WastelandDirected by Andrei SchwaetzGadjo DiloDirected by Tony GatlifSydney International Film Festival Reviewed by Becky Ellis
Two films screened at the Sydney International Film Festival in June focused on experiences faced by the Romany (or
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By Rebecca Meckelburg
Resistance and the "No Jabiluka Mine" media collective issued a joint statement on July 7 condemning the Northern Territory University's decision to confiscate a bus hired by the Resistance Club at NTU for club activities,
VCA students and staff reject up-front fees
By Sue Boland
MELBOURNE — At separate meetings on July 23, Victorian College of the Arts students and staff unanimously rejected the college council's attempt to introduce up-front fees for
Jabiluka activists protest prison conditions
By Rebecca Meckelburg
Activists from Darwin and the Jabiluka uranium mine site blockade held a vigil outside Berrimah Prison on July 21. More than 60 people stood outside the prison's gates demanding
A short history of Maori struggle
The following is abridged from a talk given to the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference in Sydney at Easter by Maori activist HONE HARAWIRA. The Maori population was about 1 million when the Europeans came. We had a
Objection noted
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..." "In all criminal prosecutions ... the accused shall enjoy the right to a ... trial, by
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — Tasmania's parliament voted last week to cut the size of the lower house from 35 to 25, by reducing the number of members elected by each electorate from 7 to 5. This will make it harder for minor parties and independents
Davids strike: 'They want to do as they please'
A strike at Davids Limited by about 300 members of the National Union of Workers has lasted for more than three weeks. The company wants to reduce workers' conditions through casualisation, increasing
Ron Guignard
ADELAIDE — Ron Guignard died in hospital last week, aged an incredible 78 — incredible because I met Ron when he was part of the group organising the Nurrungar '93 peace protest. I didn't know then that he was 72.
I was even more
Native title: a sell-out of land rights
Wiradjuri woman JENNY MUNRO, chair of the Metropolitan Local Land Council, spoke to the Network of Women Students of Australia conference at the University of Western Sydney on June 30 — the day that
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