To poll or not to poll?CANBERRA — Students at the University of Canberra go to the polls on October 21-23 to elect next year's Students Association. A petition has been tabled by a Labor Right member for a student
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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 — Melbourne community
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Just over a week ago I admitted three children to hospital from a primary health care clinic. The first was a four-year-old boy with dehydration secondary to persistent diarrhoea and vomiting. Later in the same day, another
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MELBOURNE — Students and staff from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology have overwhelmingly rejected the university's decision to introduce up-front fees for over-quota undergraduate places in 1998. The vote sends a
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Action on greenhouse! A national day of action on greenhouse is being planned for November 30. The Australian Conservation Foundation and local coalitions of conservation groups and interested individuals are coordinating cycle rides against the
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In the countdown to the UN-sponsored climate conference in Kyoto in December, Prime Minister John Howard has stepped up his government's campaign to block the adoption of binding greenhouse gas reduction targets. At a business
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Organising for IWD ADELAIDE — The Adelaide IWD Collective met on October 4 and decided that "Celebrating Women's Activism — the Struggle Continues" would be the theme for the march and rally in 1998. A forum has been scheduled on
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Kernot is wrong: Labor is no alternativeTo cover her opportunist career move in line for a future Labor cabinet position, former Democrat leader Cheryl Kernot has claimed her decision is motivated by a desire to better fight
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[Brandon Astor Jones' regular Looking Out column is being omitted this week so that we can bring readers the following account of his trial, written by one of Brandon's correspondents, DIANE POST.] On September 23, I was present in courtroom "R" of
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My meeting with Che Guevara I'm not one given to prying, but when Che Guevara dropped in last night, I just couldn't help myself. At first I was taken aback and left him standing in the doorway while I took in the sight before me. His
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Following the release of the National School English Literacy Survey and the new Literacy Standards in Australia on September 16, we were treated to a high profile public "debate" on literacy between the (then) federal schools
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Doing well or doing good?A story about a potential breakthrough in the treatment of cancer appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald on October 14. The events began when a team of US scientists was collecting specimens off the
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Labor fudges the issueKim Beazley and Gareth Evans have cynically tried to take advantage of the government's unpopularity over greenhouse. But they not only support the Coalition government's "differentiation" position
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Write on: letters to the editor Terrorism Doug Lorimer's original article distancing socialists from terrorist actions was — perhaps understandably — misinterpreted by some of us as referring to "terrorists" in the widely accepted dictionary
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The public nature of the 'private' sphere Public discussion of family life and women's roles within it used to be mostly confined to the "women's magazines". Article after repetitive article dealt with "how to improve (or save) your marriage",
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Why the left polled poorly at GriffithBRISBANE — The recent Griffith University Student Representative Council elections gave a startling wake-up call to the left. The SRC has for many years been dominated by a
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Hunter miners: court cripples right to strikeRio Tinto has succeeded in its bid to undermine the picket line at the Hunter Valley No. 1 coal mine. On October 14, the NSW Supreme Court ruled that unionists could
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SA voters surprise the governmentADELAIDE — In a result that surprised most commentators, the SA Liberals were re-elected to government on October 11 with a significantly reduced majority. They lost 12 of the seats won in
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SYDNEY — Up to 10,000 people took part in the October 11 rally for native title in the Domain. Organised by Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation, the rally was chaired by the ABC's Julie McCrossin and heard speeches from Hazel Hawke,
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Religious right censors artMELBOURNE — Last week a campaign by the religious right resulted in the cancellation of an art exhibition. Their cries of "blasphemy" were centred on a photo of a crucifix immersed in urine. The
