Villagers ban 'outsiders' from oil project
Land-holders of the Gobe oil fields in PNG's Southern Highlands on October 24 banned "outsiders" from entering the area and threatened to "attack" anyone who did. It is proposed that oil deposits on the
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Write on: Letters to the editor
Rape trials
I am writing about the article "Courts and injustice" by Jennifer Thompson (GLW #255). It concerns me that her criticism of rape trials (based on a government report) attacks the right to cross-examine
By Lisa Macdonald
On November 19, the Australian Democrats gave up all pretence of being a progressive alternative in Australian parliaments by voting with the Howard government to allow the passage of the draconian Workplace Relations Bill.
The strength of East Timorese support for Bishop Belo against his Indonesian attackers was clearly manifested between November 12 and 15 during several days of peaceful demonstrations in Dili.
Intervention 'over our dead bodies', say Zaire rebels
By Norm Dixon
While the western powers were busy attempting to cobble together a military force to serve their contradictory interests in Africa, anti-Mobutu rebels in one fell swoop removed
By Carla Gorton
Liberal and Labor politicians who have backed private developers Tom and Wendy Chapman's project to build a bridge to Kumarangk (Hindmarsh Island) should think twice after a capacity crowd filled the Maughan Church in Adelaide on
ThumbulWritten by Tom E. Lewis and Mac GudgeonPerformed by Tom E. LewisDirected by John BoltonGasworks Theatre, Melbourne, until November 30Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey Outside the theatre it was an unseasonably cold and wet night, with howling wind
Rainforests on the Web — The international Rainforest Action Network (http://www.ran.org/ran/info_center/aa/aa118.html) pools the most comprehensive information about the struggles to save the world's rainforest. Also check out the Gaia Forest
The Soldier
"I thought, for a change of pace, I would share this space with a friend and in turn share his writing with you. Be careful lest you enjoy it. I did; so I have attached the appropriate strings at the end." — Brandon Astor Jones
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The thought and work of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire have revived education as a subversive force.
By Neil Gray
PERTH — Queer Radicals — a new lesbian and gay activist group which started as a way to get a left-wing political presence into the Perth Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade in November, decided after its first meeting to become an
The previous Labor federal government labelled its Aboriginal Affairs policy direction "self-determination". The new minister for Aboriginal affairs, Senator John Herron, has announced that the catchphrase for his regime will be "self-empowerment
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