Professional foot soldiersProfessional foot soldiers
Life can be bitter. Did you ever notice how easily the amateur can eclipse the good standing of an industrious professional like myself?
There I was, gnawing on my muesli (I find
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The view from Cipinang prisonWe are inside Jakarta's fortress-like Cipinang prison for a Sunday afternoon potluck lunch. The families and friends of the political prisoners have brought specially prepared home-cooked
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Antibiotics, big business and super germsAt a private hospital in Brisbane, two patients were admitted with a bacterial infection that had multiple resistance to antibiotics, in particular, resistance to the last
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The body policeThe body police A couple of weeks ago, Portmans fashion company launched a new, outrageous television advertisement. The ad begins like a community service announcement addressing the social pressures on young women to
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Water, gas and electricity services are supplied by very large organisations using centralised, large-scale and environmentally destructive technology. Deregulation and restructuring of the electricity industry are allowing
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Academic tenure under attackIn a bid to drive down university operating costs — the result of government funding cuts — jobs are being cut and remaining staff are being forced to take on greater workloads and give up
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RFAs opposed CANBERRA — On July 18, about 30 people protested outside Liberal Senator Margaret Reid's Office. The action, organised by the Wilderness Society, was to protest against regional forest agreements, which a TWS spokesperson
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letterhead = Dishonest reporting [This letter has been sent to the Melbourne Sunday Age.] On July 13 Melbourne's Sunday Age ran an article which made some serious allegations, accusing the Campaign Against Racism of being "the group behind
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Abstudy cuts decimate Batchelor CollegeA report from Batchelor College, a university in the Northern Territory, to education minister Amanda Vanstone predicts that budget cuts to Abstudy will lead the institution to
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At the time of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's 200th issue, published in August, 1995, John Pilger said: "In a world where the mainstream media has become like an echo chamber, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ is outstanding as a consistently reliable, informed and incisive source of
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"DISGRACEFUL" shrieked the one-word headline, 4½ centimetres high, on the front of the July 8 Melbourne Herald Sun. Three days later, the Australian was still featuring the bashing of Keith Warburton, with photographs, on its
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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 Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Access News — Melbourne
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Private schools given a boostFederal legislation passed in December abolished the new schools policy, which restricted the number of new federally funded non-government schools and the size of their federal grants, and
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In March, much of the world was shocked by the suicides of a group of 39 people in California. The members of a small religious cult, they believed, not that they were ending their lives, but that they were being transported to a
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The NSW Labor government is allowing a private company to destroy an irreplaceable public asset, risking downstream communities, industries and jobs. Near Tenterfield, in northern NSW, Ross Mining has all but final approval for
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Cod liver oil pollutedFriends of the Earth UK has demanded that the British government release details of which brands of cod liver oil are most contaminated by cancer-causing and hormone-disrupting PCBs and dioxins. This
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SYDNEY — As part of its campaign against racism, Resistance has organised a Rock Against Racism night at the Harbourside Brasserie on Thursday, August 28. Performers include Tim Finn, Leonardo's Bride, Cactus Child, Holly Go
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Celebration of lifeCelebration of life By Brandon Astor Jones "Even the death of friends will inspire us as much as their lives ... Their memories will be encrusted over with sublime and pleasing thoughts, as monuments of other[s]
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Conference to fight racism set for SydneySYDNEY — A national anti-racism conference is being organised here with the support of the NSW branch of the National Union of Students. The conference, called "Fighting Racism", will
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News briefs 'Hot' tourist spot? ADELAIDE — The state government announced on July 16 that the Maralinga atomic test site, in SA's outback, would be converted into a tourist attraction, once the $100 million decontamination process has
News
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Aboriginal cultural centre opened@box text intro = BENDIGO — An Aboriginal cultural centre, "One Dream Time", has been established here with the aim of bringing cultural awareness to the city. The centre intends to
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University of Tasmania general staff vote for NTEUHOBART — General staff at the University of Tasmania recently voted overwhelmingly for a greater choice of union membership. A group of general staff organised a secret
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Queensland TAFE cuts hitBRISBANE — The Borbidge government's $113 million TAFE funding cuts, brought down in the last state budget, are beginning to show their effects as angry students mobilise to fight these attacks
