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Racism: the fight isn't over When One Nation failed to win more than one Senate seat, National Party and other politicians were quick to claim that the racists had been "turned back". The implication is that racism can be defeated simply by keeping
By Nadeem A. Ansari Pakistan's chief of the army staff, General Jahangir Karamat, submitted his resignation on the night of October 7 to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. This resignation is a result of Sharif's effort to rule the country with absolute
By Francesca Davis On September 26, it became public knowledge that the Howard government had secretly decided not to ratify the Kyoto climate change treaty. According to the Canberra Times, resources and energy minister Senator Warwick Parer, at a
By James Vassilopoulos In classical Orwellian doublespeak, editorials in the establishment press following the election declared, "A mandate is a mandate", and demanded that the Coalition government be allowed to implement its goods and services
By Norm Dixon The embattled government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has turned to some of the African continent's most reactionary forces in its bid to halt the mutiny in the east of the country. Having achieved the limited objectives
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ is taking a break 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly is taking a break from production next week. The next issue will be dated October 28.
Behind India's food crisis By Peter Snowdon NEW DELHI — India stands on the brink of a food crisis to rival the darkest periods of its modern history. "In five years' time, this issue will be settled in the streets with riots, massacres,
By Eva Cheng Despite a chain of summit meetings since early October among the world's most powerful countries, they remain far from a solution to the spreading economic crisis which, exploding first in July last year in Asia, is threatening to
Reclaim the Night collective rejects exclusion Virginia Brown MELBOURNE — On October 8, the Reclaim the Night collective here passed a motion to reject a bid by some student movement activists (mainly from Left Alliance) to exclude men from
Nepali student movement holds conference By Sean Healy KATHMANDU, NEPAL — The All Nepal National Free Student Union (ANNFSU), Nepal's largest student organisation and one of the world's largest left student organisations, held its 14th national
By Allen Myers Despite the Coalition having received only a minority of votes in the federal election, John Howard is claiming that winning a majority of seats in the House of Representatives gives him a "mandate" to introduce a GST. Howard's claim
20th anniversary of Reclaim the Night By Michele Wickham SYDNEY — The Reclaim the Night organising collective here will mark its 20th anniversary on October 30 with a march and rally on the theme "Hands off — our bodies are ours". With these