SYDNEY — More than 2000 people attended a public lecture by Noam Chomsky on January 20 organised by the East Timor Relief Association. Chomsky devoted most of his lecture to exposing US and Western foreign policy in relation to
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The struggle for socialism today was the basis for discussion at the 16th national conference of the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), which took place in Sydney in early January. The conference took up key issues
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Unusual "That is an unusual display of candour and openness by the United States." — US secretary of state Warren Christopher, describing the US admission that one of its helicopters had crossed into North Korea before being shot down.
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Democratic Socialists to stand in NewcastleNEWCASTLE — The Democratic Socialists have announced that they will stand Dr Kamala Emanuel for the seat of Newcastle in the upcoming state elections. Emanuel, a 24-year-old
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Coledale Hospital picket imposedWOLLONGONG — The South Coast Labour Council (SCLC) has imposed a 24-hour a day picket on Coledale Hospital, in the northern suburbs, until the state elections on March 25, in order to
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AIDS drug delay condemned SYDNEY — A community meeting of more than 100 people on January 17 unanimously condemned federal health minister Carmen Lawrence for "inexcusable delay" in approving funding for an effective AIDS treatment drug,
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Salvadoran workers stand firm over racismBRISBANE — Latin American workers at the Steel-Line Doors factory at Sumner Park, in the western suburbs here, are standing firm in their month-long strike over allegations of racist
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MELBOURNE — More than 200 activists from campuses around the country gathered here on December 5-6 to plan a national campaign in opposition to fees. The conference, held at Melbourne University, was initiated in
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WOLLONGONG — The decision by mining giant CRA to close its Illawarra subsidiary Southern Copper Ltd (SCL) has raised questions about the motives. Organisers in the Australian Workers Union-Federation of Industrial
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Victorian actions against woodchippingMELBOURNE — Two actions were held in Victoria on December 9 against renewal of 10 woodchipping licences. One action, at the woodchipping mill in Eden, was organised by the Wilderness
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Cluck "Give a Chick a chance." — Election slogan of Kerry Chikarovski, new deputy leader of the NSW Liberal Party, during her first campaign for parliament, in 1981. New World Order at home "Every American now has a realistic chance of
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Row over banning of magazineBRISBANE — The Queensland Department of Consumer Affairs has refused distribution of the December issue of the lifestyle magazine Simply Living. The department has banned the magazine