Brandon Astor Jones, the author of the weekly "Looking Out" column in 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, believes that the prison authorities are withholding his personal mail. He usually receives 10 to 50 letters a week, but for the past few months he has been
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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 Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne community TV,
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Bribery and big business: making the IOC run REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON The Great Olympic Swindle: When the World Wanted its Games BackBy Andrew JenningsSimon & Schuster, 2000390pp., $22.76 (pb) "And the winner is ... the IOC!" Wild cheering for
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Welfare 'reform' aims to attack the poor The Coalition government is carrying out a "reform" of the social security, or "welfare", system. This is part of its multifaceted policy for shifting the burden of the problems of the economy onto poor and
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Looking Out: Generations of victims "Hi Dad, today you have another Great grandson weighing in at seven pounds and nine ounces. Born on this 29th day of June, at 12:41 p.m. His name is Daemonta Munson, son of Robert Gene Munson, son of Tanisha
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Networker: Where is cyberspace? Where is cyberspace? Log on to the internet. Chances are there is someone already logged on who you know or might be interested in "chatting" (taking turns to type messages to each other in real time). The two (or
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Lucas Heights reactor from 'Dodgy brothers'The federal Coalition government has been embarrassed by revelations about Investigaciones Aplicadas (Invap), the Argentinean company contracted to build a nuclear reactor in the southern
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Yelling abuse or winning refugee rightsSYDNEY — A protest at a Sydney University Law Society forum on August 24, which featured federal immigration minister Philip Ruddock, has raised questions about how the movement
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Cancer and the church The August 14 Sydney Daily Telegraph reported that Professor James Drife, vice-president of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in Britain, had stated: "Concerns have been raised about the possible link
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Why Pearson is wrong on Aboriginal welfareFormer Labor prime minister Ben Chifley was no radical. He was a staunch supporter of the "white Australia policy" and infamously called in the army to break the coalminers' strike in
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Mal returns to form 'Tis a delightful irony of Australian politics that Malcolm Fraser should reinvent himself as a radical. Anyone who has been cohabiting with the man within the four walls of Australia these last so many years knows that Big
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Refugee rights petition The human rights of refugees and refugee claimants in Australia are constantly under attack. The government arbitrarily detains asylum seekers who arrive without official documentation, and often keeps them locked up for
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Globalising women's liberation BY KATH O'DRISCOLL & NIKKI SULLINGS Women make up 70% of the world's poor, according to the United Nations Development Program. And "globalisation" (read: global capitalism) is forcing on women ever greater
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Oslo It was said that the Oslo Accord(s) will ease the everyday situation of the Palestinians. However, the Palestinians are not fighting to see everyday life eased, but for the end of Zionist occupation, for the right of return and for the
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Fires of reconciliation CANBERRA — The walk for peace led by Arabunna elder Kevin Buzzacott arrived here on August 21. The walk left the shores of Lake Eyre on June 10 and has covered 2400 kilometres and passed through many towns, including
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Sacked workers seek action from ALPMELBOURNE — The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) Victorian secretary Craig Johnston has called on Victorian Labor Premier Steve Bracks to intervene to prevent the closure of
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Queensland Labor threatened by electoral fraudBRISBANE — The Queensland Labor Party has landed in hot water after ALP member and Townsville political identity Karen Ehrman, jailed for nine months in early August, alleged
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Job satisfaction "I know I can do more for lifting human standards ... than in just about any other job on this planet." — Mike Moore at a meeting of the Canterbury Employers' Chamber of Commerce on August 18, one year since his appointment as
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Campaign 2000 industrial actionMELBOURNE — Industrial action associated with the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's (AMWU) "Campaign 2000" is on the rise as the union campaigns for employers to agree to its claims
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Prime Minister John Howard has added his own shrill voice to growing official outrage about the planned September 11 mass protests against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne. He has said that the world's governments "will
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'No increased military powers!'HOBART — Chanting "Tax the rich, not the poor. Money for jobs, not for war!", protesters braved rain to demonstrate their opposition to increased military spending at the federal government's
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ADELAIDE — The bread and roses that adorned the meeting hall of the first South Australian Inter-Union Women's Conference on August 18 symbolised women's continuing struggle for their "basic needs and a rich cultural life",
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SYDNEY — Romawaty Sinaga, the international officer of the militant Indonesian National Front for Workers Struggle (FNPBI), in Australia to meet other trade unionists, has appealed for greater assistance for the emerging independent
