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Filipino socialist group, the Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM), released the statement slightly abridged below on September 3 after the Australian government announced to it would send special forces to work with the murderous Rodrigo Duterte regime in Mindanao in the name of the “war on terror”.

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The PLM demands that the Australian government withdraw the two Australian air force Orion spy planes participating in combat since June in Marawi, Mindanao, and abandon plans announced by Australian government ministers to send special forces.

Bougainvilleans to go to UN By Frank Enright The Bougainville Interim Government's representative to the United Nations, Mike Forster, has announced that it is considering taking the Papua New Guinea government to the International Court of
By Julie Green and Anne Pavy PERTH — Environmentalists trying to protect old growth Karri\Marri forest south west of here have been taking action against the clear-felling since July 1. This phase of the blockade will conclude on July 30 to
Christina Stead: A Biography By Hazel Rowley Minerva, 1994, 646 pp., $24.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Christina Stead's novels are complex and difficult; they scale and fall artistic peaks and troughs, and are marked by a striking, if
By Evelyn Healy Lisa Macdonald (GLW, #139 and #146) has warned, with reason, of aspects of postmodernism which make it a weapon for right-wing ideologues. She also shows that social theories must be challenged on how they work out in practice
More suited to the job Are women taking men's jobs? Recent statistics being bounced around on the state of the job market have been hinting that this is the case. More women are employed now than ever before in Australia. The majority of
Indonesian opposition gets organised By Max Lane The campaign in Indonesia against the closures, in late June, of the country's three major news weeklies has spurred on discussion on how best to advance the development of an organised
Mining takes its toll on West Papua In the shadow of glacier-capped Puncak Jaya in West Papua the US-owned Freeport Mining Company is extracting ore from the largest gold reserves and above-ground copper deposits in the world. The mine earns
The regional and the global Energy By Stefo Nantsou Zeal Theatre Reviewed by Frank Razmovki. In the comfortable and informal surrounds of the Newcastle Leagues Club, Zeal Theatre premiered Energy, a documentary-style show about the
Exciting the brain Arcadia Written by Tom Stoppard Performed by the Sydney Theatre Company Opera House Drama Theatre Reviewed by Minnie O'Shea and Helen Jarvis The celebrated playwright Tom Stoppard continues to excite the brain

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