BY AHMAD NIMER
RAMALLAH — Last week there was a massive escalation in Israel's military attacks against the Palestinian population of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. On a nightly basis, Israeli F-16 warplanes have dropped bombs over Palestinian
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BY MAX LANE
Normalinda, an activist from the Indonesian National League of Students for Democracy (LMND) and Fransiscus "Black" Farneubun, an activist from the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD), were each sentenced to three months in prison by a
BY PETER McINNES
JOHANNESBURG — Around 480 voluntary retrenchments have been offered to municipal workers at the recently privatised Kelvin power plant.
Kelvin, a coal-powered electricity station, provides 25% of Johannesburg's electricity
Virtual monarch
"We all know she doesn't really exist any more, but we can't quite bring ourselves to tell her or admit it." — New Zealand Herald columnist Brian Budman, on Queen Elizabeth II.
Perish the thought!
"I would have thought that it
BY LISA MACDONALD
SYDNEY — "How many more lies do we have to endure until the refugees are free?", Free the Refugees Campaign's (FRC) Paul Benedek, the 300 people who rallied outside the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre on February 22. "No more!",
BY BRIAN WHITAKER
LONDON — Whatever authoritarian aspirations Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh may have cherished in the past, tribal and regional fiefdoms have always served as a brake on centralised power. Now, thanks to September 11, the
Rabbit Proof FenceDirected by Phillip NoyceIntroducing Evelyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury and Laura MonaghanWith Ningali Lawford, David Gulpilil, Deborah Mailman and Kenneth BranaghScreening at Dendy Newtown and cinemas across Australia
REVIEW BY KIM
BY FEDERICO FUENTES
Protests against the government in Argentina continue to grow. Calls for new elections and the resignation of the government are being increasingly linked to the demand for a "workers' government".
On February 15, 20,000
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, 9pm. Ph 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for
BY MAX LANE
On February 22, Haji Ponke Princen died. Princen, who was 76, was one of Indonesia's finest militant democrats.
As a young man, Princen was sent to Indonesia as a Dutch soldier to fight against the Indonesian people's struggle for
BY BRIANNA PIKE
DARWIN — "Resistance called this high school walkout to demonstrate our anger at the federal government's treatment of the world's most desperate people", Resistance organiser Chris Atkinson told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly.
Students from
and ain't I a woman: Hollingworth blames the victim
The statements made by Governor General Peter Hollingworth on the ABC's February 18 Australian Story program, perpetuate sexist attitudes about female sexuality.
Describing sexual abuse of
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