East Timor/Indonesia solidarity in Hobart
HOBART — Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) recently set up a branch here. It emerged from the university-based group Students in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor in an
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By Barry Sheppard
TV reports of two bombings on January 16 of an abortion clinic in Atlanta, Georgia, startled the country. A particularly vicious aspect was that the second bomb was set to explode an hour after the first, which was a so-called
By Lara Pullin and Stuart Martin
CANBERRA — The February 1 federal by-election in the north Canberra seat of Fraser has become a focus for the "race debate". Of the 11 candidates, six have publicly advocated racist controls on immigration.
By Ben Courtice
HOBART — The environment movement was probably the biggest, most vibrant social movement of the 1980s and early 1990s. Many people became involved in environmental groups and campaigns. Half way through the next decade,
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The Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) — The occupation of the Japanese embassy in Peru by militants of the MRTA demanding the release of political prisoners has featured heavily in the media. For the latest and most accurate
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A tribute to Tony Cabardo
By Sonny Melencio
Tony Cabardo, a long-time political activist and fighter for socialism and democracy in the Philippines, died of cancer in Manila on January 19. He was 43e years old and had spent most of his life in
By James D. Thompson
Sudan's rebel forces are on the offensive and are reported to have seized large areas in the eastern part of the country. Their success may be due in part to covert backing from the United States government, which has its own
The costs of school privatisation
By Marina Cameron
The sinister side of the government push towards school privatisation reared its head in early January when the Sydney Morning Herald reported large fee increases planned by Sydney's private
BHP could profitably keep its Newcastle steelworks open, according to ROY GREEN of the Employment Studies Centre at Newcastle University. Green Left Weekly's ANDREW TSIREPAS and ALEX BAINBRIDGE spoke to him about the implications of BHP's claims that
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