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Green Left Weekly defies council ban

BY KAMALA EMANUEL HOBART — Hobart City Council has been placed under pressure by the continuing distribution of Green Left Weekly in the Elizabeth Street Mall, despite a ban upheld by the council on November 26. The intent behind the motion

CENTRAL ASIA: The Afghan war and the scramble for oil

BY EVA CHENG Afghanistan's proximity to the Caspian region has fuelled speculation that US President George Bush's bombing, and now invasion, of the country has been motivated primarily by a desire for control of the Caspian's rich oil and gas

'Peace is possible'

BRISBANE —."Aboriginal and Torres Strait peoples have had a strong relationship with Green Left Weekly over the years", indigenous leader Sam Watson told 80 GLW supporters on December 1. The audience had gathered to enjoy food and entertainment

Where to now for the Socialist Alliance?

BY JOHN PASSANT For me it was the defining image of the year — Bob Carr on the steps of the NSW Parliament House giving the finger to unionists protesting against his workers' compensation cuts. It captured the ALP's contempt for ordinary

Tibetans protest 'propaganda tour'

BY SEAN HEALY SYDNEY — Supporters of Tibetan independence have claimed a "small victory" against China's occupation of the country after a cultural exhibition they called a "propaganda tour" was cancelled early. Thirty people, including

Activists stage DIMA protest

BY KATIE NEVILLE MELBOURNE — Reacting to a crackdown on asylum seekers in the Maribyrnong detention centre, 20 activists from the Refugee Action Collective staged a protest action outside the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs'

'Throw the whole thing open'

BY SARAH STEPHEN Amnesty International's refugee coordinator, Dr Graham Thom, and former Labor Senator and United Nations Association of Australia president Professor Margaret Reynolds are among those who have backed a call for a royal commission

SPAIN: Millions of students strike

BY MIRIAM MUNICIO More than two and a half million students in the schools and universities answered a strike call all over Spain on November 28, 200,000 of them pouring onto the streets to support demonstrations organised by the Marxist-led

Detention of children to come under spotlight

BY SARAH STEPHEN Human rights commissioner Sev Ozdowski announced on November 28 that he would conduct an inquiry into the effect of immigration detention on children, in particular investigating whether Australia's detention practices are in

Human Rights Day rally to oppose war

BY NICK EVERETT SYDNEY — Thousands are expected to attend an International Human Rights Day rally, march and festival on December 9, which organisers the Network Opposing War and Racism say will both oppose the carnage in Afghanistan and express

Museworthy: Fanta Babies

Fanta Babies There are all sorts of breasts in the world Girls wearing mud breaststo induce the growth of their own Silicone for the dissatisfied, the sorcerous Hormones for the boys — soft twelve-year-old breasts And in this one very

Union condemns Israeli 'apartheid'

BY NOREEN NAVIN SYDNEY — The New South Wales Teachers Federation is in the midst of a bitter dispute over the stance the union has taken on Israel's occupation of Palestine, with the federation's executive standing by its opposition to Israeli