Coledale Hospital picket imposed
By Polly McDonald
WOLLONGONG — 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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Sydney Gaywaves appeal for support — The management of Sydney's 2SER-FM is considering reducing the Gaywaves Collective's 2.5J243>155DJ0>/.5>255D> hour weekly timeslot, moving it from its current 8-10.30pm Thursday spot to an earlier time and
By Craig Cormick
Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe.
Liberal
Democratic Socialists to stand in Newcastle
By Shane Bentley
NEWCASTLE — 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
ADELAIDE — More than 100 workers rallied to a sausage sizzle outside the Workcover offices on January 17 in an initial protest against the state Liberal government's plan to "outsource" (contract out particular jobs) parts of the organisation. The
Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991
By Eric Hobsbawm
Michael Joseph, 1994. 627 pp., $45 (hb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
There is a new addition to Eric Hobsbawm's superb Marxist historical trilogy (Age of Revolution, Age
By Angela Matheson
"I began slashing my wrists after two male prisons officers ordered me to urinate in a bottle while they watched. They said they were testing me for drugs, but no matter how hard I tried, my body just wouldn't do it. As
Aunty Raelene's debut album
New Dork Nation
Aunty Raelene
Reviewed by Tully Bates
The debut album for Aunty Raelene is one of the best political roots dance albums you could possibly hear. Basil, one of the four members of the group,
A mission from the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) visited Chechnya and the neighbouring republics of Ingushetia and North Ossetia in December. The delegation investigated the November 1992 conflict over the Prigorodni Rayon
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,
While the Green Left presses may have been silent over the Christmas period, that didn't stop activists from getting out and winning new supporters to the project.
Between December 28 and January 1, a team of activists from Brisbane, Sydney and
Right at sea on affirmative action
By Kath Gelber
The fight to retain the Coogee women's pool in Sydney for women only is not over. The salt-water rock pool has been used exclusively by women and children for over 70 years, including
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