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Poem: For a teacher in a remote area

For a teacher in a remote area This poem was written by an urban poor member of the People's Democratic Party and JAKER (see accompanying article). Don't careA speck of rainBody and bones freezing. An old black bicyclePeddled by old feetHardly

SOUTH AFRICA: Students killed at uni protest

SOUTH AFRICA: Students killed at uni protest Police killed one student and injured scores during a protest at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) in Durban on May 14. Witnesses believe that another student was also killed. Students were

Stolen

Stolen Belvoir St Theatre's production of Stolen, written by Jane Harrison about the stolen generations of indigenous Australians, has been described as "Inventive, moving and powerful". Try to get along before the season ends on June 4. 25 Belvoir

Government 'generates anti-refugee feeling'

BY SEAN HEALY Refugee advocates have condemned as "a policy to manufacture xenophobia" federal government withholding of welfare services to refugees released from the Woomera detention centre in South Australia. Ninety percent of the 1300 held at

Networker: The bubble is still to burst

Networker: The bubble is still to burst The bubble is still to burst It's that time of year again, when all the stupendously overpriced internet-related stock prices crash. For the second year in a row, a huge rise in high technology share prices

and ain't a woman: Sex(ism) and the city

and ain't a woman: Sex(ism) and the city In May, the Finance Sector Union (FSU) lodged a complaint with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission against the ANZ bank because it had decided to cut the hours of its part-time workers. The

VIETNAM: Revolutionary dies

HANOI — Pham Van Dong, one of Vietnam's most prominent revolutionary leaders, died on April 29 at the age of 94. Born in the central province of Quang Ngai, he began his revolutionary career in 1924 at the age of 18. Two years later he joined the

Reith helps bosses fight pattern bargaining

BY MELANIE SJOBERG "The manufacturing industry campaign, which is already underway and escalating in Victoria ... presents a serious threat to the workplace relations system", minister for workplace relations Peter Reith told parliament on May 11,

IRELAND: Another breakthrough, another breakdown

DUBLIN — It took a year and a half of wrangling between the two protagonists, David Trimble's Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) and Gerry Adams' Sinn Fein, to form the new cross-party Northern Ireland government in Belfast in November. Two months later,

Write on: letters to the editor

Road genocide There's a growing disparity between the haves and the have-nots in our society, and you don't have to look much further than the family car. While many low-income families get around in 20-year-old Fords or Holdens, the well-heeled

Queensland teachers to strike

Queensland teachers to strike BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — Teachers at Sarina High School in north Queensland are to defy the state Industrial Relations Commission and strike for 24 hours on May 23, and other schools will hold stop-work meetings to

New England students occupy 'underhanded' university

New England students occupy 'underhanded' university BY ANDREW DEVENISH-MEARES ARMIDALE — Students occupied the administration building at the University of New England (UNE) here on May 18 to protest against cuts to subjects and services, and