SOUTH AFRICA: Land reform blocked
JOHANNESBURG — The Zimbabwean land crisis presents South African activists with an opportunity to honestly review their country's land reform program to date. South Africa's post-apartheid land reform program was
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BY MELANIE SJOBERG
SYDNEY — The death of a 26-year-old student at the University of NSW has sparked anger on the campus about unsafe work practices. A lunchtime protest on the issues was held on May 18. UNSW has been undergoing construction work
Heat still on at Bondi Beach
SYDNEY — Protesters are maintaining their presence at the construction site of the Olympics beach volleyball stadium at Bondi Beach. Hundreds of people stopped at stalls on May 13 and 14 to sign a petition against the
BY CORRINNE BATT-RAWDEN AND TONY ILTIS
LISMORE — "Since John Howard said that there was no stolen generations, communities have gotten angry, and the people of Lismore have taken to the streets ... We can beat racism", Edda Lampis of the Northern
For a teacher in a remote area
This poem was written by an urban poor member of the People's Democratic Party and JAKER (see accompanying article). Don't careA speck of rainBody and bones freezing.
An old black bicyclePeddled by old feetHardly
UNITED STATES: Pressure grows to lift blockade against Cuba
The US Senate's Appropriations Committee voted on May 9 to lift the embargo on sales of food and medicine to Cuba. Supported by both houses of Congress, the move now has an excellent
NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT JUSTICE!
Sunday, March 28
Sydney
Join the "No reconciliation without justice" contingent in the Corroboree 2000 walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Rally at 10am, Clark Park, Lavender St, Milson Point to demand:
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Be part of the solution
The following speech was presented by JOHN PERCY to the May Day celebration
jointly organised by the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) and the Worker
Communist Party of Iraq at Granville Town Hall, Sydney, on May
HANOI — Pham Van Dong, one of Vietnam's most prominent revolutionary leaders, died on April 29 at the age of 94. Born in the central province of Quang Ngai, he began his revolutionary career in 1924 at the age of 18. Two years later he joined the
BY SARAH PEART
MELBOURNE — La Trobe University faces its gravest ever crisis. If a new, budget-cutting plan prepared by university management is implemented, it will mean the end of countless subjects across nearly all of the university's
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