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By Barry Sheppard
One of America's longest-standing political prisoners was finally released on US$25,000 bail on June 10, when a judge found that his conviction on a murder charge was seriously tainted. The frame-up of Geronimo Pratt was part
Resistance solidarity
@box text intro = [The following message to striking coal miners was sent by the Resistance 26th National Conference, meeting in Melbourne, on July 5.]
We read today of your success [preventing Rio Tinto from moving
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — This is "a great day for Australia in terms of civil rights", visiting US former Black Panther Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin told a media conference here on July 11, after his release from jail. Earlier that day, the
By Susan Laszlo and Bernadette Mullholland
The federal government's 1996 and 1997 budget cuts to community child-care make clear its intention to dismantle the not-for-profit sector, now in its 25th year. The attack is accompanied by the lie
By June McKay
CANBERRA — Simon Jarman, the secretary of the ACT branch of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), announced his resignation on July 1. Jarman had been elected in November 1996, narrowly defeating the incumbent, Cath
Editorial: A dishonest response
A dishonest response
@box text intro = Prime Minister John Howard, speaking on Thursday Island on July 9, responded to criticism of his government's record on race issues by thumping the nationalist tub. "...
Bougainville solidarity
@box text intro = [The following is from a letter to Hunter coal strikers from the Bougainville Freedom Movement.]
We wish to congratulate you and extend our solidarity with you in your fight against Rio Tinto
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — When Russian voters in December 1995 gave Communists and other opponents of the government a majority in the State Duma, there seemed every reason to expect that if President Boris Yeltsin were re-elected in
Racist Attacks on Aboriginal building
NEWCASTLE — The new Mindaribba Local Lands Council building in Metford has been the target of racist attacks in the past six weeks.
In the first incident, which occurred around the time of Pauline
The ghost of Egon Erwin KischThe ghost of Egon Erwin Kisch
For months I've been hankering to name drop. All I needed was an excuse. Now, thanks to this country's immigration policies, my patience has been vindicated and I can mention my
Tomorrow ... defended
"Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." — Bertholt Brecht.
Did Phil Shannon [book review, GLW, June 4] forget? Tomorrow ... was not a history of the Communist Party of
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