By Dave Riley
Earlier this year, I set up New World Order Theatre in Brisbane. There was no manifesto to mark its birth, nor raving reviews to greet its first production. It happened, like so many things, because it seemed like a good idea at the
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Mining still threatens Great Barrier Reef
By Francesca Davis
On August 19, federal environment minister Robert Hill announced new regulations to ban mining and drilling on the Great Barrier Reef. The move will not, however, stop three proposed
Stop the attacks on ATSIC
The federal government has been busy preparing the ground for another round of attacks on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC), and Aboriginal people in general.
Recent new allegations of rorting
By Norm Dixon
Controversial Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol) MP and Eastern Highlands provincial Governor Peti Lafanama was stripped of his seat in the Papua New Guinea parliament on August 28. The PNG Supreme Court ruled that statements made by
...and ain't i a woman?: Every worker's right
On August 23, a strong campaigner for equal opportunity for women in the workplace died of cancer. Clare Burton's research and writings — some of the most influential of which are collected in The
Militant's anti-racist student 'united' front
Comment by Kerryn Williamsand Jorge Jorquera
MELBOURNE — The recent growth in anti-racist organisation among high school students has been set back here by the sectarian political intervention of
For actions, not words, against racism
MARINA CARMAN, Resistance national anti-racism spokesperson, answers questions about Resistance's approach to fighting One Nation and racism. Question: Why is fighting racism a political issue? Why doesn't
By James Vassilopoulos
The rise of the racist, anti-worker One Nation presents a big challenge to the union movement. The federal election will be a further test after the 23% statewide vote One Nation received in the Queensland elections. Unions,
Diana fever
Welcome to Green Left Weekly — a paper that is a Diana-free zone. If you were hoping to find a seven-part series on the life and times of Di as you scanned these pages, along with glamour posters and special details on how to win a
Students put Kennett on spot
By Brendan Meilak
MELBOURNE — On September 2, TAFE students from across Victoria assembled at the Peninsula TAFE in Frankston to tell premier Jeff Kennett what they think of his funding cuts to the TAFE system. More
By Stephen O'Brien
NEWCASTLE — The Democratic Socialists will accept the challenge issued by Bob Baldwin, Liberal MP for the Hunter Valley seat of Paterson. Baldwin warned last month that if Resistance ran in his seat he would buck Liberal Party
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