PERTH — "Racism No!" fielded two candidates in the December Western Australian election — Aboriginal activist Clarrie Isaacs (Yaluritja) and Democratic Socialist Party member Arun Pradhan. ANTHONY BENBOW asked Racism No! campaign manager ANA
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Looking out: ... teach us
@column intro = "Beginning of the teaching for life,
@column intro = The instructions for well-being ...
@column intro = Knowing how to answer one who speaks,
@column intro = To reply to one who sends a message." —
Youth seminar in Calcutta
By Sujatha Fernandes
CALCUTTA — On December 6, young people representing organisations from several countries gathered here for a World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) seminar focused on the promotion of civil
By Marina Cameron
In a bid to woo green votes and those concerned about youth unemployment, a federal government initiative was launched in Adelaide on January 12. Green Corps, to begin on March 3, will involve young people carrying out
Children of the RevolutionWritten and directed by Peter Duncan Reviewed by Nick Fredman
Peter Duncan's first feature had a lot of potential — a decent budget, a stellar cast and an ambitious theme in a satirical look at Stalinism and its effects
By Sonja Klein
A recent article in the Swiss left weekly Die Wochenzeitung stirs up some haunting truths: the Spanish Civil War, which began 60 years ago, has never really come to an end. The antifascist struggle against the Franco regime is not
Racist police raid on Redfern
By Paul Howes
SYDNEY — More than 40 police stormed the predominantly Aboriginal Eveleigh Street, Redfern, in a military style raid on the night of January 14. The raid was the latest in a series of measures adopted
Greens protest funding cuts
By Pip Hinman
Environmental organisations and the Greens (WA) have condemned the Howard government's decision, announced on January 16, to cut funding to voluntary conservation groups. Greens (WA) Senator Dee Margetts
Plutonium shipment to pass Australia
By Lisa Macdonald
A French Ministry of Foreign Affairs document leaked to Greenpeace last month reveals that a cargo of highly radioactive waste will pass through the Tasman Sea, up the east coast of Australia
Why should skating be a crime?
By Colin Salter
ALP government initiatives in NSW include "anti-gang" legislation which brands a group of three or more youths with "baseball caps on backwards" as a potential risk and initiates the idea of curfews
Leonard Peltier
In a recent letter (GLW #254) Native American activist Leonard Peltier sought support for the basic rights of all his fellow prisoners, never mentioning his own case. Leonard became known to many for his role in the 1973 American
A step toward performance-based pay in Telstra
By Leo Wellin
Telstra members of the Community and Public Sector Union late last year overwhelmingly endorsed a competency-based pay structure that demands "increased productivity and increased
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