Punishing the poor
The Pauline Hanson/John Howard/Bettina Arndt pact has been sealed in blood. Not their blood, of course, but that of sole mothers who are being sacrificed on the altar of "family values". Hanson on July 16 called for the
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Media beat-up on anti-Hanson 'violence'
By Trish Corcoran
MELBOURNE — The 2000 anti-racists who gathered at the Hawthorn Town Hall to protest outside a meeting to be addressed by Pauline Hanson on July 19 outnumbered those who came to hear her
Spreading protests undermine Indonesian military
By Max Lane
Eight weeks after the forced resignation of President Suharto, a strong campaign by human rights groups has forced the Habibie-Wiranto regime to admit that the elite commando corps,
By Sarah Lantz
The youth allowance, introduced on July 1, was sold by the federal government as "more flexible" and "simpler". In fact, it is yet another attempt to regulate, normalise and circumscribe the "deviant". The tight eligibility criteria
'Expertise'
The following were some of the main on-camera "experts" in Against Nature:
Professor Wilfred Beckerman, identified as "a former member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution" (in 1970-73).
Nowhere was it indicated that
Editorial: Green Left Weekly — proudly outspoken
Whether this is your first copy of Green Left Weekly or your 150th, you'll notice this newspaper is rather different from the rest. We're proudly anti-racist, proudly pro-environment, proudly
By Jim Green
Anti-Hanson, anti-racist protests — in particular the secondary school walkouts organised by Resistance — have received a deluge of media attention in recent weeks. Nowhere has this been more than in Sydney, following an
Solidarity helps Zapatistas rebuild
By Lynda Hansen
BRISBANE — Tucson-based author and solidarity activist Martin Taylor addressed a meeting here on July 16 after touring refugee camps and autonomous communities of Chiapas state in southern
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — According to Kemerovo province governor Aman Tuleyev in a broadcast on July 14, everyone in the city of Yurga condemned the local workers who were blocking the tracks of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Furthermore, Tuleyev
Loose cannons
Hallowed tradition
"I don't see why we should break with tradition; that is, we should re-endorse sitting senators." — NSW Labor Senator Michael Forshaw, facing a challenge for his position from TWU chief Stephen Hutchins.
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