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Thousands march to reclaim the night

By Margaret Allum While the traditional focus of Reclaim the Night marches has been on violence against women, some RTN collectives this year included a broad range of demands relating to women's right. Marches were held around the country on

Chilean community demands prosecution of Pinochet

Chilean community demands prosecution of Pinochet By Lara Pullin CANBERRA — The arrest in Britain of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet has produced an eruption of anger and grief among survivors of his regime. The Latin American

Dispossession and Aboriginal health

Dispossession and Aboriginal health By Dr Ben Bartlett Aboriginal adult mortality rates are the highest in the world, apart from regions gripped by war. In the Northern Territory, infant and child mortality remains three times that of other

Resistance to launch magazine in

Resistance to launch magazine in Green Left By Sean Healy Resistance is to have a new five-page magazine each week within Green Left Weekly, beginning next issue. Green Left Weekly's back cover and four pages inside will be made available to

Good riddance, Miss Australia Quest

Good riddance, Miss Australia Quest By Michele Wickham The announcement last week that the final Miss Australia will be crowned in 2000 marks the close of one of the most recognised "close" competitions, which has been running in Australia since

Pakistani scholar assassinated

Pakistani scholar assassinated By Nadeem Ansari Early on the morning of October 17, a prominent and renowned scholar, Hakim Mohammad Saeed (78) was assassinated near his clinic in Karachi. Hakim Saeed was the founding president of the Hamdard

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News —

Belgian cabin crews take action over refugee murder

Belgian cabin crews take action over refugee murder Belgian cabin crews take action over refugee murder By Rina Anticich On September 21, Semira Adamu, a 20-year-old Nigerian woman, was murdered by her police escort while awaiting deportation

Romantics and revolutionaries

The Romantic Exiles: A Nineteenth Century Portrait GalleryBy E.H. Carr 1998, Serif. 343 pp., $34.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon "He raised aloft the banner of revolution", wrote Lenin. Trotsky admired his identification with the oppressed and read

Write on: letters to the editor

Palestine Rashid Haifawi writes in GLW #338 that I am "becoming emotional, irrational, harsh and completely detached from the reality of Israel's occupation and the enormous difficulties the Palestinian Authority is facing". Thank you, Rashid,

... and ain't I a woman?: Different methods, same message

... and ain't I a woman?: Different methods, same message The sniper-style murder of another US abortion provider confirms the systematic nature of the recent campaigns by North American anti-choice fanatics to deny women access to abortion

This week in history

This week in history November 7, 1837: US abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy killed by racist mob The slave system in southern US states during the 19th century led to a growing "abolitionist" movement agitating for the compulsory emancipation of