By Tom Flanagan
SYDNEY — One hundred people held a two-hour rally outside NSW parliament on October 29 to demand protection for the remaining old-growth forests in north-east New South Wales. Organised by the NSW Forest Alliance, the rally aimed
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Wages and jobs
Surprise! It's less than a month from the federal election, and already the powers that be have discovered the need for — guess what? — wage cuts!
On Monday (October 26), five academic economists made front-page headlines in
By Adam Hanieh
RAMALLAH — The signing of the Wye Agreement between the PLO and the Israeli government has brought to the surface all of the contradictions inherent in the Oslo Accords, the Israeli political establishment and Palestinian society.
Kumarangk campaign to screen McLibel
ADELAIDE — The Kumarangk Legal Defence Fund is to present McLibel, a remarkable documentary about British campaigners Helen Steel and Dave Morris, who were sued by the giant
McDonald's corporation.
Funds
East Timor: the survivors speak out
Speaking for the DeadHayman TheatrePerformed at PICA, Perth, October 17 Review by Rebekah Honey
A group of people chatting inconsequentially was the deceptively mundane start to Speaking for the Dead. The
By Margaret Allum
While the traditional focus of Reclaim the Night marches has been on violence against women, some RTN collectives this year included a broad range of demands relating to women's right. Marches were held around the country on
Chilean community demands prosecution of Pinochet
By Lara Pullin
CANBERRA — The arrest in Britain of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet has produced an eruption of anger and grief among survivors of his regime. The Latin American
Dispossession and Aboriginal health
By Dr Ben Bartlett
Aboriginal adult mortality rates are the highest in the world, apart from regions gripped by war. In the Northern Territory, infant and child mortality remains three times that of other
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