By Margaret Allum
Figures released in November by the NSW Department of Corrective Services reveal that the number of Aboriginal people imprisoned in the state has increased dramatically during the last 10 years. Aboriginal prisoners were 8.5% of
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By William Thomas
HOBART — About 200 people attended a November 14 rally outside parliament to protest against the presence of the US nuclear aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, visiting Hobart on its way back from the Persian Gulf. The rally was
Jabiluka campaign debates perspectives and plans national day of action
By Pip Hinman
Discussion around a controversial set of new perspectives proposed for the anti-Jabiluka mine campaign by the Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation (GAC) is
Hunger strikers protest war in Kurdistan
By Kerryn Williamsand Arty Titiz
MELBOURNE — On November 9, Kurdish women here began a hunger strike on the steps of Parliament House to protest against the war on the Kurdish people by the Turkish
By Ryan Liddell
On November 5, the NSW Board of Studies announced that a new course on the history of East Timor would be offered for future higher school certificate candidates, a recognition of the widespread public support for the Timorese. The
Workers, activists endorse steelworker candidate
By Stephen O'Brien and Alison Dellit
NEWCASTLE — The Democratic Socialists have received support from a wide range of sources in the Newcastle by-election. 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ asked some of those who
and ain't I a woman?: The myth of motherhood
As part of the backlash against women living their lives beyond the home and family responsibilities, stories about the inadequacy of public child-care and the importance of care by the mother have
Eric Wicker defended
WOLLONGONG — Supporters of Eric Wicker, the Port Kembla unionist charged with extortion, gathered outside the Wollongong courthouse on November 9 to support Wicker in his struggle for justice.
The case was postponed
Organisations that participated in the demonstrations
Organisations that participated in the demonstrations
Forum Kota (FORKOT — City Forum) — A cross-campus activist coalition established in May. It was one of the two student coalitions that
MUA-Fluor Daniel deal criticised
By Susan Priceand Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — News of the agreement between the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and contractor Fluor Daniel has caused uproar among unionists. The agreement, which entails substantial
By Keara Courtney
The $64 question for anyone who seriously wants to change society is: how? Is it possible to work within the present system, and out of it create something more just and democratic through peaceful, bit-by-bit reforms? Or is the
As 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly goes to press, the US and Britain look set to finish the complete destruction of Iraq and its people, begun in the Gulf War and continued through eight long years of sanctions, which have killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis.
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