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By Adam Hanieh and Norm Dixon ADELAIDE — Offices of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) have been raided and leading members arrested. Green Left Weekly spoke with Pumla Thoboti, an executive member of the Australasian branch of the Pan
By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — If there is a buck to be made out of it, we'll flog it. That's the motto of the Kennett state government. It hopes to sell off Melbourne Water (which provides sewerage services and water supplies), the Gas and
Hunger strike Reliable sources in East Timor have confirmed that Xanana is on a hunger strike in prison in Dili. The sources said Xanana is ill but has not been visited by anyone, including the Red Cross. Jose Ramos-Horta, the special
Newtown on the Thames A Man for All Seasons, by Robert Bolt, is now playing at the New Theatre in King St, Newtown (Sydney). Frank McNamara (pictured, right) is excellent as Sir Thomas More — upright, conscientious, emotional and eventually
By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — According to an old saying, a man's home is his castle. However, a recent study conducted in the Westernport region of Victoria shows that, for many women, sexual harassment makes home a place of insecurity
Attitudes and prisoners By Brandon Astor Jones Convinced that the vast majority of men, women and children in America's prisons are without humanity, most Americans consider prisoners to be little more than animals. They cannot see the
Falling Down Directed by Joel Schumacher Written by Ebbe Roe Smith Starring Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey Reviewed by Karen Fredericks Somehow a story on the cover of Newsweek, entitled "White male paranoia: Are they
Pip Hinman What about judges? So far the republic "debate" has been very narrowly defined by Paul Keating's minimalist position, which proposes to change nothing but the titles of a few figureheads. It is part of an attempt to forge a
Rosemarie Gillespie, campaigner for human rights in Bougainville, was arrested by NSW police as she travelled through Tarcutta en route to Canberra from Melbourne on May 27. Police have laid charges relating to her possession of urgently needed
Water supply in England and Wales was privatised four years ago. CATHERINE BROWN reports on the result. The European Court of Justice ruled on November 25 that the British government had failed to bring drinking water up to the European
Homosexual law reform in Ireland By Frank Noakes In Europe's bastion of reactionary social policy, the newly constructed Fianna Fail-Labour Party government has decided to change Ireland's antiquated laws on homosexual acts, which will
Logging proposed in heritage area By Kevin L'Huillier HOBART — The Tasmanian Wilderness Society has uncovered a 1991 state government report which identifies most of the Great Western Tiers as worthy of addition to World Heritage areas