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The Industrial Relations Commission on July 17 instructed Public Transport Union (PTU) train drivers to cross the striking mineworkers' picket line in the Hunter Valley. However, the IRC ruling also stated
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US black activist defies deportation threatBRISBANE — "Racism is an international phenomenon", former US Black Panther Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin told a meeting at the Opal Centre on July 16, as he continued his speaking tour of
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Rally against One Nation in WerribeeMELBOURNE — Around 700 protesters organised by Campaign Against Racism rallied outside the Werribee West Family Centre on July 14 to protest against Pauline Hanson's One Nation party
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Media, police harass conference goersTOWNSVILLE — The organisers of the annual Students and Sustainability Conference, attended by some 500 people, are angry that despite its overwhelming success, the media reports have
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Comments of some NOWSA participants Kylie Moon, 19, member of Resistance, studying at the University of Tasmania, third NOWSA: "The focus has been more on women taking action than compared to previous years. There has been a shift in the
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Cancer fear in the IllawarraWOLLONGONG — The recent release of a long-awaited government report on leukaemia clusters in the Illawarra will do little to allay community concerns. The report, by a special committee set up
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TOWNSVILLE — "Boong bashing with a giant bludgeon" was how Carpentaria Lands Council coordinator Murrandoo Yanner described mining multinational Rio Tinto's attempts to secure agreement for the Century Zinc mine in
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Disappointment "I regret to report that there was no violence." — A TV reporter overheard by ambulance crew reporting in following the protest at One Nation's Werribee launch. When we don't need it "I have already indicated that we
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CPSU members vote Meetings were held around the country last week to vote on the way forward for the campaign by the Community and Public Sector Union to protect jobs and conditions. Paul Oboohov reports from Canberra that on July 17 members
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Campaign against Werribee toxic dumpMELBOURNE — Residents of Werribee, in the western suburbs, picketed a shareholder meeting of CSR at the Grand Hyatt here on July 16. Werribee Residents Against Toxic Dump are
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On Hanson's trailGEELONG — The battle continued against the growth of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party in Geelong on July 18. Organised by the Geelong People for Multiculturalism and Democracy (GPMD), a protest rally
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Clear message from miners' rallySYDNEY — Miners' conditions will not be bargained away, Ross Peters, president of the Hunter Valley No. 1 lodge, told a crowd of 3000 miners, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy
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TOWNSVILLE — Around 600 students from campuses all around Australia and Papua New Guinea attended the Students and Sustainability Conference, held at James Cook University here July 14-18. "The conference has been a great
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Kennett cuts disability servicesMELBOURNE — State-funded disability advocacy and information groups have been told that funding will be withdrawn from August 29. Most are to be completely de-funded, forcing many to
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Bosses on the offensive against awardsOn July 23, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission will begin arbitration in a case that may result in the removal of dozens of conditions from awards. The case is being
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BRISBANE — The 1997 Network of Women Students Australia conference, held at the Queensland University of Technology July 7-12, was attended by around 600 women. Plenary panels included Feminisms; Women in Struggle; Women, Work
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Cuts to Aboriginal arts committeePERTH — A protest was held on July 16 against cuts to Dumbartung Aboriginal Corporation — the Western Australian Aboriginal arts advisory committee. Protesters read letters of support
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One Nation spies on anti-racist campaignBRISBANE — The One Nation party has launched a dirty tricks campaign to discredit the anti-racist movement. The July 14 Anti-Racist Campaign (ARC) meeting was infiltrated by a One
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Anti-Hanson campaign meeting calledSYDNEY — In response to the One Nation party seeking to establish branches in northern and western suburbs, the Campaign Against Racism has called an open meeting to organise opposition
Analysis
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Editorial: A 'cure' that must be resisted A 'cure' that must be resisted @box text intro = John Howard has sharply escalated his blame-the-victim campaign — a predictable response to recent poll results showing that the Coalition is
World
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Iranian political prisoners die on hunger strike Iranian political prisoners die on hunger strike The Association of Iranian Political Prisoners in exile reports that four political prisoners who had gone on "dry" hunger strike, along with
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Senegal was a French colony until it became independent in 1960. It contains about 20 distinct ethnic groups in its population of 8 million.The country has been facing a huge economic and social crisis that has its roots in the increase in debt and a structural adjustment program launched in the early 1980s.
