By Peter Gellert
MEXICO CITY — October 2 was the 30th anniversary of the bloody suppression of the Mexican student movement, when the army opened fire on a demonstration in the Plaza of the Three Cultures in the Tlatelolco housing complex. For
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20th anniversary of Reclaim the Night
By Michele Wickham
SYDNEY — The Reclaim the Night organising collective here will mark its 20th anniversary on October 30 with a march and rally on the theme "Hands off — our bodies are ours". With these
Carr's public transport hypocrisy
By Jenny Long
SYDNEY — A last-minute deal saved the face of the state Labor government during NSW's inaugural Public Transport Week, October 5-11, when the railways unions called off a planned 24-hour strike.
Secondary students protest prison spending
SAN LEANDRO, California — On October 2,
thousands of high school students in San Leandro left their
classrooms to protest against too much state spending on
prisons and too little on schools.
Privatisation
Come gather round children and sit on the floor,I'm sorry there aren't any chairs any more.Take this rag, little Johnny, wipe the tears from your eyes,The news is our nursery has been privatised.What's that, Helen darling, oh where
Write on: Letters to the editor
Head On
I refer to the review of the film Head On ("Ethnicity, class and sexuality collide head on", GLW September 30) by Conrad Barnett and Natalie Wood: "Ari (Alex Dimitriades) takes us on a 24-hour bender and