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Campaign against Eastern DistributorSYDNEY — Whilst the anti-progressive pursuit of profits — the Eastern Distributor — bulldozes ahead, public transport activists continue their campaign to expose this environmental
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EMERALD, Queensland Three hundred Gordonstone coal miners and their families rallied and marched through Emerald on October 17 to express their solidarity and determination to make a stand against the bullying tactics used by
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CANBERRA — More than 1000 people attended the "Sea of Hands" event here on October 12. Sixty-six thousand coloured hands, representing signatures on the Australian Citizens' Statement in support of Native Title, were placed into
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Rally against McDonald'sBRISBANE — A rally was held on October 16 in King George Square as part of a national anti-McDonald's day. The action was designed to highlight things the golden arches have been getting away with
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Hobart Earth Awareness WeekHOBART — An October 13 public meeting and slide show on the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine launched activities here for Earth Awareness Week. Students who had visited the proposed mine site after
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Hinchinbrook: special lease?BRISBANE — In a new development in conservationists' campaign against the north Queensland Port Hinchinbrook development, it has become clear that no government department will take
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Support for Indonesian political prisoners Support for political prisoners By Karen Fletcher BRISBANE Indonesian Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) spokesperson Edwin Gozal and East Timorese activist Naldo Rai spoke to 60 activists at the
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Not a gamble Ten years ago, the world of the owners and brokers of stocks and shares took its largest nosedive in the history of capitalist wheeling and dealing. Careers were ruined as stock markets dropped over 20% of their morning values
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Sydney tribute to Che GuevaraSYDNEY — Six hundred people packed a University of Technology hall on October 11 to celebrate the life and ideas of Ernesto "Che" Guevara on the 30th anniversary of his death. The evening
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Queanbeyan residents fight for open space QUEANBEYAN — The Henderson Road Residents' Action Group is pressing ahead with plans for a community barbecue on Sunday, October 19, although NSW State Rail has refused permission. "We are going to
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Nike protest SYDNEY More than 100 people protested against the super-exploitation of workers in Nike's factories in the Third World on October 18. The energetic, overwhelmingly young, crowd moved through Pitt Street in a flying picket that
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GL writer recognised Robyn Marshall of Brisbane was one of three state finalists in the annual MBF Health and Well-being Awards for journalism. Her article, which appeared in the July 23 issue of Green Left Weekly, was entered in the category "Most
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Questions about Telstra CEOIn the midst of all the corporate hype about transparency in decision making, being accountable and "taking ownership of the customer", the personal business interests of Telstra's CEO have raised
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1. Building roads invites more traffic. This is a well-researched phenomenon known as induced traffic. It exists in cities all around the world. People think that new roads will make their journey faster, so people who do
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Hotel Windsor attacks awardMELBOURNE — On October 15, several hundred metalworkers joined with hospitality workers and members of other unions to protest against the first attempt by an employer to use the new federal
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'Hanson will be greeted by protest' TOOWOOMBA — When Pauline Hanson comes here to speak on October 25, she will be met by protesters against her racist rhetoric. The protest is being organised by an ad-hoc committee of progressive activists, the
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Meeting hears of Indonesian upsurgeSYDNEY Fifty people attended a politics in the pub on October 17 to hear Edwin Gozal from the Peoples Democratic Party of Indonesia and Max Lane, national secretary of Action in
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Jabiluka campaigners keep up the pressureSYDNEY — On October 9, the day after the federal government gave the go-ahead to the Jabiluka uranium mine, a 300-strong demonstration marched through the city to protest outside John
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Environmentalists slam pollution planA coalition of more than 20 environment and community groups from across Australia has condemned the latest draft National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) proposal. Representatives from the
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Striking miner addresses Newcastle Green Left dinner Striking miner addresses Newcastle Green Left dinner By Jane Beckmann NEWCASTLE — More than 60 people attended the October 17 Green Left Weekly dinner to raise money for the paper.
