Abortion rallies
Public actions were held around the country on April 3 and 4 to demand the repeal of all abortion laws. The actions were in solidarity with the pro-choice movement in WA, where parliament is debating legislation to change the legal
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By Norm Dixon
The Bougainville Freedom Movement is concerned at the New Zealand government's announced intention to scale back its role in the truce monitoring group (TMG) on Bougainville, and offer Australia leadership of the force. Under the
By Chris Latham
The speech and hearing faculty at Curtin University has approached the vice-chancellor for permission to charge up-front fees for domestic undergraduate students. The threat of up-front fees is not new at Curtin. In 1997, the
Newcastle Resistance Centre to move
NEWCASTLE — The Resistance Centre in Newcastle will relocate following a successful fundraising campaign. The new centre, located in unit 19 of the same arcade as at present, will open on April 16. A launch on
We're taking a break
Green Left Weekly is taking a break from publication next week so that the activists involved in the paper's production and distribution can attend the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference in Sydney over the Easter weekend
100 years of Bertolt Brecht
By Eric Singh
BERLIN — Germany is going through a Bertolt Brecht "epidemic". Old Brecht would have laughed his guts out if he had seen all the activities sweeping throughout this country to mark his 100th birthday on
By Pauline O'Brian
On February 26, the Howard government announced the replacement of the Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) with a system of private job-market brokerage firms, the "Job Network", to commence on May 1. The new system relies on
By Jon Land
The people of East Timor and supporters of its struggle for freedom have been saddened by the tragic news of the death of Nino Konis Santana. Resistance sources announced on March 30 that Santana, commander of Falintil (the armed wing
By Kim Bullimore
There is a trend within the student press of more blatantly sexist articles and reporting. Last year the University of Canberra's student newspaper, Curio, published an article titled "Chicks you wanna punch in the face". It listed
East Timor solidarity
ADELAIDE — Artist Robyn Francis spoke with much feeling about the plight of East Timor under Indonesian occupation to 70 people at public meeting on March 29, organised by the Campaign for an Independent East Timor.
Hong Kong protest against unemployment
HONG KONG — Hong Kong Voice of Democracy has reported that about 15 activists staged a courageous protest in mid-March against Beijing's arrest of Chinese workers who were organising against unemployment and
Protests greet Argentinean president
By Roque Grillo
SYDNEY — On March 30, six days after the 22nd anniversary of the 1976 military coup in Argentina, members and supporters of the Australian support groups for Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de
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