BY GEORGIA CLARK
SYDNEY — "The first Mardi Gras in 1978 was a political protest at which many came onto the streets to fight for queer rights, and experienced police brutality and vilification in the media simply for fighting for our right to
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UNITED STATES: Appeal from a militant unionist
CALIFORNIA — John Reimann was a member of the Carpenters Union for almost 30 years. He has just been expelled for life from his union. Reimann served as recording secretary for Local 713 of his union
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — The local community in the Serpentine-Jarrahdale area 40 kilometres south of Perth has united to oppose planned sand mining in the area and to keep open a hostel for mentally ill men. Two hundred residents and their
Students to converge to save the environment
BY EWAN SAUNDERS
BRISBANE — Students, activists and environmentalists from around the continent will converge on Griffith University here on July 3 for Australia's largest student environment
Voting ended on May 28 in Peru's presidential runoff following a week of confusion and protest during which the opposition candidate withdrew and called a boycott, and all the election monitoring groups refused to observe the vote. President Alberto
Getting to the point
"The young people who used to hang around now move off when police are around. One person was searched 38 times without finding a knife on him so it was getting to a point of harassment." — NSW Police commander Richard
Motives! Chantes de Lutte (Songs of Struggle)TactikollectifLCR-TactikollectifAvailable from Resistance Bookshops (addresses page 2) Review by Stan Demidjuk
Motives!, in French, means to be or become motivated and on this CD it means "Mobilise!".
BY DAVE ANDREWS
FREMANTLE — A new shift roster, introduced on a trial basis for permanent waterside workers employed here by P&O Ports, has angered many in the container division. The workers have been suffering erosion of their working
UNITED STATES: Elian's return home a step closer
UNITED STATES: Elian's return home one step closer
A ruling by a US appeals court on June 1 may mean that kidnapped six-year-old Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez, forced to remain in the Unites States, may
BY DOUGLAS WALKER
PERTH — Toxic waste has been dumped at the Kelvin Road dump site in Gosnells, in Perth's outer south-eastern suburbs, according to the Contaminated Sites Alliance. CSA spokesperson Lee Bell said dioxins, one of the most toxic
Teach-in provides motives for September protests
BY JO BROWN
MELBOURNE — The fact that the World Economic Forum was amongst the architects of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) provides reason enough to protest against it, 100 participants at a
Waterfront conflict staged
FrontA Melbourne Workers' Theatre productionWritten and directed by Peter HoughtonTheatre Works, Acland Street, St KildaJune 14 to July 1Tickets $20/$13Bookings (03) 9534 3388 By Anne O'Casey
When writer/director Peter
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