Council guards threaten GLW with violence
By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Progressive groups continue to support 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's struggle for freedom of speech on the city streets here. Despite a well-attended rally in Rundle Mall on June 26,
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Stop these tragic deaths
By Brandon Astor Jones and Jeffrey von Arx
“Aboriginal inmates have been victimised, intimidated and ... abused.
[Their] ... basic human rights have been defiled and are being defiled
on a daily basis.”
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522.
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Political prisoners benefit a huge success
By Lynda Hansen
BRISBANE — More than 120 people crammed into Che's Lounge on June 28 to support the campaign to free Indonesia's political prisoners. The fundraiser was organised by 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly
By Francesca Davis
Supposedly one the world's best controlled fisheries, the cod fishery in the Barents Sea, north of Scandinavia, is on the verge of biological collapse. This is the only remaining cod fishery in the world and is the last in a
Jabiluka activists meet
By Lachlan Malloch
CANBERRA — A national conference of environment activists committed to stopping the Jabiluka uranium mine was held here on June 27-28. Most of the 25 participants are leaders of the Wilderness Society,
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — Around 300 people attended a rally in opposition to award stripping in the Trades Hall auditorium on July 1. The rally heard speeches from Labor's industrial relations spokesperson Bob McMullen, ACTU president Jennie
Among the BarbariansBy Paul SheehanRandom House, 1998. 338 pp., $19.95 Review by Ben Reid
This book represents the ideas that underpin much of the xenophobic and racist thinking of the "respectable" right in Australian politics. Sheehan, a
By Keara Courtney and Becky Fairall Lee
SYDNEY — High school students here walked out of school on July 2 to attend a rally in opposition to the rise of Pauline Hanson and racism. The socialist youth organisation Resistance, which organised the
More Work Songs from the Planet of the ApesBob WisemanGFC recordingsSend Can$20 to PO Box 660, Station P, Toronto, ON M5S 2Y4, Canada, or order by credit card at <www.festival.bc.ca> Review by James Smith
Why do things that are mediocre
Brisbane students plan walkout
By Emma Tovell and Sarah Cunningham
BRISBANE — Angry high school students and Resistance members have joined to organise a mass high school walkout, protesting against racism and the growth of Pauline Hanson's One
No prison break-outs
The FarmDirected by Jonathan Stack and Liz GarbusProduced by Gabriel FilmsScreened at the 45th Sydney Film Festival Review by James Vassilopoulos
Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana, is one of the biggest
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