Jose Ramos Horta, the special representative of the National Council of Maubere Resistance (CNRM), has condemned the Australian government over the country's increasing military ties with Indonesia's "regime of terror", and described the minister for
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Women oppose new Criminal CodeBrisbane — A broad coalition of women's and legal groups has been formed to expose the inequities for women in the proposed new Criminal Code and to stop the Queensland government from
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Corporate sponsorship of schools growingSYDNEY — A report presented to the national conference of the Australian Education Union on January 20 revealed that corporate sponsorship of schools is expanding in all states,
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Pornography and sexual violenceThe question of pornography and sexual violence has often been debated in Green Left Weekly. Whether pornography has a causal link with sexual violence is crucial to broader questions of
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Peter Montague The computer industry revealed an illuminating use of risk assessment recently. On November 24, the New York Times announced discovery of a bug in the Pentium computer chip, the flagship product of the giant Intel Corporation, the
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Roger Clarke (GLW #174) claims that the Democratic Socialist Party has an inconsistent approach to the ALP, ie, that we characterise it as a capitalist party, but we also recognise that in some conditions it may be
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In direct response to the battle over the federal government's woodchip export licences decision, the environment movement will be back on the streets of most of the nation's capitals over the next two weeks. The plans for
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ADELAIDE — 1000 public sector workers from the miscellaneous division of the Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union unanimously rejected the Liberal government's meagre enterprise bargaining pay offer at a stop-work meeting on February
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Movie: Indochine (1992) — The turbulent relationship between a French mother and her adopted Vietnamese daughter against the backdrop of the growing liberation struggle in the 1930s. ABC TV, Friday, February 17, 8.30pm. Actively Radical TV —
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End woodchipping The "Independent Environment Coalition" has sprung up in Byron Bay, with local action on major environmental policy. Convenor and film-maker, Bob Cummins, wants to see big changes in economic policies to rescue farmland and
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Green Left Weekly Users' Guide Dave Riley I want to explain all about Green Left Weekly so that you can get into its very vitals. Vitals are what makes a newspaper project like this healthy and regular. Anyone can bring out a
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On December 30, two Brookline (Boston), Massachusetts, reproductive health clinics suffered the cold-blooded murders of two women. The women fatally shot were 25-year-old Shannon Lowney and 38-year-old Lee Ann Nichols, who worked as receptionists for
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Green Left Weekly has passed a further milestone in its publishing as an independent progressive newspaper. Recently, the millionth copy rolled off the presses. Sometime late in 1994, Green Left entered a very exclusive club of progressive
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SYDNEY — "After four years of Coalition government, NSW is a more unjust and degraded society. The Fahey-Greiner government has consolidated the anti-people, anti-environment project begun in the 1970s and 80s by the state
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Last year, the socialist youth organisation Resistance launched an Australia-wide campaign in support of East Timor's independence. The highlight of the campaign was the October 15 National Day of Action, mobilising 1300 high
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Oodgeroo Noonuccal — One of Australia's greatest poets, Noonuccal published her first book, We Are Going, in 1964. Much of her work was inspired by her search for her Aboriginal identity. She was recorded reading her poems shortly before her death
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Looking out: Setting the record 'straight'"The bombardment of negative imagery is not only having a devastating effect on blacks', especially black youths', view of themselves, but also on how others see them." —
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You could be excused for not knowing it, but the ACTU has some policy positions that are relevant and useful in the current debate about woodchipping. Sadly, the peak union body is being unusually reticent about expressing
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ADELAIDE — On February 8 members of Sydney's campaign against the third runway treated people in Rundle Mall to tape recordings of aircraft noise as part of a national tour to highlight how intolerable the noise is. The demonstration aimed to
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Speak-out calls for forests and jobsSYDNEY—A lively speak-out of some 500 people on February 9 finished with the chant, "Jobs not woodchips, stop the logging now". The speak-out, initiated by Resistance and
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WA DSS delegates oppose redundanciesPERTH — Community and Public Sector Union delegates in the Department of Social Security decided on February 7 to oppose redundancies proposed by DSS Area North (covering the
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Mercury spill at hospitals covered up by unionsBRISBANE — Reports last year in Green Left Weekly of mercury hazards to workers at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, are confirmed by a state government report submitted to the
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MELBOURNE — On February 10, some 20,000 angry people gathered in the City Square to demonstrate against the Grand Prix in Albert Park. Organised by the Save Albert Park Group (SAPG), the protest heard from a range of speakers
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Arbitration in DEET dispute By Paul O'Brien CANBERRA — Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) staff in the ACT voted for a national delegates committee recommendation to lift all bans and other industrial action on
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Agency bargaining scrapes throughCANBERRA — An agency bargaining agreement has been narrowly accepted by members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) in the federal Department of Human Services and Health. With
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Hobart anti-woodchipping meetingHOBART — A "Stand up for the Forests" public meeting called by the Wilderness Society on February 7 attracted more than 900 people. While only 400 could squeeze into the hall, another
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No exceptions "Anything is available to be sold if the price is right." — Ron Ward, general manager of TNT Harbourlink, which owns the Sydney monorail, on suggestions that the eyesore might be removed by government. Read my intentions "We
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CANBERRA – Our world is in crisis. The world's resources are mined in an unsustainable way, more and more of arable land is becoming unproductive, the climate of the earth is under threat and the distance between rich and poor is increasing inside each country and between countries.
