Resistance has been heavily involved in organising and building actions in response to the upsurge in racism following Pauline Hanson's maiden parliamentary speech. The following is the text of a leaflet distributed by Resistance at recent actions,
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MATT TINNING was recently elected the 1997 president of the Australian National University Student Association on the "Counter Attack" ticket. ANU Resistance club activist MARTIN ILTIS spoke to him about his plans for next year. Question: Can you
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Although the government's bill to allow the charging of up-front undergraduate fees will go before the Senate only this week, Open Learning Australia (OLA) has already begun to charge fees for 1997. The passage of the bill is by
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Write on: Letters to the editor Workers' compensation Conservative politicians and the Mineral Council of Australia ask why miners should have special privileges under the proposed NSW Workers' Compensation Act. Miners in NSW have justifiably
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Green Left Weekly's CHRIS SPINDLER spoke to JACK BEETSON, director of studies at Tranby Aboriginal College in Sydney and a founder of the new anti-racism party Australians Against Racism (AAR), about the recent racist upsurge and plans for the
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On the box Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm. Access News —
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PERTH — When it comes to who will govern Western Australia, voters will get scarce choice at the December 14 poll. Some may hope that beneath the innocent Clarke Kent exterior, Labor's Geoff Gallop may prove to be a superman
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US President Bill Clinton's call while visiting Australia for binding greenhouse gas emission reduction targets highlighted yet again the bankruptcy of the Australian government's environment policies. Of course, Clinton's
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This letter, by Left Alliance NSW region, is a response to an open letter to Left Alliance distributed by Resistance in NSW and published last week in Green Left Weekly. The Resistance article published in last weeks GLW is a new contribution to
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Roland Barthes once referred to the process of writing history as the "compromise between freedom and remembrance". In Australia, we are presently experiencing the strength of this dialectic as it translates to a
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Life of Riley: Divided we fall If it seems to you that we never had so much, that is only the slogan of those who still have more than you. Don't be taken in when they pat you paternally on the shoulder and say that we're all equal here. Because if
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The recent deal between the Australian Democrats and the Howard government to include provisions banning secondary boycotts in the new Workplace Relations Act is a serious threat to unions. BERNIE BRIAN explains the example of the 1985 Mudginberri
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Canberra anti-racism rally CANBERRA — Five hundred people rallied on November 23 in the centre of Canberra as part of a national day of action against racism. The action was organised by the Anti-Racist Coalition and issued the demands: defend
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The Whalers — WA's Albany was — and remains — a whaling town. From the 1830s until 1978, whales were hunted and processed there. The town is again riding on the whales' back through the tourist sport of whale watching, and it is worth more
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Christmas is a difficult time to ignore, even for the most conscious anti-consumer. Toy stores ascend to their annual frenzy and, in true X-files style, large men in red suits begin to colonise most department stores. When else but Christmas would
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At the National Union of Students (NUS) state branch conference on November 24, the Labor right (Unity) faction and the Liberals strengthened their grip on the student movement. The Labor left in the National Organisation of Labor
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Ban on homosexual foster parentsBRISBANE — Queensland Council for Civil Liberties president Ian Dearden has accused the state Coalition government of breaching the state's own anti-discrimination legislation by proposing to ban
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NEWCASTLE — Up to 60 people met here on November 23-24 and formed a new party of the left called the NewLabor Party. Participants and observers came from Melbourne, Sydney, Lismore, Wollongong, Canberra and Brisbane, and included
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Beanland under fire in anti-discrimination rowBRISBANE — Queensland attorney-general and justice minister Denver Beanland has accused the sacked head of the joint federal-state Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission,
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SYDNEY — The National Union of Students NSW state conference at the University of Sydney on November 23 heard reports from the outgoing elected office bearers, elect new officers for 1997 and amended the NUS State Policy and
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Leadership change in SA LiberalsADELAIDE — John Olsen has become the new SA premier following weeks of rumour and unrest in the state Liberal Party. A significant slide in the ratings appears to have prompted the final coup
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MELBOURNE — A range of trade unions and community, Aboriginal, political and ethnic organisations have united to form People for Racial Equality and organise a "Take a Stand Against Racism" rally on December 8. The group originated
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Pressure grows over CES/DSSCommunity and Public Sector Union members in the Commonwealth Employment Service have increased pressure on the federal government to stop corporatisation of the CES. The corporatisation would remove
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YOUNG — The far-right organisation National Action has brought the race debate to local government in rural NSW. At a special meeting on November 6, Young Shire Council voted to extend a $20,000 loan to its Rotary Club for the purpose
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Saw no point "The position of the Australian government is very well understood, and that may well explain why it wasn't raised." — Prime Menzies John Howard, pleased that Asian leaders at the APEC summit hadn't raised the issue of racism in
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Report slams black health crisisBRISBANE — The disastrous state of the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland has been underlined by a state government "status" report on health matters released on
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FREMANTLE — The WA Greens are running candidates in the upper and lower houses in the coming state elections under the slogan "Restore the Balance." Green Left Weekly's MICHAEL BRAMWELL spoke to Greens' candidate for the South Metropolitan area,
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Following a report by the Senate's employment, education and training committee, a bill which will drastically affect funding to public schools was passed by the Senate on November 29 with the support of the ALP. The bill received
