TIM MARSHALL, an activist in the United States socialist organisation Solidarity, will be attending the Resistance National Conference at Sydney University July 8-10 and the Campus Activist Forum on July 16. ROBERTO JORQUERA, a Resistance national
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Scoundrels
It is not just the radical left that recognises the relationship between existing deep-seated social problems and unemployment. Writing in an April issue of the Sydney Morning Herald, journalist Geoff Kitney stated that the Liberal
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — The Rwandan Patriotic Front, on the verge of taking power in the traumatised central African country of Rwanda, says it will "do all that can be done" to resist a French military intervention. Speaking here on June
By Adam Bandt
[This is an abridged version of a paper to be presented at the Campus Activist Forum in Sydney on July 18.]
Liberal governments in Western Australia and Victoria are implementing legislation that will devastate university
ADELAIDE — The Democratic Socialist Party has called for a Hiroshima Day Committee to organise an action for August 6. DSP secretary Chris Spindler told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳, "With the recent escalation of tension on the Korean peninsula and US war talk
V.I. Lenin once described revolution as a festival of the oppressed. Over the weekend of June 17-19 in Brisbane, the oppressed staged their own folk festival to celebrate the winter solstice.
Festival participants responded enthusiastically to a
Speciesism
I would like to respond to an article "Becoming Human" by Dave Riley in GLW #147. The aspect that concerns me here is Riley's attempt to justify his own speciesist attitudes. Speciesism is the idea that humans are inherently superior
By Sue McCauley
I recently had the opportunity to go to South Africa to teach a community radio station management course at the Institute for the Advancement of Journalism (IAJ) in Johannesburg. The institute is run by Alister Sparks, a
Reality Bites
Directed by Ben Stiller
Written by Helen Childress
Featuring Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller
Reviewed by Peter Meredith
Long time friends Lelaina and Troy (Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke) graduate from college and
Taslima Nasreen
In Bangladesh, feminist Taslima Nasreen is in hiding. An Islamic fundamentalist group has declared a death sentence on her for criticising the Koran.
Nasreen is a doctor and author who writes a regular column in a
By Cam Walker
Native American activist Leonard Peltier has been in jail since 1976 for the murder of two FBI agents. Last year, he stated: "I have served over 18 years in prison ... The prosecutors have now admitted that they have no idea who
New Music Australia — The 1994 Composing Women's Festival — A direct broadcast from the event will look at the concerts and play some of the music. Since the first festival in 1992, there has been a ground swell of activity by Australian
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