Hong Kong democracy activists charged
By Eva Cheng
Four activists who led a demonstration in Hong Kong on July 1 in pressing for democratic reforms were served subpoenas on November 19 for a trial on December 21 on the charge of "breach of the
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Centrelink workers to continue strikes
By Melanie Sjoberg
On December 3, Community and Public Sector Union members employed at Centrelink endorsed state-by-state rolling half-day stoppages from December 8 to 17. This is the next step in the CPSU
South Korean church ejects workers
A contribution of the Catholic Church to South Korea's democracy struggle came to an abrupt end on November 27, when trade unionists hunted by the Kim Dae-jung regime — some since May — were kicked out of
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A life which means something
By Sean Healy
If these were the extent of our choices — life on the dole, exploitation in the work force or an expensive (non)-education at a university — then life wouldn't look great.
UN decision a win for anti-Jabiluka campaign
By Francesca Davis
Decisions by the United Nations World Heritage Committee represent an opportunity to strengthen the campaign to stop Jabiluka uranium mine, Australian Conservation Foundation
and ain't I a woman?: Principled opportunism?
The Paul Osborne "health regulation" legislation, passed by the ACT Legislative Assembly last week, supposedly provides women considering abortion a "more informed choice" by imposing a "more
Who wants to live in South Park?
By Alison Dellit
South Park, originally commissioned as a video Christmas greeting, now boasts the most viewers of any cartoon in Australia, and is the highest rating program on SBS. More than a million people
By Marie Oldman and Boadie Walters
In late October, we came across an intimidating sight: a three-storey-high Santa Claus bearing down on the mall from the adjacent department store. Looking somewhat like a giant human Coke can, he brings a message
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NSW transport plan
The State Government's Integrated Transport Plan is a cynical exercise in futility. It utterly fails to address the issue of traffic congestion in Sydney in any meaningful way.
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Maths lesson
"Twenty per cent loading for women means nothing when Labor thugs follow zero per cent of the rules." — Susie Carleton, defeated in a NSW ALP preselection ballot after the party's credentials committee excluded 36 votes from a branch
Indonesia: 'The struggle must be completed'
[The following is from a talk presented by a People's Democratic Party (PRD) leader and recently released political prisoner, WILSON BIN NURTIAS, at the public meeting "East Timor, Indonesia: the future",
What are they going to do with your life?
It's the end of the year, a time when many of us are considering our "life options" — what the hell we're going to do next year. Despite all the hot air about Australia being "free" and everything being
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