Cuban speaks on life under the US blockade
By Jim McIlroy
BRISBANE — Basilio Gutierrez, head of the Oceania and Asia section of ICAP (the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples), told a public meeting at the Trades and Labor
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Women teachers' union conference
By Julia Perkins
PERTH — Approximately 65 women — teachers, unionists, parents and interested individuals — attended the State School Teachers Union (SSTU) women's conference on May 27 to discuss
News briefs
CANBERRA — Another victim has fallen prey to the inadequacies of the ACT's health system. A young Aboriginal woman died while in the care of a major hospital in what are described by community representatives as "highly unusual
The Tempest
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Neil Armfield
Belvoir Street Theatre, Sydney, until July 2
Reviewed by Helen Jarvis
Neil Armfield's production of The Tempest launches the new Company B series at Belvoir Street, part of its
Forum discusses future of Cambodia
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Aid to Cambodia and solidarity with its people are now crucial if the brutal Khmer Rouge forces are to be defeated, Dr Helen Jarvis told a public forum at the Resistance Centre
Straight talk or hot air?
The University of New England issued new guidelines on May 23 which encourage students and staff to avoid the use, orally or in writing, of terms which are sexist, racist or offensive to people with disabilities.
Across the country, Resistance activists are preparing to attend its 24th national conference. The conference is being held in Melbourne from July 8-10 and is the largest socialist youth gathering held annually in Australia.
It is a focus for
By Max Lane
Prasetyadi Pancaputra, 25, a student from the University of Airlangga in Surabaya, went on a hunger strike in Jakarta, inside the foyer of the national parliament, between May 18 and June 2. He was demanding that the government
Loose cannons
Should have told them sooner
"This kind of behaviour is just totally unacceptable." — Carol Bellamy, the new executive director of UNICEF, on the organisation's Kenya office, which lost US$10 million through corruption and
By Liam Mitchell
WOLLONGONG — Two of the Illawarra's most polluting industries, BHP and the Corrimal Coke Works, are either evading repercussions or receiving official sanction for their output into the atmosphere.
The Environment
Princes Park — Optus versus residents
By Jeremy Smith
MELBOURNE — Princes Park, home to Carlton Football Club and a major park for local residents, has become a battleground between corporate supporters and community opponents of
Walking free
By Shane Riley
Sentenced to jail
my freedom lost
just another thing taken
from the Koori generation
They don't care or understand
all i want is our land
Long bay jail on my tribal ground
i walk on her everyday
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