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Police seize computer equipment

Police seize computer equipment NEWCASTLE — Federal police agents have raided the operator of Megalink, a computer bulletin board system (BBS), and confiscated over $10,000 worth of equipment, according to a message posted on April 27 on a

'One of the most heroic chapters in history'

May 5 was the 14th anniversary of the death of Irish Republican Army Volunteer Bobby Sands, who died in the hospital wing of Long Kesh (Maze) Prison after a 66-day hunger strike. Sands, who had won election to the British parliament while in prison,

Write on: letters to the editor

Foul play The Sydney Morning Herald of April 20 published a report titled, "The Day the Balmain Boys Beat the Reds", by Brad Norrington on the book launch of The Forging of Votes by Dr Amy McGrath. He eagerly quotes the book's author when she

Island states demand action on global warming

The Solomon Islands ambassador to the United Nations, REX HOROI, prior to the recent World Climate Conference in Berlin, led a delegation to six European countries to lobby for further commitments on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Scientists

Doing battle with straw dolls

The New Victorians: A Young Woman's Challenge to the Old Feminist Order By Rene Denfeld Allen & Unwin, 1995. 339 pp., $19.95 (pb) Reviewed by Carla Gorton Critiquing "establishment" feminism has become the recipe for guaranteeing

ACTU opposes immigration increases

ACTU opposes immigration increases By Lisa Macdonald In a submission to the federal government's annual review of immigration programs, the ACTU has called for a freeze of the immigration intake in the next financial year at its current

Loose cannons

Vote for Last Chance "This is now the last chance left to me." — Former Tasmanian premier Robin Gray, standing for Liberal preselection for the Senate after failing to gain preselection for the lower house seats of Braddon and Bass.

The last flight of Pan Am 103

Lockerbie: The Maltese Double Cross Produced and directed by Allan Francovich The Cutting Edge, SBS TV, Tuesday, May 16, 8.30pm (8 in SA) Previewed by Peter Boyle On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over the village of

Students rally against fees, for increased education funding

By Natasha Simons More than 6000 students across the country rallied, marched and occupied against university fees on May 3. The demonstrations were part of a second national day of action called by last December's No Fees Activists Conference.

Feared by the bad, loved by the good

Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw By Stephen Knight Blackwell, 1994. 308 pp., $24.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon The Robin Hood legend has been popular for around 600 years. Amongst the latest to revive the tradition, as

'Keep struggling': the spirit of the East Timorese underground

By Max Lane SYDNEY — "I hope people will be active and participate in the May 13 protests around Australia", Elino Santos told Green Left Weekly on May 3. For Santos, being "active and participating" has been a way of life in East Timor. From

Socialism and the left in Russia today

BORIS KAGARLITSKY is a former deputy in the Moscow City Soviet, a leading member of Russian Party of Labour (PL) and the author of several books about socialism after the fall of the Stalinist regimes in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. He writes