SYDNEY — On November 14, a demonstration was held here to remember the East Timorese killed in the Dili massacre of 1991. RYAN LIDDELL spoke to a few of the demonstrators about why they attended. LANCE GOWLAND: East Timor is the closest nation to
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Victory for Werribee anti-dump campaign
By Susan Price
MELBOURNE The campaign against the Werribee toxic waste dump has won a major victory. CSR, the company that wanted to build the dump, has been forced to sell the land which was the proposed
By Lynette Dumble
KUALA LUMPUR — On the eve of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum here, two courageous women, feminist activist Irene Fernandez and eye surgeon Wan Azizah Ismail, occupied centre stage at the Asia Pacific People's
Aboriginal programming at radio 3CR
There has been over a decade of Koori programming at Melbourne's community radio 3CR, with Not Another Koori Show (Mondays, 2-4pm) and the Koori Survival Show (Tuesdays, 9-11am). Lisa Bellear, Destiny Deacon,
Feverish
"We are confident that by 2000, when Olympics fever has again gripped Australia, few will let this opportunity escape." — A spokesperson for the Olympic organising committee, commenting on a poll which showed that 8% of Sydneysiders plan
By Peter Snowdon
In Indonesia last year, the air was filled with a dense pall of acrid smoke which as far afield as Japan. More than a million hectares of forest burned uncontrolled. Meanwhile, the drought which had begun as far back as April last
Resistance's EMMA MURPHY spoke to ALEX TILMAN, a member of the Timorese National Youth Resistance (RNJT) in Melbourne about the struggle for self-determination in East Timor. Question: What is the RNJT?
RNJT is a Melbourne-based coalition of East
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522.
Access News —
By Adam Baker
The final edition of Gravity, the magazine put out by the Griffith University Student Representative Council, has outraged many students by including a lift-out centerfold featuring a naked woman with the words "Gravity Reveals All".
One consequence of increasing hot air, which rarely rates a mention amongst the reports on droughts and tempests, is the unseasonably early arrival of hordes of roly-poly men in red and white suits at shopping centres all across the globe. Attracted
Indonesian consulate picketed
SYDNEY — Supporters of the struggle for democracy in Indonesia picketed the Indonesian consulate in Maroubra on November 18. Protest organisers from Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) and
Call for unions to end support for Labor
PERTH When the state secretary of the WA branch of the Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union (CEPU), BILL GAME, called on workers to vote for the Greens in the last federal election during a WA
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