By Max Anderson
LONDON — Thirty thousand university students marched in the pouring rain from Battersea Park in South London to Hyde Park on November 9, to protest against cuts in student grants and university budgets.
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91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ is not only a newspaper. We do not choose what we cover in the same way that the establishment press does. We do not seek to sensationalise, or to exploit subjects. For 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳, reporting is an act of solidarity.
So it is with the
By Peter Montague
Environmental racism is the selective exposure of racial subgroups to dangerous toxins. It happens all the time.
The clearest example is lead. For at least 40 years, the children of blacks and Hispanics in the USA have
By Diana Rickard
DARWIN — At the beginning of November, I spent two and a half days supporting a friend in court who had sustained a wound on the back of his head while being pursued by an overzealous young policeman carrying a regulation
Better than an inquiry
"Almost two years after the NFPS [National Forest Policy Statement] was signed by all States, except Tasmania, not one area of forest has been protected, but many important areas of forests have been logged." — Letter from
By Wendy Robertson
The thousands-strong protests in Dili and the 29 East Timorese students occupying the US Embassy in Jakarta have again focused international attention on the plight of the East Timorese under Indonesian occupation. This
International Playhouse — The House by the River — By Barbara Sapergia. It's a custom at funerals not to say anything bad about the departed, publicly at least. But afterwards? Allison Ransome takes her chances and turns up at her own wake. A
Parliament locks out MPs
By Ray Smith
HOBART — The speaker of state parliament, Graeme Page, will introduce legislation in the new year to protect members of parliament from their constituents.
This follows an embarrassing incident
By Stephen Robson
Meeting in Melbourne on November 2 and 3, representatives of 25 Aboriginal organisations declared the federal government's funding for land acquisition inadequate. Aaron Ross, the publicity officer for the New South Wales
Journalists act against Murdoch's attack
By Tully Bates
ADELAIDE — Attempts by Rupert Murdoch's Advertiser newspaper to lure journalists away from their union have met a poor response: only 34 out of 200 have left the union and signed
Pacific women in struggle
Daughters of the Pacific
By Zohl de Ishtar
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Zohl de Ishtar first became involved with the Pacific in 1971, when as a student she participated in a camp on
Perth workers rally against safety changes
By Anthony Benbow
PERTH — More than 1500 workers rallied on the steps of Parliament House on November 16. The WA Trades and Labour Council organised the rally in opposition to the Court
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