Actively Radical TV — This week's program, Bougainville: Australia's Genocidal War, features an interview with Moses Havini, representative of the Bougainville Interim Government. A short documentary looks at the history of colonialism in
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On January 29, 200 angry young people gathered in the city mall in Brisbane to protest against the decision by the federal government to extend woodchipping licences. Chanting "Jobs, not woodchips", they marched up and down
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The protest meeting Chairperson: Fellow environmentalists! As you may all be aware, the plight of the forests is at a critical stage. These facts will reverberate, if anywhere, then in the hearts of us all. Yes indeed, reverberate. We respond to
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For some time now, Green Left has been plugged into the information superhighway. Through the Pegasus network, we draw information and the occasional article and upload the text of the paper each week. Those with access have been able to read
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It is cold in the little cubicle that bears the number 38. It is January 11, and I am in the far end of H-Cell House. Ordering me into the filthy cell, the corrections officer (CO) said, "I'll give you some things to clean
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BRISBANE — The destruction of Papua New Guinea's rainforests through industrial-scale logging has reached crisis point, according to a group of four PNG forest campaigners who launched an Australian tour here on February 22. Launching the "Big
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Among NOAM CHOMSKY's public activities during his visit to Sydney was a press conference on January 19. An earlier issue of Green Left Weekly covered part of that conference; here JOHN TOGNOLINI excerpts Chomsky's replies to several questions on
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Since discovering what appears to be a major oil find in the Timor Gap in February 1994, Brisbane-based oil and gas company Petroz NL has been the focus of protests over Australian exploitation of the situation in East Timor.
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Men's liberation Men's Liberation and Men's Health go together for many men, as it is only when men really look at their health, that they realise how little they care for themselves, and other people. The current health and welfare systems are
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Later this month, a meeting in Berlin is scheduled to evaluate how well governments are doing in their commitment, made at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro three years ago, to reduce their emissions of
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SexualityThose publications euphemistically called "women's magazines" tend to prey on and propagate the worst of our insecurities — about our size, our shape, our ability to communicate, our employability, our culinary
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ADELAIDE — A committee has been set up to support the current peace process in Ireland, in the wake of the recent tour by Dodie McGuinness for Sinn Fein. Called the Australian Coalition for the Peace Process in Ireland, it aims to get motions
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SA girls' education under threatADELAIDE — One hundred people attended a meeting on February 16 to protest against the proposed closure of Port Adelaide Girls High School (PAGHS) at the end of 1995. The announcement
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In mid-1993, with little fanfare, 1680 scientists from 49 countries signed and published a "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity." Of these 1680 scientists, 104 were Nobel prize winners. Below, we print the text of their warning. Publication of the
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DARWIN — The Danila Dilba Aboriginal Medical Service in Darwin is facing a funding crisis. Barely able to pay its workers the fortnight's pay due last week, Danila Dilba may be forced to close its doors in the very near future. Danila Dilba is an
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The latest buzz word in industrial relations is "consultative committee". DAVE MIZON examines the issues. The concept of consultative committees is nothing new — they were used in the USA in the late '40s in an attempt to coopt workers and
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Burn Witch Burn — A comedy. John is entering a spectacular float in the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras. He is keeping it secret from flatmate Matthew, who has gone all right wing and paranoid. Rani discovers the giant float in the bathroom, disguised
News
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Progressives do well in ACT electionsCANBERRA — One week after the February 18 ACT elections, it is still uncertain who will govern. Either Liberal or Labor form a minority government. The final make-up of the ACT
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MELBOURNE — After spending $5 million in court costs, the Kennett government has finally admitted defeat and agreed to reopen Northlands Secondary College. The end of the battle came with a Supreme Court ruling that the Equal Opportunity Board
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From the brontosaurus's mouth "The ACTU secretary, Mr Bill Kelty, has warned that unions are doomed in Australia unless they stop being big bureaucratic organisations and get closer to both members and new recruits." — Sydney Morning Herald,
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MELBOURNE — The management of Caltex's Kurnell refinery launched an attack on wages and conditions in April 1994 with glossy brochures and a gaggle of US managers. Since then, process operators, members of the AWU state
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Health fears at Leigh CreekThe Leigh Creek Trust, a group of 130 former Leigh Creek residents and workers, is preparing for a Supreme Court class action against the Electricity Trust of South Australia (ETSA). Leigh
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The statement below is being circulated for signatures in the union movement. Its initial sponsors (as individuals) are Ian Thompson, secretary of the WA branch of the Community and Public Sector Union, Glenn Ferguson, secretary of the Australasian
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Youth rights attacked in NSW lawSYDNEY — The state government's juvenile crime legislation is facing intense opposition from youth and welfare groups. The legislation allows police to detain people under 16 on
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The clamour of demands for action to cut the federal budget deficit and current account deficit has risen in the past month to a cacophony. Federal Labor faces the recurring problem associated with a period of economic
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Building workers strike over pay claimBRISBANE — More than 3000 CFMEU and BLF members voted to strike at a mass meeting in Brisbane on February 22. The strike, which is scheduled to last until midnight on February 26, is
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Meeting discusses woodchippingWOLLONGONG — A public meeting at the Resistance Centre on February 18 was told of distortions by the media and the timber industry in the debate over woodchipping of old growth forests.
