Jim Green
WOLLONGONG — 150 local residents attended a Rock Pool Rally at Wombarra beach in the northern suburbs on Sunday, August 28. There was unanimous opposition to City Rail's plans to deal with the region's stormwater problems by building
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[The following statement was released by Amnesty International.]
Amnesty International is concerned for the human rights of peaceful government opponents and human rights activists in Cuba following violent clashes between pro-government
Sam Wainwright
In early August, Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen, condemned to death by Islamic fundamentalists, arrived in Sweden where she is now sheltering. Nasreen invoked the wrath of the fundamentalists with the publication in
Buklod Kababaihang Filipina
Next performance Friday, September 16, 7.30pm
Lion Theatre, Lion Arts Centre, cnr North Terrace & Morphett St, Adelaide
$15/$10 concession
Phone 345 3510 for bookings
Reviewed by Chris Spindler
In a moving
That's History — The Last Big Dig — Historian Grace Karskens and a team of archaeologists have begun a major dig in Sydney's historic Rocks area. As each layer of the past is unearthed, the team hopes to evaluate the impact of the industrial
Wollombi to host folk festival
The Newcastle and Hunter Valley Folk Club will hold its fourth annual Folk Festival at Wollombi September 9-11. Starting on Friday night at 8, the festival will run through to Sunday afternoon.
Spokesperson
Timorese guerillas stand firm
By Jon Land
Claims by the Indonesian military that it is scaling down operations in East Timor and that the armed wing of the East Timorese resistance, FALINTIL (Armed Forces for the National Liberation of East
By Jennifer Thompson
The August 29 signing of an agreement between the Palestine Liberation Organisation and Israel on education, health, taxation, social welfare and other issues is another step in the peace process. This agreement was preceded
The French Revolution
By George Rude
Phoenix, 1994. 224 pp., $24.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
"The great appear great to us merely because we are on our knees. Let us rise!" So proclaimed the revolutionary journalist Camille Desmoulins
Young people in crisis
By Julia Perkins
The federal government's May 4 white paper emphasises the need for a skilled work force. This means, practically, a focus on increased school retention rates, retraining of long-term unemployed and
By Sally Thompson and Alex Bainbridge
MELBOURNE — In what has been described as "a great victory for civil rights", charges against the Austudy Five were dropped on September 1 after less than three hours in court and a two and a half year
By Allen Myers
CLEVELAND — Nearly 200 members and guests of the US socialist organisation Solidarity attended a week-long school and convention here August 15-21. Participants came from across the United States and from Mexico, Canada, the
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