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SA teachers' campaign targets minister

A teachers' campaign targets minister ADELAIDE — As the SA public school system fights to protect its future, the South Australian Institute of Teachers has called upon education minister Rob Lucas to remember his pre-election promise.

Loose cannons

Dear Santa ... "The enduring values and beliefs my parents instilled in me as a child are what sustain me today." — NSW Premier John Fahey. Bulldoze 'em! "There is nothing valuable on that peninsula ... It is substandard, inhabited by

News briefs

ADELAIDE — Seven members of the neo-fascist National Action organisation stormed into the Adelaide Resistance Bookshop on March 14, destroying posters and threatening Resistance activists. National Action threatened that if Resistance did not

Sharp as a quill

The Porcupine By Julian Barnes Picador. 138 pp., $11.95 (pb) Reviewed by Dave Riley Just when I thought I'd give up novels for the telly and stick to periodicals rather than something more literary, Julian Barnes came my way. I view him as

... and ain't i a woman?: Hidden agendas

Hidden agendas Women are still an alarmingly long way from having reproductive rights. In recent years, the anti-choice movement has attempted to manipulate debates about women's health and contraception to its own ends. Any discussion

Labor, Liberals 'target youth living standards'

MIKE KARADJIS, a youth worker in Sydney's western suburbs, is the Democratic Socialist candidate in the seat of Fairfield in the NSW election. He spoke to Green Left Weekly's DAVE WRIGHT about the major parties' law and order push and its

Don't believe the hype!

Don't believe the hype! do you want more?!!!??! The Roots MCA/Geffen Reviewed by Sean Moysey I can see the value in what The Roots are trying to do: that is, mix "traditional" jazz sounds and instruments with hip hop/rap lyrics.

On the box

God is a woman! — Christians, Jews and Muslims have for millennia believed in a sole male god. Archaeology reveals that recent discoveries in the heart of Palestine suggest that the Canaanite goddess, Asherah, was revered as the co-almighty in

Law and order push — it's a frame-up

Law-and-order hysteria, which in the US recently jailed a young man for life for stealing a slice of pizza, is in full flight in the run-up to the March 25 New South Wales elections. Labor and Liberal are falling over each other in what the NSW

Tarkine campaign continues

Tarkine campaign continues By Carol Mitchell and Ben Courtice HOBART — On March 11, around 200 people attended a sleep-out/vigil in support of the Tarkine Wilderness direct action blockade, which is occurring in the north-west of

Human rights body criticises embargo

Human rights body criticises embargo The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a legal tribunal within the Organisation of American States, is urging the US government to end restrictions on the shipment of medicine and basic foods to

Privatising public business

The Contract State: Public Management and the Kennett Government Edited by John Alford and Deirdre O'Neill Deakin University Press: 1994 Reviewed by Chris Slee "Two years after being elected, the Kennett government has already begun to