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LONDON — The longest trial in English history came to an end on June 19. It centred on the distribution of a six-page fact sheet, titled "What's Wrong With McDonald's — Everything They Don't Want You To Know", produced by
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NGOs picket PNG forestry officePNG NGOs including the Individual and Community Rights Advocacy Forum Inc, Conservation Melanesian, Melanesian Environment Foundation (MEF) and Greenpeace picketed PNGs National Forest
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On July 26, revolutionaries around the world will celebrate the 44th anniversary of the storming of the Moncada Barracks in Cuba by young revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro.To mark the event, the following is abridged from a talk on Che Guevara
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South Africans strike against privatisationThousands of workers employed by local government in Johannesburg and Pretoria staged a one-day strike on July 1 to oppose privatisation. The strike was called by the South African
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Mystery surrounds death of David AlexMystery still surrounds the death of David Alex, deputy chief of staff of the East Timorese armed resistance, Falintil, who was shot and captured in Kaibada, Bacau, on June 25. The
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There was widespread relief throughout northern Ireland as news spread that the Orange Order had cancelled or voluntarily re-routed four highly contentious marches. The annual July 12 celebrations of a 1690 Protestant victory over
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Disgust at Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan's plan to use South African mercenaries to crush the people of Bougainville led to his heavy defeat in the general election, held between June 14 and 28. PNG's 2.3 million
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Students and youth in struggle AZURAMANN CEKA is an AND JEF/PADS student leader and a member of the bureau of the Youth, Student and Pupils Movement. He was interviewed by FRED SPENCER Question: What's the nature of your movement? What are the
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MOSCOW — Just in case anyone thought democracy and the rule of law were coming to Yeltsin's Russia, the country's security police in mid-June brought additional charges against nuclear safety campaigner Aleksandr Nikitin.
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Strike wave hits ZimbabweWorkers in some of Zimbabwe's lowest paying jobs have embarked on a wave of strikes to win wage increases of up to 50%. Employers have responded with intransigence and violence, while the Mugabe
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PHNOM PENH — The unlikely coalition between the royalist Funcinpec and the formerly socialist Cambodian People's Party has fallen apart in a shoot-out in the streets of the capital. The population that had endured so much
Culture
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The Season at SarsaparillaBy Patrick WhiteDirected by Mary-Anne GiffordNew Theatre, Sydney Review by Brendan Doyle A few days in the life of Sarsaparilla, a fictional suburb of Sydney, in the summer of 1961. Three decidedly Anglo families, the
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City of Darkness, City of LightBy Marge PiercyMichael Joseph, 1997. 479 pp., $29.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon When a brilliant novelist meets a great revolution, the result is a magnificent novel by Marge Piercy that brings alive the colour,
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popo's dream Can a dream ruin your life?One that begins like a train rideWith you stepping off the platformIn your travelling clothes, a vagrant,the fabric, a story, in which youwander 'til wearied, and far off ...The wheels turning, far off a
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Review by Emily Carr How do the leading lights of Australia's indigenous arts community respond to a year which has brought an ugly concoction of the most conservative political forces in decades? Stephen Page, artistic director and compere of
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Rather than wring his hands and lament that political satire seemed to be in its dog days, Dave Riley decided to do something about it. "Good satire", he told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, "is rare. It rages for a time, then rests. It's time
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Suspect History: Manning Clark and the Future of Australia's PastBy Humphrey McQueenWakefield Press, 1997238 pp., $17.95(pb) Review by Phil Shannon Australia's history, if a certain resident of Kirribilli House is to be believed, has been one of