Tarkine campaign gathers strengthBy Ben Courtice HOBART An extraordinary meeting of the state Liberal government's house committee looks set to ban protests from the grounds of Parliament House. This follows a vigil and rally to save the Tarkine
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Based on highly reliable international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Bosnian war crime trials begin Before the
By Karen Fletcher Is having more women in "positions of power" the best strategy for achieving women's liberation? Some in the women's movement believe so, and are actively campaigning for more women to enter parliament. The newly-formed Australian
The Keating Labor government continues to try to stall international action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. On October 14, scientists, economists and politicians from 100 countries finalised a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
The Center for Women's Global Leadership has called a "16 days of activism against gender violence" campaign, culminating in an International Day Against Violence Against Women on November 25. The first such campaign was held in 1991. The centre
Trotsky as AlternativeBy Ernest MandelVerso, 1995, 186 pp., $44.95 (pb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon Leon Trotsky has defied the efforts of enemies and friends alike to wilfully or inadvertently blacken the political heritage of one of the twentieth
Jennifer Thompson A report on the human rights situation in the Kosovo region since 1994 has revealed that Serbian police are continuing to repress the Albanian majority. Kosovo was an autonomous province of Serbia until 1989 when Serb nationalist
Filipino women campaign against sex touris By Carla Gorton ADELAIDE — Nine years ago, as a sociology student, my eyes were opened to the plight of "mail-order" Filipino brides at the hands of their Australian "sponsors". While the business of sex
The Communist Party in Western Australia played an important and often leading role in winning social gains from the 1930s to the 1960s. This was despite the difficulties of building a party from a very small membership, relative isolation from the
On October 26 and 27 women around Australia will take part in the annual Reclaim the Night march, demanding an end to violence against women and children. Reclaim the Night marches in recent years have been attracting large numbers of women, many of
By Karen Fry NEWCASTLE — Fifty people protested outside the Department of Training and Education's regional office in Newcastle on October 16. The focus of the action was the Carr government's decision, announced in the October 9 state budget, to
By James Balowski "Please do something, we can't see the young people, they have all disappeared." This appeal, related to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly by a resident of Matadouro, a suburb of Dili, conveys a sense of what "restoring law and order" means for the
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