BY ANDY GIANNIOTIS
SYDNEY With the demise of the Refugee Action Collective, members
of the International Federation of Iraqi and Iranian Refugees (IFIR), the
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) and independent anti-racist activists
have
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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 Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522.
Access News — Melbourne community TV,
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Over the last decade the ability of women to access abortion services in Australia has become increasingly difficult due to government funding cutbacks and protests by the religious right outside abortion clinics.
In this context the
BY JON LAND
Imagine someone referring to prime minister John Howard and his foreign minister, Alexander Downer, as "more generous than Mother Theresa". You wouldn't be surprised if it came from a Coalition backbencher — but these are the precise
BY ZANNY BEGG
SYDNEY — The Department of Corrective Services has released statistics for the September quarter on imprisonment rates in Australia. These figures show that the average daily number of people in prison has steadily increased from
BY CHRISTOPHER PERKINS
WOLLONGONG — Teachers and library staff at TAFE's Illawarra Institute of Technology are taking action against attacks which have flowed from repeated budget cuts by the NSW Labor government.
TAFE library staff, members of
BY SUE BULL
GEELONG — Following the demise of Wainwright's Tree in September 1999, this city has desperately needed a progressive bookshop and activist centre. The Democratic Socialist Party, Resistance and Green Left Weekly have announced that
Adelaide: Feb 17, noon-2pm. Women's Studies Resource Centre, 64 Pennington Tce, Nth Adelaide. Ph 8231 6982.
Brisbane: International Women's Day Collective meeting. Mon Feb 12, 6.30pm. TLC Bldg, 16 Peel St, Sth Brisbane. All women welcome. Ph 3831
BY KAREN FLETCHER
BRISBANE — The Brisbane M1 Alliance has pledged to build a peaceful mass blockade of the Brisbane office of the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) on May 1 and bring the business of neo-liberal globalisation to a standstill for a
BY EVA CHENG
The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) has taken an extraordinary series of measures to contribute to the efforts to relieve the devastating impact of the January 26 earthquake in Gujarat, in India's north west.
The
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