[MELBOURNE — On May 11, the Socialist Alliance sponsored a trade union seminar, discussing, among other things, unions and political representation. This question of relating to political parties, and specifically the ALP, has been an increasing
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BY RUTH RATCLIFFE
DARWIN — Supporters of Green Left Weekly are once again having to defend their right to distribute the papers in public space. The latest attack on that right has come from Mindil Beach Sunset Markets Association (MBSMA).
GLW
and ain't i a woman?: Maternity leave divides conservatives
Feminists have long called on the government to provide women with maternity leave on full pay, but what was interesting about the debate leading up to this year's federal budget was
BY JOHN PILGER
LONDON Soon after New Labour came to power in 1997, the then foreign
secretary, Robin Cook, announced an ethical dimension to British foreign
policy. He said that the government will not issue an (arms) export licence
if
BY NEVILLE SPENCER
SYDNEY — On May 31, Cuba solidarity activists set up a Free the Cuban Five Committee with aim of supporting the worldwide campaign to free five Cubans sentenced to long prison terms in the US on espionage charges.
The five
BY STUART MUNCKTON
CANBERRA More than 100 students attended the Australian National
University Students' Association May 27 annual general meeting, at which
students voted to make opposition to mandatory detention and support for
asylum
BY JESS MELVIN
Tens of thousands of people around the country attended public meetings
featuring Tenzin Gyatso, Tibets 14th Dalai Lama, in late May. His May
20 Melbourne address attracted 9000 students.
Gyatso received the 1989 Nobel
BY DARREN JIGGINS
HOBART — "The small town community of Ranelagh has stood its ground at the commission hearing into the proposed Southwood woodchip mill", local activist Peter Cahill told Green Left Weekly. Forestry Tasmania is planning to build
BY FELICITY MEAKINS
Indigenous languages and the stolen generations were another casualty of the 2002-03 federal budget. The $7.2 million previously allocated to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) for preserving and
BY SARAH STEPHEN
The government is responsible for institutional child abuse, according
to a May report by two Melbourne organisations the Catholic Commission
for Justice Development and Peace (CCJDP) and the Western Young People's
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