Jenny Long

  • Support for East Timor and democracy in Indonesia

    Support for East Timor and democracy in IndonesiaSYDNEY — On May 5, around 25 people attended a Univeristy of NSW Resistance Club public forum about the political situation in East Timor and Indonesia. Green Left

  • Speak-out against anti-abortionists

    Speak-out against anti-abortionistsSYDNEY — Around 30 activists attended a March 13 speak-out against anti-abortionists' harassment of patients at an abortion clinic in Sydney's inner west. As pro-choice activists described the

  • Socialists: 'Expect more airport protests'

    Marina Carman, Democratic Socialist candidate for the seat of Port Jackson in the March 27 NSW election, warned on February 13 of more protests against Sydney Airport before the Olympics. "Yesterday's announcement by transport

  • 'People in power' spur racism

    SYDNEY — Ever since the Lakemba police station was shot up on November 1, the city's media have bombarded residents with about the "lethal cocktail" of "migrant crime". RANDA KATTAN, executive director of the Australian Arabic

  • Carr's public transport hypocrisy

    Carr's public transport hypocrisySYDNEY — A last-minute deal saved the face of the state Labor government during NSW's inaugural Public Transport Week, October 5-11, when the railways unions called off a planned 24-hour strike.

  • NSW public servants win pay deal

    NSW public servants win pay dealOn June 17, the Public Service Association executive lifted the bans imposed by statewide stop-works the Friday before, after the government offered to negotiate on a promised 4% pay rise. Two days

  • NSW public servants launch industrial campaign

    NSW public servants launch industrial campaignSYDNEY — NSW public servants gathered in 108 clubs around the state on June 12 for stop-work meetings linked by Sky Channel to vote on recommendations for an industrial campaign for a

  • Palestinian prisoners campaign against Israeli detention

    The issue of political prisoners and conditions for their release has dogged the peace process between Israel and the PLO. Despite the Cairo Accord, which in May agreed to the release of 5000 of 10,000 prisoners, the July survey of

  • Israeli occupation provokes Gaza clash

    The confrontation between Palestinian workers and Israeli soldiers at the Erez checkpoint on July 17, described by the Jerusalem Times as the "revolution of the hungry" has highlighted the desperate need for real change in the

  • 'The battle must go on'

    SYDNEY — A $50-per-head lunch attracting 430 guests was held on July 29 to mark the achievements of ten years of the federal Sex Discrimination Act. Pioneers and beneficiaries of the legislation were presented with awards by ALP

  • Printers beat Murdoch

    Printers beat MurdochSYDNEY — Printing workers at Rupert Murdoch's News Limited voted to return to work on July 17 after defeating company attempts to impose significant and retrograde changes in working conditions in a new

  • Creating a Palestinian state

    SYDNEY — Ali Kazak, Palestine Liberation Organisation representative in Australia, spoke at a Democratic Socialist Party forum on October 5. "The declaration of principles we signed does not, of course, cover