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Solidarity theme of North-South dialogue

Solidarity theme of North-South dialogue By Sean Healy NEW DELHI — A round-table discussion on "North-South dialogue: youth perspectives" was held here September 22-23. Organised by the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY), the

Blockade tries to save state forest

By Glenn Phillips and Kevin Verkerk The Wilderness Society has concluded a peaceful blockade of forestry operations in compartment 1402 of the Nalbaugh State Forest. The blockade followed a denial by State Forests Inc (formerly the Forestry

Adelaide rally against racism

Adelaide rally against racism By Col Smith ADELAIDE — As a response to the racist backlash against the High Court decision on native title, a new alliance called People Against Racism (PAR) held a rally on October 1 outside the offices of

Troops beat demonstrators outside parliament

Troops beat demonstrators outside parliament By Kirill Buketov MOSCOW — Protesters against the coup d'etat by Boris Yeltsin suffered vicious beatings on the night of September 28, as club-wielding police drove them away from the building

Cath Phillips speaks on lesbian and gay media

By Susan Price BRISBANE — Sydney lesbian and gay rights activist Cath Phillips was guest speaker at the annual general meeting of the Gay and Lesbian Welfare Association here on September 23rd. Much of the theoretical basis for her talk,

Youth Cultural Dissent

Youth Cultural Dissent By Taryne Laffar PERTH — For a young person, trying to escape the mainstream culture thrust upon us, is difficult. Now Cultural Dissent has given us a chance to express our own music, literature, poetry, film and

Aborigines reject Keating's Mabo Mark 2

By Tony Iltis and Kristian Whittaker CANBERRA — More than 600 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders arrived at Boomanulla Oval in south Canberra on September 26 for a three-day conference aimed at formulating a national response to the High

Democrats call for opposition bloc

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — A group of Russian academics and political activists has called for the formation of a new bloc of democratic opposition to the regime of President Boris Yeltsin. A statement released by the group begins by

Victorian mining bill a disaster

Victorian mining bill a disaster By Mariana Tomescu MELBOURNE — Mining legislation introduced into the Victorian parliament by the state government last month disregards environmental safeguards and could lead to disastrous and

Good turnout for GLW

Good turnout for GLW dinner ADELAIDE — One hundred and seventy people packed into the Eastwood Community Centre for the annual Green Left Weekly dinner on September 24. Guests were treated to an array of Indonesian and African food, and heard

US prepares to 'finish the job' in Somalia

By Sean Malloy The United States is deploying further troops and armour to Somalia after 12 US troops were killed, and at least one captured, in its October 3-4 attack on Hawiye clan leader, Mohammed Aideed. The attack killed an estimated 500

Greens call for EIS on GATT treaty

By Peter Boyle Should an environmental and social impact study be carried out before Australia signs any treaty coming out of the Uruguay Round of the GATT "free trade" agreements? This idea was raised by Greenpeace Australia spokesperson Noni