Last month two prominent members of the FSLN toured Australia. Alejandro Bendaña and Zoilamerica Ortega, representing the Centre for International Studies, spoke at meetings organised by CISLAC (Committees in Solidarity with
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Cuban revolutionary Leonardo Tomayo Nuñes (also known as Urbano) was Che Guevara's chief escort while in Cuba and is the only surviving member of the group of revolutionaries who went to Bolivia with Che. On tour in
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SYDNEY — "Resource Security Sucks" read the banner over a demonstration against the state government's proposed Timber Industry (Interim Protection) Amendment Bill. About 200 people attended the demonstration, organised by
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ACT nurses stop workCanberra — Nurses at Canberra's main hospital at Woden Valley are taking industrial action to stop changes to rostering. Management is trying to pressure nurses into reducing their hours of
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Blockade delays loggingCANBERRA — The Wilderness Society and Deua Action Committee blockaded loggers from an area of wilderness just south of the Deua National Park in NSW in mid-February. This area in the Narooma
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Alternative candidates share viewsCANBERRA — Candidates of the Greens, Democrats, Green Democratic Alliance and Democratic Socialists came together here on February 23 to discuss their approach to unemployment, the
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Brisbane abortion rally cheers pro-choice candidateBRISBANE — More than 250 people rallied and marched for women's abortion rights on August 29. A rally organised by the Women's Abortion Campaign heard speakers including
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Forum discusses censorshipBRISBANE — "Students, Sex, and Censorship" was the title of a public meeting held at the Resistance Centre on April 4. High school student Andrew Strachan spoke about the lack of
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Funeral march against AIDEXBRISBANE — The Stop AIDEX Campaign staged a funeral march through city streets on September 24 to publicise the link between the Australian International Defence Equipment Exhibition, to be held