Indonesia plays delaying game with East Timor
By Jon Land
United Nations-sponsored talks between Indonesia and Portugal on the future of East Timor, which took place March 9-11, resulted in Indonesia agreeing to allow some form of direct ballot
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Feminist Cabaret Resist
By Karen Fletcher
BRISBANE The Resistance Centre hosted the second in its monthly series of political cabarets, Cabaret Resist, on March 19 — a special all-women line-up in honour of International Women's Day. "This
Early Williamson packs a punch
The RemovalistsBy David Williamson New Theatre, NewtownFriday-Sunday until 1 May
Review by Helen Jarvis
Written nearly 30 years ago, and becoming David Williamson's first major success in Australia before going
Letters to the editor
Bogus environment parties
We, the undersigned environment groups, are writing to warn voters concerned about environment protection who may be thinking of voting for new small political parties with nice environmental names
Residents resist McDonald's
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — Residents in the Moreland area are fighting attempts by fast food giant McDonald's to build an outlet on the site of a 110-year old house. The house, at 1 Sussex St, Coburg, is the
Correction
The letter attributed to Mary Merkenich on Makhno printed in the last issue of GLW was actually written by Chris Slee. GLW apologies for the error.
Correction
The article "Why Howard wants zero tolerance policing" in the last issue of Green Left Weekly referred to the Northern Territory government running zero tolerance policing trials in 1988. The trials were run in 1998.
By Natalie Zirngast and Larisa Freiverts
The latest assault on feminism comes from a woman who is herself billed as a "feminist". Wendy Shalit, interviewed by the Sydney Morning Herald on March 5, has written a book titled A Return to Modesty:
More Jabiluka protesters face court
DARWIN — Three university students — Michael Williams, Wendy Edwards and Rebecca Nissim — go to court on March 22 on four charges arising from their participation in a "lock-on" protest at the Energy
Rights wins Salvadoran election
On March 10, the Salvadoran Supreme Electoral Tribunal officially certified Francisco Flores, of the right-wing Republican Nationalist Alliance (ARENA), as the winner of the March 7 presidential elections. Flores won