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S11 hits regional VictoriaGEELONG — With only two weeks to go until the S11 protests hit Melbourne, Victoria's regional residents are jumping on board the actions against the World Economic Forum (WEF). Geelong for Global
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DSP, Resistance in the thick of itMELBOURNE — The September 11 protests here against the multinationals' World Economic Forum have gathered enormous steam; a diverse range of groups and individuals which have helped to turn
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Farnham's managers threaten to sue S11MELBOURNE — John Farnham's managers have admitted they doesn't know who to sue to prevent the adoption of the singer's "You're the Voice" as the official anthem of September 11 protests
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Aboriginal Tent Embassy set to staySYDNEY — With a Land and Environment Court injunction looming, an agreement between police, South Sydney Council and the Aboriginal Tent Embassy was reached on August 23 which allows the
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S11 teach-in brings unityLISMORE — A day of lively discussion around the theme "Global justice not global capitalism" attracted more than 70 people here on August 20. The teach-in, organised by the Lismore S11 Alliance, aimed
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S11 benefits CANBERRA — Several hundred people enjoyed two benefit concerts here, on August 19 and 23, to raise funds for the Canberra S11 Alliance. The concerts featured local bands, including Iron Sausage, Recalcitrate, The Bigots, Jedis on
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Massive cop presence at anti-corporate demoBRISBANE — An August 25 demonstration against the corporate takeover of the Queen Street Mall attracted 50 demonstrators and a massive police presence, including members of the
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Courts are 'homophobic, misogynist'BRISBANE — Jennifer Morgan's fight began six years ago when a doctor at a Brisbane clinic told her to forge a male partner's signature on a consent form so as to qualify for artificial
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Melbourne Uni students to vote on s11MELBOURNE — Students at Melbourne University will vote on August 31 on whether their student union will support the S11 protests against the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting here on
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Workers draw line at Godfrey HirstGEELONG — A two-week strike at the Godfrey Hirst carpet factory looks set to escalate this week with textile workers likely to join members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU)
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Olympics torch met by activistsLISMORE — Amidst the surreal atmosphere created by chariots, giant video screens and corporate trucks and displays, 30 activists used the opportunity presented by the Olympic torch's passage here
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Kindergarten teachers call 'time out' on LaborGEELONG — Kindergarten teachers in Victoria are now paid 30% less than their primary and secondary school colleagues, making them the worst paid teachers in Australia, staff and parents
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Demanding reproductive freedom LISMORE — Twenty-five activists organised by the Southern Cross University Queer Collective held a sit-in at the office of federal National Party MP Ian Causley to oppose the Coalition government's proposed changes
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Training camp prepares activists for S11MELBOURNE — Forty activists attended a lively "socialist training camp" near Ballarat in country Victoria to prepare for the September 11-13 blockade of the World Economic Forum summit
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MELBOURNE — The Victorian Trades Hall Council will endorse and participate in three events associated with protests against the September 11-13 World Economic Forum (WEF) summit here — but the major event, the start of the
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Refugee detention centres have to go!SYDNEY — Chanting "Refugees yes, racism no, detention centres have got to go" and "Free the refugees now!", more than 1500 people marched on the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre on
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Media sell us the rope to hang themMELBOURNE — The planned September 11 protests have become the story of the moment for the corporate media — and the most screaming of the screaming headlines are being devoted to a planned
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Olympic freeloading There was quite a mixture of embarrassment and hypocrisy on display last week as corporate "hospitality" for politicians hit the news. Olympic tickets, plus air fares, accommodation, food and drink and who knows what else —
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It's us or globalisationGlobalisation is not that new and not that different, despite some unique features. It's the latest phase of what we used to call imperialism — capitalism on a global scale, neo-colonising through
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MELBOURNE — Prime Minister John Howard and Victorian Premier Steve Bracks are now both on record decrying planned September 11 (S11) protests against the World Economic Forum as likely to be "violent". The protest
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Around 20,000 people from around the state of Bihar braved torrential rains to march to Parliament Street in Delhi on August 23. The march and rally were organised by the Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) to support demands for an economic
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DILI — Its 4.45pm and the heat is stifling. There is a crowd of students at the door, smiling at me hopefully. Some have travelled miles on foot, on top of buses and in carts to get here. Word had spread that English courses are being offered at
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THAILAND: Villagers seize dam, demand justice VILLAGE OF THE POOR, northern Thailand — It's early morning in the Kaeng Tana National Park and I'm on the verandah of a guesthouse overlooking the wide brown Moon River, just above its confluence
