By Leon Harrison
PERTH — A bill to outlaw discrimination against gays and lesbians in WA was defeated on September 18. As a result, it remains legal to discriminate against homosexuals in employment, housing and provision of public services. WA
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Guerilla Days in IrelandBy Tom BarryDublin: Anvill Books. 1981Reviewed by Rupen Savoulian This is not a new book, but it's worthwhile having a look for it at your local library or bookshop.
Tom Barry was born in 1898 in County Cork. In June 1915,
Candle Day
Amnesty International's annual fundraising Candle Day will take place on Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26. Volunteers will be in the streets selling badges and candles to support Amnesty's work. The organisation defends the
By Barry Sheppard
On Sunday, September 15, the largest protest action in recent years in defence of the environment in the US took place in the remote northern California town of Carlotta. Organized by Earth First!, the action mobilised some
Unionists support forest reserves
NEWCASTLE — The Trades Hall Council on September 19 adopted a resolution calling for "a comprehensive, adequate and representative (CAR) native forest reserve system based on public forests", and urging the state
Suharto's rise: Communist plot or military coup?
By James Balowski
People watching Indonesian television on the night of September 30 didn't need a guide to know what was on. With the Suharto regime desperate to resurrect the "latent threat of
People's Democratic Party (PRD) prisoners in Jakarta are refusing to answer any questions from the attorney-general's interrogators. In a letter smuggled out from the attorney general's detention centre, PRD chair Budiman Sujatmiko, PRD leaders
By Martin Iltis
CANBERRA — The crushing defeat for the Labor right "Rage" ticket, which previously held all executive positions and a majority of other positions, in ANU Student Association elections last week has been attributed to their
By Suneeta Peres da Costa
I find it rather apt that as I write this, there is a program being broadcast on Radio National about the burning of black churches in the US south. When Pauline Hanson said in her maiden address to federal parliament that
SAIT annual conference
By Adam Hanieh
ADELAIDE — The South Australian Institute of Teachers held its 45th annual conference on September 21, the last for the union in its present form. In 1997 SAIT will dissolve and become the Australian
Bureaucrat
House the homeless.
They are human, too.
If Christian grace you profess,
House the homeless.
Indeed, while you live in opulent excess;
What if (s)he were you?
House the homeless.
They are human, too.
Brandon Astor Jones
By Jennifer Thompson
Israeli attacks on widespread Palestinian protests starting on September 25, resulting in a large number of deaths and injuries, in effect brought the infirm "peace process" to an end. The move towards all-out war against
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