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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 Emma Webb ADELAIDE — Chris Sidoti, the human rights commissioner, was the guest speaker at the Youth Affairs Council of South Australia annual general meeting on November 13. Sidoti addressed myths surrounding youth crime and compared juvenile
By Stephen Marks MANAGUA — Thousands of Sandinistas converged on the tomb of Carlos Fonseca, the founder of the FSLN, on November 8, and transformed the anniversary of his death into a protest against the electoral fraud. Sandinista Front (FSLN)
Bull Bar ToursBy Catherine Fitzgerald and Eva JohnsonVitalstatistix Wharf ShedRemaining matinees: November 20, 27 at 11am.$18/15/10/5Reviewed by Emma Webb and Melanie Sjoberg The chill winds blew across the Port Adelaide docks as we rugged up to
Green Left Weekly's SHANE BENTLEY talked to MIKE WADDINGTON, the national secretary of Militant Labour in Britain, about the political trajectory of Tony Blair's "new" Labour Party, and its implications for building the left wing of politics in
Racism The battle against racism is one that needs to be fought with a passion. It is fundamental to the future success of the left that this constant river of ignorance is dried up once and for all. Only education can do this, and a full blown
Bonds Wear strike By Andrew Hall WOLLONGONG — About 300 workers are on strike at the Unanderra factory of Bonds Wear in a bid for a 10% pay rise. At a mass meeting on November 11, the workers, mainly women, rejected an 8% pay increase and went
By Jennifer Thompson As the Middle East and North Africa Cairo Economic Conference drew to a close, speculation increased that an agreement for Israeli redeployment from sections of the Palestinian West Bank city of Hebron would be signed. The
NEWCASTLE — Workers at Forgacs Engineering in Hexham are close to settling an enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) after lengthy and heated negotiations. The EBA period began in mid-July after workers forced management to begin negotiations.
Anti-racist activists in Queensland are gearing up for a rally in Pauline Hanson's home town of Ipswich on November 23. The Anti-Racist Campaign (ARC) has been meeting in Brisbane for a month, and a new anti-racist group began meeting in Ipswich on
Amnesty International anti-union? Amnesty International in the United States — an organisation that champions the right of workers around the globe to organise — is embroiled in a dispute over the right of its own employees to join a trade
Doctors stop work Rolling stoppages of doctors in public hospitals across NSW began on November 13. The stoppages are part of a campaign to oppose the government's restriction on Medicare provider numbers. The restriction will mean that about a