In the second in a three-part series on the history of the student movement in Australia, MARINA CAMERON spoke to JORGE JORQUERA about the lessons from the free education campaign in the 1980s. Jorquera was an activist in that campaign, secretary of
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Sydney's Campaign Against Racism coalition decided at its meeting on November 8 to organise a "Rally Against Racism" on November 23 as part of the national day of action called by the Brisbane Anti-Racism Campaign. The Sydney coalition's decision
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 7pm.
Access News — Melbourne community TV, Channel 31, has
By Jennifer Thompson
At the beginning of October, the former publicly owned Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, now CSL Limited, announced a breakthrough discovery — a therapeutic vaccine against a bacterium which causes peptic ulcers and sometimes
Turkish military kills Iraqi refugees
Thirty Iraqi refugees from the fighting in Iraqi Kurdistan were killed by Turkish security forces north of the Turkish border with Iraq in the last week of October, according to the International Federation of
Federal cabinet decided on November 8 to deny Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams the right of entry only recently granted to him by the United States, the UK and Canada. By Australian government standards, Adams is not considered of "good
Women unionists support Indonesia campaign
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — The "Free Dita Sari" campaign has obtained the support of a group of women trade unionists who met on November 4. The group includes representatives of the Community and
By Peter Montague
A lengthy new report from the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [NIEHS] describes serious deterioration of the male reproductive system in many regions of the world and suggests it may be caused by
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — In one of the largest political gatherings in the Russian capital since the late 1980s, tens of thousands of workers demonstrated near Red Square on November 5 in a trade union-organised rally "For Work, Wages and
Elections herald cuts in social wage
The stock markets of New York, Tokyo, Paris and London surged ahead in celebration of the re-election of President Clinton, and well they should from the point of view of the super-rich. Stability and
The following is abridged from a letter written by three political prisoners in Leavenworth Federal Prison, Kansas, USA. FBI director Louis Freeh [has] urged members of Congress to hold hearings concerning ways to further limit the already restricted
Politicians have talked about democracy for 300 years and now people have come to expect it. Ask any American and they'll tell you that democracy is a self-evident truth. It's even written down somewhere.
The authority of the state is so tarnished
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