Stonewall speak-out
CANBERRA — Around 20 people attended a speak-out on June 28 organised by Resistance to commemorate the 28th anniversary of the riots at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. Speakers addressed the history of
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By Marina Cameron
The ALP and the Democrats went "belly up" in the Senate last week, according to Greens Senator Bob Brown, allowing the government to pass the amendment to social security legislation needed to implement work for the dole
Lesbians and gay men: still fighting discrimination
By Marina Cameron
SYDNEY — On June 19, NSW independent MP Clover Moore released details of a bill aimed at extending rights to gay, lesbian and unmarried couples which she intends
Brothers to Us: The Story of a Remarkable Family's Fight Against ApartheidBy Kristin Williamson (with a foreword by John Pilger)Viking, 1997. 344 pp., $24.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
Rugby, some claim, is the game played in Heaven, but for
José Martí Cultural Evening
@box text intro = FREMANTLE — On June 15, more than 150 people gathered at the third José Martí Cultural Evening, organised by the Australia Cuba Friendship Society and Committees in
Indonesia and the left
I'm coming up to my 30th year in radical politics. In that time the organised left in this country has been challenged by many issues. Despite tactical differences — which will always exist — what has truly divided the
By Michael Bull and Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — A dispute between Citipower and members of the Electrical Trades Union has continued for seven weeks. ETU organiser Howard Worthing told Green Left Weekly, "In the months prior to the expiry of
Anti-Hanson protests in Victoria and NSW
Two thousand people participated in a silent vigil outside the launch of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party in Ballarat on June 23. The protest was organised by community and church groups and supported by
Privatisation comes unstuck
SYDNEY — Plans by the Carr Labor government to corporatise, then privatise, the Snowy Mountains hydro-electric scheme have been defeated in the NSW upper house. Peter Wright of the Australian Conservation Foundation
On June 18, the Brazilian government connived with illegal timber traders in Brazil by voting against the inclusion of the hardwood mahogany in a list of endangered species at a meeting of the Convention on Endangered Species being held in Harare,
Plain words for hard timesPlain words for hard times
Not everybody knows how well read I am; but first it may be better to speak of my studies this week.
While my mind's bibliography may be a thing to behold I am nonetheless lazy and
Poem: Chain Gang
Chain Gang
Work for the dolewell "Bless my sole"what an interesting idea.You would have thoughtthat someone oughtto have thoughtof thatbefore this year.
Didn't they try to do it in 1929?Wasn't it then the susso
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