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
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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
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
US band Spearhead are one of the most radical voices in popular music. Spearhead's Michael Franti talked to MARK BROWN and JO HARVIE about the politics behind Stay Human, the band's critically acclaimed new album.
Stay Human is a powerful attack on
Tuerkan Uzun, the editor and owner of a company which publishes an anti-capitalist newspaper and pamphlets in Turkey, faces prosecution in the country's State Security Court for breaching the country's anti-terrorist law.
Uzun has been charged for
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
BY PAUL BENEDEK& TAMARA PEARSON
SYDNEY — Five Parramatta City Council officers, accompanied by two police, on June 15 ordered a display, which featured graphic photographs of the conditions inside one of Australia's concentration camps for
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