We're taking a break
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly is taking a break from publication next week so that the activists involved in the paper's production and distribution can attend the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference in Sydney over the Easter weekend
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By Pauline O'Brian
On February 26, the Howard government announced the replacement of the Commonwealth Employment Service (CES) with a system of private job-market brokerage firms, the "Job Network", to commence on May 1. The new system relies on
100 years of Bertolt Brecht
By Eric Singh
BERLIN — Germany is going through a Bertolt Brecht "epidemic". Old Brecht would have laughed his guts out if he had seen all the activities sweeping throughout this country to mark his 100th birthday on
By Jon Land
The people of East Timor and supporters of its struggle for freedom have been saddened by the tragic news of the death of Nino Konis Santana. Resistance sources announced on March 30 that Santana, commander of Falintil (the armed wing
By Kim Bullimore
There is a trend within the student press of more blatantly sexist articles and reporting. Last year the University of Canberra's student newspaper, Curio, published an article titled "Chicks you wanna punch in the face". It listed
East Timor solidarity
ADELAIDE — Artist Robyn Francis spoke with much feeling about the plight of East Timor under Indonesian occupation to 70 people at public meeting on March 29, organised by the Campaign for an Independent East Timor.
Hong Kong protest against unemployment
HONG KONG — Hong Kong Voice of Democracy has reported that about 15 activists staged a courageous protest in mid-March against Beijing's arrest of Chinese workers who were organising against unemployment and
By Justin Harman
PERTH — Private schools in WA have been playing an active role in spreading the message of the anti-abortion lobby. Students at Perth's largest — mostly Catholic — private schools were urged by their principals to attend a
Protests greet Argentinean president
By Roque Grillo
SYDNEY — On March 30, six days after the 22nd anniversary of the 1976 military coup in Argentina, members and supporters of the Australian support groups for Argentina's Mothers of Plaza de
Arief Budiman and the IMF
On March 28, Arief Budiman, an Indonesian activist and currently a professor at Melbourne Uni, was interviewed on SBS's Dateline program. Before the economic crisis in Indonesia, Arief Budiman said he was against the IMF
Imperialism and choice
Last month, United States House of Representatives speaker and arch-Republican Newt Gingrich announced he would block all US foreign funding unless it was tied to a prohibition on US-funded international family planning
By James Balowski
In the midst of mass arrests, and the disappearance and killing of scores of pro-democracy activists in Indonesia, anti-Suharto demonstrations continue to escalate. Ignoring threats by the military — who have also pleaded for
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