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Massive show of support for Palestine

BY NICK EVERETT SYDNEY — More than 8000 people rallied in Sydney's Town Hall Square on April 6 to demand an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Protesters carrying placards, banners and Palestinian flags poured out of the square

Bishops condemn war on Palestinians

BY KERRYN WILLIAMS CANBERRA — Auxiliary Catholic Bishop Pat Power and Anglican Bishop of Canberra and Goulbourn George Browning issued a statement on April 1 condemning the Israeli assault on the Palestinian people. "At a time when Christians

'Poodle' nuclear regulator approves reactor

BY JIM GREEN SYDNEY — The head of the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA), John Loy, approved construction of a new 20-megawatt nuclear reactor in the southern suburb of Lucas Heights on April 5. ARPANSA

More abuse for detainees

BY ARUN PRADHAN "Since the protest there has been close to no communication with Woomera [detention centre] inmates", refugees' rights campaigner Pamela Curr told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly on April 6. "The two phone lines normally available to detainees

and ain't i a woman?: Sexism and anorexia

Sexism and anorexia “I want to be thin. I want my cheeks to sink and my bones to stick out. I want my skin to sit over my bones like cling-wrap on clay, mimicking every shape. I want to be thinnest... And I want it now.” I wrote

Write on: Letters to the editor

Palestine I David Murray (Write On, GLW #485) writes, “The methods of the Palestinian terrorists, whose only desire is to have all Jewish people thrown into the Mediterranean, is a dead end which socialists everywhere should clearly

Errinundra

BY PETER DEERSON MELBOURNE — If you aren't aware of the continuing violence being meted out to anti-logging protesters in the East Gippsland forests, don't be too embarrassed — it's been easy enough to miss — one or two brief mentions hidden