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'It's time for a new, democratic, inclusive, equal and united Ireland,' campaigners say in new video

The new #UnitedIreland campaign has released the video below, narrated by actor Irish actor John Connors. The video says it is time to build a new, democratic, inclusive and United Ireland.

Chipping away the forest's future

Chipping away the forest's future By Zanny Begg Timber giant Boral's export woodchipping licence was renewed on October 11. The licence allows Boral to export a further 500,000 tonnes of woodchips from native forests in NSW.

PSU Challenge in SA

PSU Challenge in SA The position of assistant branch secretary of the Public Sector Union in South Australia is being contested by the PSU Challenge, the first time this position has been contested for some time. Barry Cockram,

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Women in Politics conference The Women in Politics conference in Adelaide over the past week has been hailed by the establishment press as "the revival of the women's movement". But seeing these women sipping champagne in cocktail lounges

International news in brief

Loyalist cease-fire Six and a half weeks after the Irish Republican Army laid down its arms and declared a cease-fire the Unionists of Northern Ireland have followed suit. On October 13, the Combined Loyalist Military Command,

Looking out: Sheba and Zoe

Looking out: Sheba and Zoe By Brandon Astor Jones "Kids lead a tough life ... Kids and my people have a lot in common ... Only our problems aren't solved by getting older. — Dick Gregory Young people have a tough go

Repression tightens in Jakarta

By Max Lane Already last month in Jakarta, the Suharto dictatorship had increased surveillance and repression in the lead-up to the coming Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) heads of state meeting. When visiting human rights,

Colin O'Brien

Colin O'Brien Colin O'Brien died in early September. Colin had been an apprentice chef and a member of Resistance and the Socialist Workers Party in Sydney in the early 1980s. He worked in Europe for a number of years before

Aborigines occupy Qld national park

Aborigines occupy Qld national park By Bill Mason BRISBANE — More than 30 Aborigines are occupying the Lawn Hill National Park, about 240 km north-west of Mount Isa, in support of their demand for involvement in the management

South Africa's struggle over reconstruction

The theme of the recent Chris Hani memorial tour of three leading South African labour leaders was "Labour and Women in the New South Africa". Charles Nqakula, general secretary of the South African Communist Party and ANC national executive

'50 anos bastan!'

By Norm Dixon MADRID — "50 años bastan! FMI-BM asasinos!" (50 years is enough! IMF-WB are assassins!) was the chant that resounded through the streets of the Spanish capital on October 2 as an estimated 20,000 demonstrators marched to

Loose cannons

Remember them? "The trouble is, the interest in Afghanistan has waned." — A UN official on the civil war that has raged in Afghanistan among US-backed "freedom fighters" since they overthrew a leftist government two and a half years ago.