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Last year, 22 Aboriginal people died in custody — one and a half times the number reported in the previous year and the highest number since 1987. At least another 16 people have died so far this year. Over the last seven years,
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Hinchinbrook campaign continuesSYDNEY — One hundred and thirty people packed the Glebe Town Hall here on November 26 to hear an update on the campaign to stop tourist "development" and save the ecosystem in the area around
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That's right: it's almost the end of 1996 and of Green Left's publishing year. Next week's issue will be the last for 1996 — and it will be packed with useful, informative and entertaining material for your summer reading. After our summer holiday,
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SYDNEY — "Whoever expects politicians to be honest?", said one of the participants during a meeting of psychiatric patients, doctors and carers at Strathfield Town Hall on November 28. The meeting was organised by a new group, Mental
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Green Left Weekly's MARCUS GREVILLE spoke to National Tertiary Education and Industry Union member at the University of Sydney Dr DICK BRYAN about the state of the union's campaign for a 15% pay rise. Question: What do you think about the NTEU's
Analysis
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Editorial: Migrant bashing in parliament Migrants, she declared before parliament, were "being offered the opportunity to ride on the backs of battlers from the day they arrive". No, this was not Pauline Hanson, the fish and chip proto-fascist
World
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Public workers strike in Venezuela Tens of thousands of public employees in Venezuela began a four-day national general strike on November 19 to demand payment of a 25% salary increase and transportation and food subsidies decreed by the government
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PARIS — From November 8 to 11, the Ligue Communiste Revolutionnaire (LCR), France's largest and most influential far left party, held its decision-making conference here. Green Left Weekly interviewed ALAIN KRIVINE, the
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A glow has returned to the cheeks of the Labour Party and the left wing in Israel. All (almost) rage with righteous indignation over the collapse of the Oslo agreements. Front-line groups such as Yesh Gvul and Women in Black,
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University campuses around Aotearoa [New Zealand] have been rocked in recent months by a wave of protest at tuition fee hikes. Student anger has spilled over at continual government funding cuts and the willingness of university administrations to
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MOSCOW — In a vote riddled with fraud, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko on November 24 secured victory in a referendum aimed at allowing him to introduce a new, super-"presidential" constitution. Official figures claimed
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"I've invested a lot of time and energy into trying to ensure that there would be a dignified and appropriate withdrawal", US Secretary of State Warren Christopher told Washington Post editors in a June luncheon. "That seems not to be
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On November 8, thugs from the ruling National Front parties in Malaysia physically broke up the Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor II (APCET II). Police later arrived and, instead of arresting the thugs, arrested all the conference participants.
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Following five consecutive years of the worst honeybee declines in US history, experts predict that pollinator scarcity could seriously limit crop yields in the US for such foods as pumpkins, apples, cranberries, almonds and squash. Insects must
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Pakpahan defended in Jakarta Fifty members of the student group PIJAR demonstrated in front of the Indonesian High Court on November 26 to protest the court's decision to reinstate the four-year sentence originally passed on labour advocate Muchtar
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The first three meetings of the leaders of the countries of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation held in Bogor (Indonesia), Osaka (Japan) and Vancouver (Canada) all went off with hardly any protest. But after last weeks meeting in
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The World Bank is backtracking on earlier commitments to reduce pesticide use in agricultural projects, according to more than 100 environmental, consumer and development organisations from around the world. The bank recently issued a new operational
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Anger over CIA and crack tradeA few months ago, the San Jose, California, Mercury News ran a series of articles documenting how the Nicaraguan contras pushed crack cocaine in the United States as a way to fund their war
Culture
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Pauline Hanson Ignorance profound clichés abound pitiful renown unfunny clown. Most who are as unwise as you seem clever by being mute, but that doesn't suit and so you flail against those who fail to be what it is you'd
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Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & GrillA Musical Play by Lanie RobertsonPerformed by Joy YatesDirected by Crispin TaylorEnsemble Theatre, Sydney, until December 14Reviewed by Trish Corcoran Ensemble Theatre is a peculiar location for showing the life of
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EquaProduced by Sadia and Stephen TaylerMercury through PolygramReviewed by Norm Dixon When the promo material recommended Equa with: "If you liked Deep Forest you'll love this", alarm bells rang. You remember the formula: stitch together tunes,
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Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil WarBy James M. McPhersonOxford University Press, 1996. 258 pp., $41.95 (hb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon The United States Civil War still tends to evoke the romantic figures of the dashing Rhett
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Little CityBased on a story by Daniel Keene and Irine VelaMusic by Irine VelaText by Daniel KeeneLyrics by Irine Vela, Daniel Keene, John Romeril, Federico Garcia Lorca and Luis AdvisDirected and designed by Renato CuocoloBrunswick Town Hall,
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The End of Capitalism (as we knew it)By Katherine Gibson and Julie GrahamBlackwell, 1996. 299 pp., $39.95Reviewed by Greg Ogle This book is written for political economists and activists who are interested in overthrowing, replacing or opposing
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IMF/World Bank/WTO: The Free Market FiascoEdited by Eric Toussaint and Peter DruckerNotebooks for Study and Research No. 24/25International Institute for Research and Education (IIRE)1995. 116 pp., US$8.75Reviewed by Eva Cheng The Free Market Fiasco
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Risk versus risk: Tradeoffs in protecting health and the environmentEdited by John D. Graham and Jonathan Baert WienerHarvard University Press, 1996. 337 pp., US$39.95Reviewed by Dot Tumney Risk management refuses to fit into neat boxes. Those making