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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 Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne community TV,
BY BEN REID MANILA — The leader of the militant BMP trade union federation and prominent leftist, Filemon "Popoy" Lagman, was assassinated on February 6. Four gunmen opened fire while Lagman was visiting the Diliman campus of the University of
Adelaide: Thurs Feb 15, 6pm. 5th flr, Union Bldg, Adelaide Uni (Nth Tce). Ph 8231 6982 or <m1adelaide@start.com.au>. Brisbane: Wed Feb 14, 6pm. TLC Bldg, 16 Peel St, Sth Brisbane. Ph 3831 2644. Canberra: Anti-corporate teach-in. Sat
BY JIM MCILROY BRISBANE — "The movement to challenge corporate power is a growing and unstoppable force for fundamental change", said Adam Baker, one of the two Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) candidates standing in the Queensland elections on
BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — On February 5, the Industrial Relations Commission began a hearing on the dispute between Yallourn Energy and the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union. The CFMEU is appealing against the termination of its
The Australian Bureau of Agricultural Resource Economics (ABARE) released its report on the outcome of dairy deregulation on January 30. It confirmed that in the six months since the final stage of dairy deregulation was implemented on July 1, 200
BY GRANT COLEMAN PERTH — More than 500 issues of Student Underground, a new newsletter produced by secondary students which promotes International Women's Day and the May 1 blockade of the city's stock exchange, have been greeted with enthusiasm
BY PETER BOYLE  Following the January 25 call by the Democratic Socialist Party for a socialist electoral alliance to contest the coming federal elections, a formation meeting on February 17 has been convened jointly by the DSP and
Silencing cyberspace? Really annoyed about something? Want to get your message across, but you don't own a newspaper, radio or television station? You can always buy a can of spray paint and find a local wall. That sounds simplistic,
BY MARGARET ALLUM "In his attempt at reinventing himself, Ariel Sharon is claiming supernatural powers — i.e. the ability to accomplish the impossible", wrote Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian parliamentarian and professor at Birzeit University, in
BY GEOFF FRANCIS HOBART — Environmentalist Sarah Bayne turned herself in to the Hobart magistrates' court on February 6 for non-payment of a $5000 fine imposed in 1998 after she was arrested in a protest at Mother Cummings Peak. Bayne had
BY EVA CHENG Whether the US economy is plunging into a recession is the $64 million question of the day. Preliminary data for the December quarter suggests that US gross domestic product was growing at an annual rate of only 1.4% at the end of