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International solidarity in Adelaide

International solidarity in Adelaide By Jon Lamb ADELAIDE — International solidarity activists here celebrated May Day at a dinner hosted by the Democratic Socialist Party on May 5. Sixty people gathered at the Resistance Centre to

Noted author on trial in Turkey

By Jennifer Thompson Turkey's most famous author, Yashar Kemal, went to trial in a State Security Court on May 5, charged with "disseminating separatism" under Article 8 of Turkey's Anti-Terror Law. The basis for this charge was the views Kemal

AIDS tree project

AIDS tree project SYDNEY — The Sydney Park AIDS Tree Planting Project will hold its next planting day on Sunday, June 25, between 10.30am and 4pm. Project organisers are inviting people to plant a tree for a loved one who has died from an

The failure of capitalism

By Sujatha Fernandes Returning to Australia after spending some time in the Indian subcontinent earlier this year, it struck me how much the media attempt to isolate us here from the rest of the world. Closeted away in the suburbs with our

Cuban youth leader to tour

Cuban youth leader to tour By Roberto Jorquera Alejandro Herrera Agete from the Union of Young Communists (UJC) in Cuba will be in Sydney from May 23 to June 2. His visit, which will include a series of student and public meetings on the

Life of Riley: The swagman cometh

The swagman cometh By Dave Riley Maybe you are fed up with the city and its teeming peoples. Their ways and means, as getting and lending and spending, lay waste your inner world and are too much for you. The car is noisy and toxic, while

New phase in Russian oil spill disaster

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — News of a vast gas leak and explosion on April 27 in the Komi Republic, 1500 kilometres north-east of the Russian capital, has again focused attention on the catastrophic state of Russia's oil and gas pipeline

... and ain't i a woman?: And the winner is

And the winner is ... It's becoming almost farcical. Members of our judiciary espouse extreme sexist comments so regularly that you would swear these people lived with their eyes and ears closed to the real world. The latest is a comment by

Beijing conference: women debate draft platform

By Kath Gelber More than 35,000 women from all over the world are expected to converge on Beijing in September for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. The UN has claimed the conference will "set [the] women's agenda into next

West Papua: the obliteration of a people

By Matthew Thomas KWAMKI-LAMA, West Papua — Here, in the island of New Guinea, live the Amungme people. Kwamki-lama is a refugee camp not far from the highest mountains between the Himalayas and the Andes. Tembagapura, the biggest and highest

Fighting with or fighting against? The ALP and the movements

The relationship the Labor Party has to the social movements has always been a contentious one. Here, PIP HINMAN from the Democratic Socialist Party argues that the ALP, despite its rhetoric, is no friend of either the labour or other social

Students protest with a tent university

Students protest with a tent university By Emma Webb ADELAIDE — Students have established a "tent university" outside the ALP state office following the No Fees National Day of Action rally on May 3. The tent university —