By Roni Ben Efrat
A glow has returned to the cheeks of the Labour Party and the left wing in Israel. All (almost) rage with righteous indignation over the collapse of the Oslo agreements. Front-line groups such as Yesh Gvul and Women in Black,
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Public workers strike in Venezuela
Tens of thousands of public employees in Venezuela began a four-day national general strike on November 19 to demand payment of a 25% salary increase and transportation and food subsidies decreed by the government
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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.
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EquaProduced by Sadia and Stephen TaylerMercury through PolygramReviewed by Norm Dixon When the promo material recommended Equa with: "If you liked Deep Forest you'll love this", alarm bells rang.
You remember the formula: stitch together tunes,
The recent deal between the Australian Democrats and the Howard government to include provisions banning secondary boycotts in the new Workplace Relations Act is a serious threat to unions. BERNIE BRIAN explains the example of the 1985 Mudginberri
Life of Riley: Divided we fall
If it seems to you that we never had so much, that is only the slogan of those who still have more than you. Don't be taken in when they pat you paternally on the shoulder and say that we're all equal here. Because if
Leadership change in SA Liberals
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — John Olsen has become the new SA premier following weeks of rumour and unrest in the state Liberal Party. A significant slide in the ratings appears to have prompted the final coup
Editorial: Migrant bashing in parliament
Migrants, she declared before parliament, were "being offered the opportunity to ride on the backs of battlers from the day they arrive".
No, this was not Pauline Hanson, the fish and chip proto-fascist
Anger over CIA and crack trade
By Barry Sheppard
A few months ago, the San Jose, California, Mercury News ran a series of articles documenting how the Nicaraguan contras pushed crack cocaine in the United States as a way to fund their war
Ban on homosexual foster parents
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland Council for Civil Liberties president Ian Dearden has accused the state Coalition government of breaching the state's own anti-discrimination legislation by proposing to ban
Pakpahan defended in Jakarta
Fifty members of the student group PIJAR demonstrated in front of the Indonesian High Court on November 26 to protest the court's decision to reinstate the four-year sentence originally passed on labour advocate Muchtar
Christmas is a difficult time to ignore, even for the most conscious anti-consumer. Toy stores ascend to their annual frenzy and, in true X-files style, large men in red suits begin to colonise most department stores.
When else but Christmas would
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