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Rage Against Racism

Rage Against Racism By Cassandra Pomroy SYDNEY — Following the huge success of the Rock Against Racism at the Harbourside Brasserie here, Resistance is now organising a Rage Against Racism. Several young bands will be performing between

Left on-line

Left on-line Debate erupts on Young Liberal site — Recent articles in Green Left Weekly on the far right in the Liberal Party have provoked a lively debate on the web site of the Young Liberal Movement of WA. The YLMWA was identified by GLW

NSW government fiddles as rivers die

NSW government fiddles as rivers die By Frances Kelly NSW's inland rivers are in crisis. Ask anyone in country NSW to describe their local river, and at best they will say in it was in a better state years ago. At worst they will

Steps toward ending radioactive dumping in oceans

Steps toward ending radioactive dumping in oceans By Barry Healy On the final day of the meeting of the OSPAR Convention on September 5 in Brussels, the British and French governments for the first time agreed to moves to end marine nuclear

Life of Riley: Get a job up ya!

Get a job up ya! What a week we've had here at LORES. The Life of Riley Employment Service has been working with Channel Nine and other folk who so freely donated their time on the Jobs For Australia program. True blue, dinky-di,

Meeting opposes Hydro sale

Meeting opposes Hydro sale By Tony Iltis HOBART — The proposed sale of the Hydro Electricity Corporation was the subject of a Politics in the Pub organised by the Tasmanian Greens on September 19. Senator Bob Brown and Trades and Labor

Homeless Aborigines in Darwin protest

Homeless Aborigines in Darwin protest By Bill Day DARWIN — Corrugated iron humpies and tarpaulins slung between trees around an Aboriginal flag flying from a bamboo pole make up the base camp for homeless Aborigines protesting the

Clean production

Clean production The most effective way of dealing with hazardous liquid waste is not to generate it in the first place. There are many ways to cut the generation of hazardous waste. One program is the US state of Massachusetts' Toxics Use

In Albright's wake

By Adam Hanieh RAMALLAH — On September 15, the Israeli government announced the lifting of the internal closure on Palestinian towns in the West Bank. This decision means Palestinians can now travel between towns but are still prohibited from

News briefs

Racist violence ADELAIDE — Racist violence rocked Rundle Mall on September 19 as six National Action members intimidated and ridiculed Asian passers-by. Using a megaphone, NA führer Michael Brander abused Asians as "Hepatitis-B carriers",

Action updates

Protest outside Mortdale One Nation meeting SYDNEY — On September 16, nearly 200 demonstrators met the 50 people attending the first One Nation party meeting in Mortdale in Sydney's inner south-west. One Nation director David Ettridge

Dog Day Afternoon meets The Gods Must Be Crazy

Jump Ralph, JumpCarlton Courthouse Theatre, MelbourneWednesday to Sunday, September 25 to October 12, 8.30pmTickets phone 11566 or at the door, $15/$12. Preview by Bronwen Beechey Craig Friemond's play Jump Ralph, Jump examines universal human