Brewery struggle continues By Leon Harrison PERTH — The struggle to turn the old Swan Brewery site into parkland continues. One of the protesters arrested on the site on August 28, Uniting Church minister Helen Richmond, made a scathing
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Marooned Westerners The racist "white Australia" immigration policy was once described as "Westerners marooned on an Asian island, crying out for reinforcement". The current view in 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ of the green movement that immigration should be
By Norm Dixon Powes Parkop is a lecturer in law at the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby and a member of the radical Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol) organisation. Together with progressive lawyers and other grassroots activists, he
Prepare for war "The defining challenge of the '90s is to win the economic competition. You will hear two visions of how to do this. Theirs is to look inward and protect what we already have. Ours is to look forward, to open new markets,
Despite wet and blustery conditions, some 2000 people rallied in Melbourne's city square on August 23 in support of Bosnia and to denounce the Serbian campaign of "ethnic cleansing" of Croats and Muslims there. Among the speakers was DAVE HOLMES,
The ruthlessness of the apartheid state in eliminating its opponents was a key theme in the speeches made during the 10th anniversary commemoration in Cape Town of the assassination of activist and journalist Ruth First. First was killed in a
A successful Wollongong Cultural Dissent on August 15 featured the talents of local Irish-Australian singer-songwriter Vince Brophy (pictured), with support from Adelaide's Phil Doyle.
How Israel controls the news Palestinian media agencies seeking to transmit the truth of what is happening the occupied territories must play a complicated game to negotiate the very tight restrictions under which they are forced to work.
Labor's sinking ship The parade of former prime ministers on the ABC's AM program last week was enough to show to what extent the political landscape has altered for the worse after 10 years of Labor dominance in state and federal parliaments.
Bronwyn Taylor PSU members reject agency-based bargaining Rank-and-file members of the Federal Public Sector Union are sending a clear message to their union officials, the ACTU and the federal government that they will reject agency-based
By Sean Malloy Is the "no-fly" zone south of the 32nd parallel in southern Iraq a Bush re-election stunt or part of the US establishment's long-term political and economic plans in the Middle East? Dr Bob Springborg, associate professor of
Brown speaks in Wollongong By Col Hesse WOLLONGONG — Following the formal launch of the Greens political party (see page 5), Tasmanian MP Bob Brown spoke to a meeting of more than 100 people here on September 2. Addressing the meeting,
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