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Reclaim the Night collective rejects exclusion Virginia Brown MELBOURNE — On October 8, the Reclaim the Night collective here passed a motion to reject a bid by some student movement activists (mainly from Left Alliance) to exclude men from
A head start that went to waste? Temper Democratic: How Exceptional is Australia?By Humphrey McqueenWakefield Press, 1998. 261 pp., $24.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Humphrey McQueen has been poking his Marxist nose into Australian society for
By Eva Cheng Despite a chain of summit meetings since early October among the world's most powerful countries, they remain far from a solution to the spreading economic crisis which, exploding first in July last year in Asia, is threatening to
Spit the dummy, why don't ya Like many of my comrades among the Greenly Left masses, I am prone to a wee bit of cynicism every now and then. There's nothing wrong with that. While ideals and the passion they engender may claim a fair share of
By Peter Boyle The socialist vote declined in the October 3 federal election, reflecting the swing back to the ALP in traditional Labor seats, where most of the 39 left candidates stood. The Greens and the Australian Democrats also suffered a
Jabiluka campaign moves to the cities By Pip Hinman The re-election of the Howard government hasn't fazed activists campaigning to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine. Plans to stop Energy Resources of Australia's (ERA) attempt to mine uranium in
Love, booze and social justice Upstairs @ Lamberti'sThe Hooligans Review by Barry Healy The Irish folk tradition is a broad church. It includes everything from the respectable, squeaky-clean Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem through to the
By Peter Montague The environmental movement is treading water and slowly drowning. There is abundant evidence that our efforts — and they have been formidable, even heroic — have largely failed. After 30 years of exceedingly hard work and
Advertisement Do you know anyone with a spare fridge? Following the arson attack on the Brisbane Resistance Centre last month, the local branch of the Democratic Socialist Party urgently needs to replace the refrigerator destroyed by the fire.
Educate, activate, organise By Kim Collins CANBERRA — Over the past two weeks, the Canberra branch of Resistance has been holding educational seminars on revolutionary politics. "Young people and revolutionary struggle: The experience of the

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