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Fiji's military-backed interim administration plans to impose draconian new laws to counter the Fiji trade union movement's appeals for international solidarity for the democracy struggle. The regime, placed in power by the military during the coup
By Erin Cameron ROCKHAMPTON — The Reclaim the Night committee and Green Left Weekly held a successful joint feminist film afternoon on October 1, part of a series of events organised in the lead-up to this year's Reclaim the Night march. Twenty
Ginsberg: A BiographyBy Barry MilesVirgin, 2000627 pp., $24.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON He "ruined a great many young people" with his 1956 poem, "Howl", with its "glorification of madness, drugs and homosexuality, and its contempt and hatred
The nurse holds the X-ray up to the light, and the bullet that lodged in Mohammed Abu Faress' chest comes into focus, along with bright shards of shattered bone. "A few inches either way and he would have been dead", says Ahmed al-Jabali. Amid the
BY CHRIS SPINDLER MELBOURNE — As the picket line at the Arrowcrest-owned Brownbuilt factory here entered its fourth week, community activists and other unionists supporting the Brownbuilt workers targeted other sites owned by Arrowcrest. At ROH
BY SEAN HEALY There were no major announcements, no new policy initiatives, all the drama was outside with the protesters, and the meetings finished a full day early. Nevertheless, when the annual meetings of the World Bank and International
Victorian teachers offered sham agreement BY NORRIAN RUNDLE & MICHAEL O'REILLY MELBOURNE — After seven years of working under no certified agreement on pay and conditions, Victorian teachers have finally been offered one — but it
Harry's Gone FishingLeon RosselsonGadfly Records at <http://www.gadflyrecords.com> REVIEW BY BILL NEVINS Wry socialist-anarchism with a sharp historical eye and a taste for good, strong melody: that's the reputation of Leon Rosselson,
BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS BRISBANE — The S11 protests were a massive success but there was much to learn from it for future efforts. That was the consensus of an S11 Alliance-sponsored public meeting held here on October 4, entitled "S11: After the
MAPUTO — In a stunning turn-around, Mozambique's ministry of environment announced on September 29 that they were no longer considering the Danish International Development Agency's (Danida) plan to convert a local cement kiln into a hazardous
BY CHRIS SLEE Green Left Weekly is able to exclusively reveal what many have suspected for a long time. Not only are the policies of immigration minister Philip Ruddock identical to those advocated by Pauline Hanson — but they are actually one
Olympic tokenism Tinsel and glitter will not end racism nor will the token gestures and stereotyping of indigenous people that occurred at the Olympic Games opening ceremony. The Olympics were a disgusting waste of money and catered once again to