and ain't i a woman: The Bandit Queen
July 25 marks the first anniversary of the murder of Phoolan Devi, who became known as India's "Bandit Queen". After completing it in 1995, Devi described her autobiography, I, Phoolan Devi: "It is an
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BY NICOLE HILDER
WOLLONGONG — In an eight-page glossy brochure delivered to northern Illawarra residents in May, Stocklands describes itself as "one of the most respected development and investment groups in Australia". Yet its Sandon Point
BY DALE MILLS
SYDNEY — "If you're under 30 and born in an Australian hospital, there is a permanent record of your blood which can be used for DNA profiling" a forum was told on July 17.
The meeting, titled "A Critical Forum on Surveillance and
Save womens studies at Deakin University!
GEELONG Despite a 20-year history of strong enrolments and a national
and international reputation, Deakin Universitys womens studies program
is about to be gutted. More than 800 students
US President George Bush needs another bloody Gulf War to win the mid-term US Congress elections in November. The serious shooting may start before or after that election, but the troops and the multi-billion dollar killing machines are already
On July 21, hundreds
of Green Left Weekly supporters around the country gathered to celebrate
the production of the 500th issue of GLW. Pictured is
Akasha performing at the GLW fiesta in Melbourne.
Photo by Peter Johnston.
From Green
BY
SUE BOLTON
The Federal Court will decide on July 22 or 23 whether to overturn
the suspension of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Unions Victorian
secretary Craig Johnston. Johnston was stood down by the AMWU national
office on
To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all">
The Oscar Wilde they never quote
REVIEW BY STUART MUNCKTON
The Importance of Being EarnestDirected Oliver ParkerStarring Rupert Everett, Colin Firth and Dame Judi
BY ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ
In April 2000, Aguas de Tanari, a large multinational corporation, was due to take over the privatised water works in Cochabamba. Water prices were to increase and laws were passed to make it illegal to catch and use rain
BY MUMIA ABU-JAMAL
"Somoza may be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch!" — US President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza.
There is something surreal about George W. Bush crowing to the world on May 20 about
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