BY JIM GREEN
By supporting the March 26-29 shipment of high-level radioactive waste from France to the German town of Gorleben, the German Greens have ditched all four elements of their original platform — environmental sustainability,
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BY SARAH PEART & JACKIE LYNCH
Activists around the country are once again practising their anti-corporate chants for the blockades of stock exchanges and business districts on May 1, buoyed by the success, beyond most people's imaginings, of the
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One hundred and seventy 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly subscribers and supporters gathered at the Granville Town Hall on March 31 for western Sydney's annual 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly dinner. Organised by the Sydney West branch of the Democratic Socialist Party, the
BY JIM McILROY
BRISBANE — Beautiful slides of Cuba were a highlight of a solidarity night held at the Resistance Centre on March 31. The slides were taken by Tim Stewart during his January-February visit to Cuba on the "In the Footsteps of Che"
BY FALEH A. JABAR
The once moribund Iraqi National Congress (INC) has apparently gained a new lease on life. After weeks of intensive talks in Washington, Ahmad Chalabi — leader of the self-appointed Iraqi opposition in exile — visited Iran to
With just three weeks to go until the big day, M1 Sydney has begun to plan in detail how it will fulfill its stated aim, to "shut down corporate Sydney".
BY ROBYN MARSHALL
BRISBANE — The International Women's Day collective here has launched
a petition campaign to demand that Peter Beattie's Labor state government
repeal 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ of the criminal code which make abortion illegal.
The
BY JOHN McGILL& BRONWEN BEECHEY
ADELAIDE — On April 2, Adelaide City Council voted to make the streets and parks of the inner CBD a "dry zone". The issue had been under consideration by the council since last year, when it commissioned a market
Immigration minister Philip Ruddock's proposed law to allow strip searches
of refugees, increase prison terms for those that flee detention and further
restrict visitor access to detention centres are a disgrace.
Their introduction into
East Timorese band Five from the East performing at Darwin's March 31 Rage Against Racism band night, organised by the socialist youth organisation Resistance. Despite persistent rain, 350 people attended the event and raised $1500 for 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳
BY ANDREW HALL
CANBERRA — The ACT Trades and Labor Council has decided to back the planned M1 blockade of Mining Industry House and to move its traditional May Day march from the following Saturday, May 5, to May 1 itself.
The TLC voted at its
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