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Unions rally against attack on WorkCoverMELBOURNE — More than 4000 construction workers rallied on October 14 in opposition to the Kennett government's proposed changes to the WorkCover occupational health
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Love "I invited everyone I love to the launch." — Richard Spehalski, program manager of the US Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on the launch of the Cassini spacecraft carrying 32.5 kg of plutonium — enough to kill hundreds of thousands of people
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Editorial: Profits and the aged Federal family services minister Warwick Smith was unable to defend the Coalition's massive hikes in fees for the elderly in need of nursing home places during an angry exchange with the studio audience on Midday
World
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This is an abridged version of the communiqué issued by the third NGO Parallel Forum, held to coincide with the South Pacific Forum meeting in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, September 19-26. The forum brought together Pacific-based non-government
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The second round of peace talks in New Zealand has resulted in a truce between the pro-independence Bougainville Interim Government (BIG), the Port Moresby-appointed Bougainville Transitional Government (BTG) and the Papua New Guinea
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ROSARIO, Argentina — "Thirty years since the death of Ernesto Che Guevara, he not only remains vivid in our minds, but also his legacy proves vital in political and cultural debate at the turn of the century." This was the theme
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BEIRUT — Bourj al Barajneh camp is home to 20,000 Palestinian refugees, crammed into one square kilometre on the southern outskirts of the city. While life in the camp was always challenging, to say the least, the situation
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East Timorese arrested, tortured over bombsIndonesian authorities are believed to be holding up to 13 East Timorese in relation to a cache of bombs and weapons discovered in Dili and the Central Java city of Semarang. The regional
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Brazilian Indian burned aliveA Brazilian judge has caused outrage with an extraordinary ruling in the case of the killing of an Indian, Galdino Jesus dos Santos. On September 29 Judge Sandra de Santis Mello ruled that the charge
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This past northern summer, the Turkish military engineered the collapse of the Welfare Party (RP)-True Path Party (DYP) coalition, supposedly to prevent a "fundamentalist takeover". The military is now on a drive to ban RP. In
Culture
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Che Guevara: A Revolutionary LifeBy Jon Lee AndersonBantam Press, 1997807 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Roberto Jorquera On October 9, millions throughout the world commemorated the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Comandante Ernesto Guevara,
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Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a CivilisationBy Stephen KotkinUniversity of California Press, 1997, 639 pp., $38.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Steel by name, steel by nature — perhaps this sums up Stalinism with its iron rule by Stalin (the
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Vince Jones dedicates performance to Dita SariSYDNEY — "This song is for an amazing Indonesian woman named Dita Sari. Thanks for being political tonight. Keep holding up those placards." This was how Australian jazz icon Vince
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Homage to Dita Indah Sari Democracy is not true democracy until everyone listens and heeds even the smallest voice. The voice of money is a false power that moves this world.Money talks — but its conversation is drained from the hearts and
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Comedy survival skills MELBOURNE — Often the best humour comes from cultures that have been oppressed and persecuted. Laughter is a means of survival, of striking back at the oppressor, and a way of mocking those who adopt the ways of the
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Left on-line New on the Democratic Socialist Party web site — One of the most comprehensive and enlightening socialist sites on the web, the DSP's web page continues to develop. New additions include 'Globalisation', Neo-liberalism and the
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Stories from Australia's unfinished land war details = Frontier: Stories from White Australia's Forgotten WarCD-ROMABC through Dataworks Educational Software$49.95Frontier, shown recently on the ABC, is a documentary of
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CANBERRA — Around 80 people wanting to invest in socially critical humour snapped up the latest portfolio offer in Hinze cartoon stock at a launch of Heinrich Hinze's newest cartoon float on October 13 at Tilley's in Lyneham.
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ADELAIDE — More than 30 of the city's dynamic young performers come together on Into One, an exciting new CD which is part of a broader program of events to raise awareness and funds for Animal Liberation. Into One began as a
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Aboriginal struggle honoured in exhibition SYDNEY — A portrait of Aboriginal activist Jenny Munro has been selected to hang in the exhibition currently on display at the S.H. Ervin Gallery. The portrait, by Sydney artist Mandy King, is an entry