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World Bank admits failure The World Bank has admitted that a sector adjustment loan for the restructuring of India's coal industry “has exacted a severe toll on citizens whose lives ultimately were supposed to have been made better by
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PAKISTAN: Apology demanded for military atrocities LAHORE — The Joint Action Committee for People's Rights Lahore (JAC) has demanded that Pakistan's military government give a formal apology for the atrocities committed by Pakistani military
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Debt relief leaves countries worse off An International Monetary Fund-administered initiative to relieve the debt burden on the world's poorest countries is a "fraud" which is leaving countries like Zambia worse off than before, the British aid
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RIO BRAVO, TAMAULIPAS — Mexico's new national government of Vicente Fox hasn't taken office yet, but already it confronts its thorniest political problem. This challenge comes not from the country's former governing party, the Institutional
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OXFORD, England — Over the past year, European activists have watched large political mobilisations unfold in the United States with keen interest. Although Europe has not recently witnessed a demonstration on the scale of the Seattle anti-World
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East Timor: one man's perspective The DiplomatDirected by Tom ZubryckiProduced by Sally Browning and Wilson da SilvaDistributed by Gil Scrine FilmsChauvel and Valhalla Cinemas, Sydney REVIEW BY NICK EVERETT The Diplomat follows East Timorese
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BASQUE COUNTRY: ETA violence hinders Basque struggle 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's SARAH PEART spoke to MIKEL ARAVA ETXEZARRETA from the United Left executive in the Basque Country about the state of the struggle for Basque self-determination. Question:
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UNITED STATES: Fox 'violated whistle-blower act' After a three-year fight to clear their names, Jane Akre and Steve Wilson won a partial victory on August 18 against former employer Fox TV. A Tampa, Florida, jury found that Akre was fired by Fox
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A report into the daily operations of Papua New Guinea's Tolukuma goldmine claims that the mine's Australian operators expect to wipe out all fish life and food resources along a 30-kilometre stretch of a nearby river. This is a direct consequence of
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OLEG SHEIN from the Russian trade union confederation Zaschita (Workers' Defense) toured Europe in July at the invitation of International Solidarity with Workers in Russia. He was interviewed on July 14 by GREG DROPKIN for LabourNet
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Death of Indian Marxist Arvind N. Das Distinguished Indian Marxist intellectual Arvind N. Das died on August 7, just a month before he would have turned 52, in Amsterdam's Free University Hospital. A fortnight earlier, he had suffered a cardiac
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EAST TIMOR: Transition still painful August 30 is the first anniversary of East Timor's courageous act of self-determination, when, after 24 years of occupation, 78.9% of voters defied concerted Indonesian military and militia attempts to crush
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CUBA: Another shady and sinister story The case of six-year-old Elian Gonzalez, plucked from the Florida straits in November and held against his family's will for eight months until his July return, forced world attention onto US policy towards
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Race and class in the US: The duopoly It's official: Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman are the Democratic Party nominees for president and vice-president of the United States; George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are the Republican Party nominees. The "race
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PAKISTAN: Sugar mill workers fight for jobs LAHORE - More than 700 workers in sugar mills in Sind province were made redundant during July and August. At the Alnoor Sugar Mills and Shah Murad Sugar Mill, both owned by the same person, 240 workers
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CUBA: Money has 'tainted' Olympics The head of Cuba's Olympics committee, Jose Ramon Fernandez, has accused Western commercial influences of corrupting sport. Fernandez, who is also one of the country's vice-presidents, charges that rich countries
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IRAQ: US, Britain bomb civilian targets IRAQ: US, Britain bomb civilian targets United States and British warplanes attacked sites in northern Iraq on August 15. This followed heavy bombardment in southern Iraq on August 10-12. The air strikes
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Spotlight on Indonesia Massive public transport strike A strike of some 10,000 public transport drivers paralysed North Sumatra's capital city, Medan, on August 21. The strikers were demanding cheaper spare parts, subsidised fuel and an end to
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INDONESIA: Workers demonstrate at legislature Although most of the protests in Jakarta during the annual session of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) were relatively small, the final day of the session, August 18, drew
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Indigenous Americans celebrate unityALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Turtle Island, Aztlan, the Land of the People: these are all names for the sacred places where the varied indigenous peoples of the Americas thrived for untold
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Gore (not Al) without the dilemmas REVIEW BY MARK STOYICH The White DevilBy John WebsterSydney Theatre Company, at the Theatre Royal In Jacobean England, it was generally agreed that the end of the world would occur in the year 2000. How wrong