Riot police cracked down and fired tear gas on thousands of protesters in central Rio de Janeiro on October 17 as marches flooded the streets to reject unelected President Michel Temer’s proposed 20-year freeze on public spending, which critics say will spell disaster in the cash-strapped country.
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Arrests in East Timor
Amnesty International has announced its
concern for the safety of 53 students, and possibly
many others, who were arrested by Indonesian security
forces in East Timor in advance of a visit to the
territory by
Boycott Mitsubishi campaign
By Paul Woods
BRISBANE — The Boycott Mitsubishi Campaign to save the world's rainforests from destruction continued here on September 10 with banner drops at three consecutive overpasses of Brisbane's major
The sounds of sexism
What does sexism sound like in America? Well, according to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), on audio tape, "... a gong sounds every 10 seconds for a woman being battered in the US, a whistle
Green Left Weekly has only a small team of full-time
writers and artists. They struggle hard each week to cover as much as
they can of the news, views and comment that goes on in Australia and
internationally. They try hard to put together a
By Karen Fredericks
On September 10, the day Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organisation reached their historic "Gaza-Jericho first" accord, Green Left Weekly spoke to the PLO's representative in Australia, Ali Kazak, about what the PLO
'Legislative racism' condemned
By Laura Bahnisch
LAUNCESTON — At a forum entitled "Australia — A Racist Culture", held at the University of Tasmania, Michael Mansell described the proposed Mabo legislation as "legislative racism".
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — In a world where only 1% of property is owned by women, there are very few places for women which are safe and accessible. For lesbians, the situation is even more bleak. But a group of Sydney women are about to change
By Pip Hinman
SYDNEY — Activists from the Bougainville Freedom Movement picketed the regional headquarters of the Australian Defence Force on September 9. They demanded an end to Australia's involvement in Papua New Guinea's attempts to quash
Between Light and Dark
By Penelope Swales
Launch: Friday September 17, 8:30 p.m. The Old Troubadour Upstairs, 388 Brunswick St, Fitzroy
Reviewed by Lachlan Anderson
The long-awaited follow-up to Penelope Swales' album Songs from the
NSW health budget
I believe the State Government health budget is a pre-election smoke screen, and it appears Premier John Fahey is guilty of hypocrisy.
Harsh words, but the Fahey government's health budget conceals what their real plan for
By Di Quin
MELBOURNE — Just under one year after the Coalition came into government in Victoria, the state remains in severe economic crisis, and a new austerity budget last week hit Victorians still reeling from the attacks brought in by
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