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No Aircraft Noise Party launchedSYDNEY — More than 1000 people packed out Marrickville Town Hall for the launch of the No Aircraft Noise Party on February 21. The new party is contesting six lower house seats affected by
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Environment policy launchedSYDNEY — A lively discussion around environmentally sustainable alternatives marked the environment policy forum for the Democratic Socialist campaign in the NSW elections. Speakers at
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Steel Line Doors strikers tour MelbourneMELBOURNE — Three workers from Steel Line Doors in Brisbane, who are among 17 unionists on strike against racial and trade union discrimination since November, toured Melbourne
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SYDNEY — Nearly 10,000 anti-woodchipping protesters encircled the NSW Parliament House on February 19 in a spirited show of strength. Many participants had made their own placards and banners, expressing anger at both
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Students suspended over hairMELBOURNE — Over the past few weeks, several Melbourne secondary schools have challenged their students' right to education because of the length or colour of their hair. The media have
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Police freed in abduction of Aboriginal childrenBRISBANE — Magistrate Robert Quinlan on February 24 dismissed charges against six police who had previously admitted to abducting and terrorising three Aboriginal children.
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Thousands in Perth rally for forests and jobsEight thousand people braved 40 degree temperatures to attend the "Ancient Forests/New Jobs — we can have them both" rally and march on the Perth esplanade on February 19. The
Analysis
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Labor swaps media barons What lies behind Prime Minister Keating's recent outburst against Labor's former favourite media magnate, Kerry Packer? In describing the rejected Optus-Packer plan for a regional pay TV duopoly (with Murdoch-Telecom) as
World
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Young people harassed in six counties Twenty-six per cent of 18-year-olds in the occupied six counties of Ireland say they have been harassed by British crown forces. This information was contained in a report published in Northern Ireland
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DETROIT — Walking along Michigan Avenue is a depressing experience. Forget the glitz and glamour on TV: this is the real United States. One of the Motor City's main thoroughfares, Michigan Avenue is symbolic of the crisis of US
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HAVANA — Famous for its support of armed struggle in the 1960s and 1970s, the Organisation of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America (OSPAAAL) recently held an international meeting in Havana on the theme
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MEXICO CITY — In a desperate measure to shore up much-needed support for his crisis-ridden government, Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo announced a major offensive on February 9 against the Chiapas
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Ahmad Ibrahim Sa'id, engineering student at Birzeit University and Hamas activist, stood before his interrogators. They announced, "We've taken off the gloves. We're acting on an explicit order from Prime Minister Rabin to
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MOSCOW — Coal miners in Russia are moving toward an all-out confrontation with the government following a massive one-day warning strike on February 8. The first all-Russian stoppage to be organised jointly by the
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Sri Lankan students in eight-year campaign Students at the Institute of Aesthetic Studies in Colombo have been struggling for eight years to win hostel accommodation, better facilities and increased funding. For the last two years, they have
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COLOMBO — The Korea-Ceylon Footwear Manufacturing Company is a joint venture in the Colombo free trade zone. In the last four months the company has been the site of significant workers' struggles and is
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Nawal Hassan Osman is touring Australia this month, sponsored by Community Aid Abroad. The tour focuses primarily on her work as director of the Grinding Mills Project for rural women's development in Sudan. However, she is also an outspoken
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In defiance of the Oslo peace accords, the Israeli government is continuing the policy of new settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories and proceeding with Israeli Prime Minister Rabin's plans to wall off these
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Indonesian President Suharto's son-in-law, Colonel Prabowo, has been cultivating an image of being interested in trying to reach some form of compromise solution in East Timor. He has visited both Bishop Belo in Dili and Xanana in
Culture
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Only the brave Directed by Anna Kokkinos Starring Elena Mandalis and Dora Kaskanis Reviewed by Jenny Long This film won best film in the Dendy Awards for Australian short films during the 1994 Sydney Film Festival, and I went to it with
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Nell Directed by Michael Apted Starring Jodie Foster Reviewed by Tyrion Perkins Nell is a movie to make you think. It is a fascinating story about a woman raised in total isolation from society by a speech-impaired mother. Her mother
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The Comfort of Men By Dennis Altman Minerva, 1995. 247 pp., $13.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon In 1971, Tasmania ceased to be part of Australia and became an independent nation. The Independist movement, "a movement which carried the
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"You can talk a lot and the words are soon forgotten; perhaps you can write, that might last a bit longer; but to sing about it is to create a lasting means of communication and Don did that ... His songs will become part of the
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The Life and Lies of Bertolt Brecht By John Fuegi Harper Collins. 732 pp., $39.95, (hb) Reviewed by Dave Riley As the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, word went out that this action drew on the inspiration of "the three B's" — Biermann,
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For women Women in Focus, the only independent women's magazine in the south of NSW, is seeking articles from women for its spring edition on the issue of "How would women like to be portrayed in the media?" If you would like to share your
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The Playwright's Audience The other day I met my audience In a dusty street He gripped a pneumatic drill in his fists. For a second he looked up. Rapidly I set up my theatre Between the houses. He Looked expectant. In the pub I met
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Poem: Timor em = By John Tomlinson Chorus: Obrigado, thankyou, grazie East Timor will be free the people of this troubled world will end their tyranny. Don't look away don't hide your eyes or turn your faces to the wall 200,000
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Hemp: The True Story Produced by Gary Evans $49.95 Hemp for Victory United States government (which later tried to destroy all copies) $29.95 Both available from Casper Publications, PO Box 255, Narrabeen 2101 HEMP 8 page paper of the
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Taking the Risk out of Democracy: Propaganda in the US and Australia By Alex Carey University of NSW Press, 1995. 214 pp., $19.95 Reviewed by Alex McCutcheon As Alex Carey sees it, "The twentieth century has been characterized by three