Past and present?

Past and present? By Brandon Astor Jones "Doctors [in America] ... are treating more and more patients for back problems related to carrying too much weight on their backs. Furthermore, the patients reporting pain are quite young. A study

Further

Australian News

UTS unionists vote for industrial action

UTS unionists vote for industrial action By Melanie Sjoberg SYDNEY — Academics and general staff at the University of Technology, Sydney have voted to begin rolling strikes at the university to secure a new enterprise agreement. The unionists

Griffith students unite for better conditions

Griffith students unite for better conditions By Justin Randell BRISBANE — An upgrade of computer facilities, tutorial sizes capped at 15, free child-care, better security on campus, abolition of library fines and an end to academic job losses

Further Australian News

International News

Iranian workers condemn repressive labour laws

By Rupen Savoulian New, draconian labour laws recently enacted by the Iranian regime will exempt small businesses from the Islamic Labour Law, affecting 2.8 million workers and resulting in 600,000 redundancies, according to a statement by the

East Timorese under attack

East Timorese under attack By Jon Land The recent spate of pro-integration militia incursions along the western border of East Timor highlights the failure and unwillingness of the Indonesian government to disarm its militia gangs in West Timor.

Further International News

Editorial

Mandatory sentencing: it isn't over

Mandatory sentencing: it isn't over In spite of Senate and United Nations reports finding mandatory sentencing laws are in breach of international conventions, and in spite of the Senate's March 15 adoption of a private member's bill overturning

Resistance!

Student actions succeed

By Bronwyn Powell Three hundred students rallied at the Southern Cross University in Lismore on March 15 to protest against a $50 late enrolment fee which was levied on 1000 students. The university failed to give adequate notification that the due

Speaking tour will highlight need for solidarity

Speaking tour will highlight need for solidarity By Simon Butler Despite democratic changes in Indonesia and the end of the occupation of East Timor, "... there's still lots of reasons why solidarity from people in Australia is desperately

Further Resistance!

Cultural Dissent

Against the new prohibition

Review by Sean Healy Stopping Traffik: the war against the war on drugsDirected by Jerry ThompsonSBS TVTuesday, April 4, 8.30pm. There's a point in this Canadian documentary when you realise the devastating effect of governments' relentless war

Girt by sea

Girt by sea By Allen Myers A few weeks ago, I was reading some of Frederick Engels' correspondence and came across an interesting letter. Someone was compiling a book of labour movement songs and wrote to Engels asking his advice on songs to

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