GLW issue 558, published 2003-10-22.

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MALAYSIA: A vicious dose of injustice for Irene Fernandez

BY LYNETTE DUMBLE The 12-month prison sentence imposed on human rights activist Irene Fernandez, handed down on October 16 by magistrate Juliana Mohamed, was a shameful day for the justice system in Malaysia. Charged with "maliciously publishing

LaTrobe left wins landslide victory

BY JAMES CRAFTI MELBOURNE — The Action ticket has won the October 6-10 La Trobe University Student Representative Council (SRC) election in a landslide victory. The ticket consisted of independent activists, members of the socialist youth

The movement against the Vietnam War - its lessons for today

BY DOUG LORIMER With the United States and its allies facing an escalating guerrilla war of resistance to its occupation of Iraq, more and more people are starting to see similarities between the Iraq war and the US war in Vietnam in the 1960s and

A Woman's Place is in the Struggle: Lesfest restricts attendance, sparks debate

In early September, the organisers of Lesfest, a national lesbian festival and conference, were granted an exemption under Victoria's Equal Opportunity Act to allow the event to be advertised as being for "female-born lesbians". Explaining their
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