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God is a woman! — Christians, Jews and Muslims have for millennia believed in a sole male god. Archaeology reveals that recent discoveries in the heart of Palestine suggest that the Canaanite goddess, Asherah, was revered as the co-almighty in

A sense of community

Green Left Weekly recently received a very welcome donation from the Homeland Community in northern NSW. The community sent a cheque for $212.40, with a little note, offering the donation as a "tithe for your worthy paper". We would like to express

Don't believe the hype!

Don't believe the hype! do you want more?!!!??! The Roots MCA/Geffen Reviewed by Sean Moysey I can see the value in what The Roots are trying to do: that is, mix "traditional" jazz sounds and instruments with hip hop/rap lyrics.

Law and order push — it's a frame-up

Law-and-order hysteria, which in the US recently jailed a young man for life for stealing a slice of pizza, is in full flight in the run-up to the March 25 New South Wales elections. Labor and Liberal are falling over each other in what the NSW

WA Legal Service resists law and order push

WA Legal Service resists law and order push By Anthony Benbow PERTH — The WA Court Liberal government boasts a number of "firsts" in the law-and-order game. It was the first to conduct organised police operations against "loitering youth"

Labor, Liberals 'target youth living standards'

MIKE KARADJIS, a youth worker in Sydney's western suburbs, is the Democratic Socialist candidate in the seat of Fairfield in the NSW election. He spoke to Green Left Weekly's DAVE WRIGHT about the major parties' law and order push and its

Human rights body criticises embargo

Human rights body criticises embargo The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, a legal tribunal within the Organisation of American States, is urging the US government to end restrictions on the shipment of medicine and basic foods to

Tony Vison: 'No crime wave'

Professor Tony Vinson, former head of the NSW prisons system before he was sacked by the Wran Labor government, works in the Department of Social Work at the University of New South Wales. An outspoken advocate for progressive reform of the criminal

Protest for East Timor

Protest for East Timor By Jon Lamb ADELAIDE — A noisy and vibrant crowd protested against military aid to Indonesia outside the Australian Defence Force Recruiting office here on March 17. The action was organised by Resistance, Aksi —

In the slums of Jakarta: workers fight to organise

In January and February, JO BROWN travelled in Java and met activists in the Indonesian students' and workers' movements. Here she describes visiting the slum areas around Jakarta that are home to the new urban working class. The contrasts and

Loose cannons

Dear Santa ... "The enduring values and beliefs my parents instilled in me as a child are what sustain me today." — NSW Premier John Fahey. Bulldoze 'em! "There is nothing valuable on that peninsula ... It is substandard, inhabited by

We have to rely on ourselves

We have to rely on ourselves Kamala Emanuel Women are still facing oppression, manifest in many ways, in spite of the undisputed gains of the first and second waves of feminism. Domestic work is still carried out mostly by women, and in