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The federal government's capitulation to the timber industry on the pretext of "protecting jobs" has come under increasing criticism. One respected researcher, Dr Clive Hamilton, argues that protection of the 509 coupes would not
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A tax by any other name The federal government's current hyperbole promoting a carbon tax is gradually being revealed as nothing but a cynical exercise in revenue raising. The Labor government is seeking to exploit the perfectly sensible
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The Nama Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) of Sri Lanka was formed in 1977 by people who were a faction within the Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP). In the 1960s the LSSP had a very large base within the working class and among peasants. However, during its
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Political prisoners in ChileAfter a year of investigation, the Chilean section of the International Association Against Torture (IAAT) has evidence that the cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of political prisoners
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Swedish author Hans Andersson has fought against neo-Nazism for many, many years. This involves publishing books about organisations whose sole desire is to remain unknown to the public. This naturally creates certain
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An unprecedented development is evident in Israel. A challenge is being mounted to the founding ideology of the state, Zionism. A key factor in this challenge has been the writings of what have been called the new or revisionist Israeli historians.
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With the support of many pro-labour Democrats, Congress overwhelmingly ratified the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the new worldwide free trade agreement. One reason for the big Democratic "yes" vote was that,
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MOSCOW — During the Gorbachev years, the popular Russian journalist Alexander Kabakov published a science fiction story entitled The Non-Returnee, in which he described the horrors of life after
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Reprinted here are parts of a faxed letter to Matthew J. James, associate professor and chair of the Department of Geology at Sonoma State University in California. It was sent by Macarena Green, a biologist now in the Galapagos Islands. The islands,
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Catholic university bars gay group A gay and lesbian student group at the University of Notre Dame in the US state of Indiana has been told by administrators that it can no longer meet at the school. University officials confirmed that Gays
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The last dance The Last Supper Canada, 1994 Directed by Cynthia Roberts Starring Ken McDougall Reviewed by Jennifer Thompson The Last Supper promises to be one of the highlights of the 1995 Mardi Gras Film Festival. It takes the
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Strawberry and Chocolate By Thomas Gutierrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio Showing in Sydney's Mardi Gras Film Festival, February 16-26 To be followed by seasons in Sydney and Melbourne Reviewed by Peter Boyle Several recent movies have
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Sustaining Our Forests By Kara Joss 1994. 121 pp. $15 Reviewed by Lisa Macdonald Sustaining Our Forests is a much needed and very useful resource for both the novice and the well informed on forest conservation in Australia. The product of
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Conspiracy Directed by Daryl Dellora Written by Daryl Dellora and Ian Wansbrough Produced by Sue Maslin Film Art Doco (1994) Screening on ABC TV, Sunday, February 19, 8.30pm Reviewed by Norm Dixon February 13 was the 17th anniversary
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Calendars aid Cuban childrenLast October I launched a 1995 calendar featuring seven of my Cuban drawings as a fundraiser for the children of Cuba. I am immensely pleased to announce that, with the help of
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Blues Fell This Morning: Meaning in the Blues By Paul Oliver Cambridge University Press, 1994. 384 pp., $18.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon Discovering the blues can be a life-altering revelation. A Bessie Smith record on ABC radio 20-odd
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Women with a message Difficult Women With Linn Van Hek and Joe Dolce At Budinski's Theatre of Exile, Carlton, until February 25 Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey Following successful seasons and the Edinburgh and Vancouver Arts Festivals,