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By Frank Noakes LONDON — Shattered glass underfoot, the muffled explosion of another car igniting, the sound of running feet, the smashing of a Molotov cocktail; more fire; shouts and the smell of fear; the baton charge. Next night, the same.
By Michael O'Reilly MELBOURNE — When Victorian education minister Don Hayward, a former executive with General Motors, outlined his horrendous program of education cuts on November 20, the reaction from teachers, parents and students was one
By Jo Brown MELBOURNE — Many of the schools being closed do not fit the guidelines of falling enrolments, and some number seem to have been targeted for their radical programs catering for disadvantaged students. Northland Secondary
By Nick Everett Abel Gutterres is a leading representative of Fretilin, the liberation organisation of East Timor, based in Melbourne. He spoke to Green Left Weekly about the imprisonment of Xanana Gusmao by Indonesian troops and the December
Radio Highlights 'Round Midnight: The Asian Connection — British Asian singer Shiela Chandra talks to Jaslyn Hall's weekly black music program about her new album Weaving My Ancestors Voices. A live concert featuring Pakistani qwaali singer
Who else 'profits'? The first thing that needs to be said about the archaic High Court decision ruling the independent left MP for Wills, Phil Cleary, invalid for office is that it need not have been made. The court might instead have found in
East Timor has been occupied by Indonesia for 17 years. On December 17 this year Portugal and Indonesia will be holding negotiations at UN headquarters in New York over East Timor. Gusmao, 46, a poet, journalist, and graduate of the Catholic
By Dave Wright DELORAINE, Tasmania — The first international temperate forest conference held on November 16-17 was attended by over 100 people from around Australia and overseas, including Chile, the United States and New Zealand. Keynote
New step toward criminalisation of abortion in Poland By Cyril Smuga On October 22, a special commission set up to study the proposed law on "the juridical protection of conceived children" voted 12-6 to recommend that the proposal be adopted
By Michael Arnold FREMANTLE — 1600 people attended a public meeting at John Curtin High in Fremantle on Sunday November 22. The meeting had been organised by the family of Joe Dethridge, who had his jaw broken in custody in May. The

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