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Labor rolled on student solidarity CANBERRA — Following heated debate, the University of Canberra Students Association has given its support to the April 2001 Student Solidarity Conference. Motions to the general committee called for

EAST TIMOR: Australian companies plunder oil

Companies operating in the oil and natural gas rich Timor Gap include some of the largest multinational and Australian-based energy corporations. Anglo-Dutch giant Shell, US-based Phillips Petroleum and Australian players such as Woodside Energy and

Iraqi communist arrested

Hawree Latif was killed on July 14 when forces from the ruling Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) attacked the offices of the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (WCPI) in Suleimaniah, Iraqi Kurdistan. On October 27, Hawree's brother, Aram Latif, was

Heroin use: beyond 'zero tolerance'

BY MATTHEW DAVIS As risk factors — like unemployment, poverty and homelessness — rise, so too does the prevalence of heroin use. In Western Australia, official 1997 figures estimate that there are between 43,200 and 57,600 active heroin

Sipho McHunu and Johnny Clegg: Universal men with a universal message

South Africa in the mid-'70s was a deeply oppressive society. Apartheid repression was at its height and rigid racial segregation was the law. So when Sipho Mchunu, an illiterate black gardener from rural Zululand, and Johnny Clegg, a white

Race and class in the US: The Palestinian intifada

The current intifada in Palestine against Israeli occupation is clarifying United States policy towards the Middle East for those who thought President Bill Clinton was acting as a non-partisan mediator. Washington is 100% behind the Israeli state

Palestinians fight apartheid

exports, taxes, farmers, Elmer Berger, American, United States, SIMON BUTLER"> Palestinians fight apartheid BY SIMON BUTLER Over the past month Palestinians have once again risen up in defiance of their national oppression by the Israeli

Cream-pie thrower charged

S11 activist, Marcus Brumer who cream-pied the Victorian Premier Steve Bracks last week is facing five charges after being arrested at his Upwey home on October 31. He was taken by two members of the Protective Security Intelligence Group to the

The nights of the long batons

MELBOURNE — Premier Steve Bracks and the commanders of the Victoria Police are under heavy fire for their backing of violent assaults on peaceful S11 protesters during the September 11-13 blockade of the World Economic Forum's summit in the Crown

FairWear targets big retailers

BY JUSTINE KAMPRAD MELBOURNE — Last week FairWare activists held lively protest actions against the Australian Retailers Association (ARA), marking a change in the focus of the FairWear campaign. ARA-affiliated companies control over 70% of the

The Greens' view of S11

As a contribution to a big picture still being put together in countless publications, videos and photo essays, S11 Spring has its place. However, there is little analysis of what made S11 a success.

SERBIA: The anti-Milosevic uprising: coup or revolution?

BY MICHAEL KARADJIS The ouster of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic's regime was the result of two overlapping events. The first was a rearrangement of power within the ruling elite, replacing a tainted Milosevic with Vojislav Kostunica,