BY NOREEN NAVIN
Despite incredibly short notice it was inspiring to hear the Labor Council call for a blockade of parliament. It reminded me of the unity and successes of S11 and M1 where we collectively demonstrated the power of people and the
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The Australian Senate passed the following motion, moved by Australian Greens Senator Bob Brown, on June 19:
That the Senate:
a) notes the police raid that resulted in the unlawful detention of 32 foreigners (including 20 Australians) attending a
By Danny Fairfax
On November 30, 1999, 75,000 people converged on Seattle to successfully stop the World Trade Organisation trade talks. Taking inspiration from that momentous event, similar actions have taken place around the world in opposition
BY SEAN HEALY
SYDNEY — The giant transnational corporations will come under the spotlight in September, when more than 100 academics, researchers and activists from across the region gather here for the third conference of the Asia-Pacific
REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM
Me, You, ThemDirected by Andrucha WaddingtonWith Regina Case, Lima Duarte, Stenio Garcia and Luiz Carlos VasconcelosScreened at the Sydney Film Festival, June 6-22
If you saw Central Station, you'll have an idea of the
Sexism and racism
"nigger, n. 1. Disparaging and offensive. a. a black person. b. a member of any dark-skinned people. 2. to criticize in a peevish way; carp... -niggler. n." — Webster's College Dictionary.
The "n-word": I find it so offensive
BY NICK EVERETT & REBECCA MECKELBURG
BANDUNG — Police have arrested six members of the radical People's Democratic Party (PRD) in West Java, in an attempt to repress the largest strike the Indonesian province has seen since the coming to power of
pregnant, women, sport, Trevor Mudge, Australian Medical
Association, Pam Smith, Karen Eustace, United States, foetus,
Lynch v Lynch, ALISON DELLIT">
and ain't I a woman: Why Netball Australia got it wrong
On June 18, Netball Australia took
On June 6, dozens of Israeli settlers entered Luban a-Sharqiya and a-Sawiya, two Palestinian villages in the Nablus district of the West Bank, both of which are under complete Israeli security control, and burned agricultural fields, a hothouse, a
BY IGGY KIM
SYDNEY — The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Engineering Union organised a protest outside the South Korean consulate on June 20, in solidarity with the Korean Construction Transportation Trade Union, which organises
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