Stay of execution for Mumia Abu-Jamal
On October 26, federal Judge William Yohn granted the framed African-American journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal a minimum six months' stay of execution, bringing the possibility of a retrial
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By Alex Robinson
BRISBANE — Activists picketed the Law Courts here on October 25 about homophobia in the legal system after two men convicted of bombing the Townsville Aids Council office were sentenced to only nine months in prison. Joanne Ball,
Women and revolution: myth and history
On the eve of the 82nd anniversary of Russia's 1917 revolution, socialist revolution remains significant for women's liberation. An analysis of Russia's experience collapses the myth that women's
Philippine left unites and claims the streets
By Reihana Mohideen
Manila — A broad alliance consisting of the "white forces" of the Catholic Church, the "yellow forces" of the supporters of the former president Cory Aquino and the "red forces"
Forty acres and a mule
By Brandon Astor Jones
"The federal government chose them from thousands of applicants for the colour of their skin (white), their poverty level (the bottom) and their physical ability to clear land and farm." — Anne
How the PKI weakened itself facing the military
By James Balowski
The Indonesian Communist Party's (PKI) shift in the 1950s from a strategy of independently organising and mobilising its working-class and rural supporters to one of trying to
By Chris Spindler
GEELONG — After six days on the picket line, 10 workers at the Geelong site of Metalcorp Recyclers won the right to be recognised as a union site and to take action on health and safety concerns. They achieved an enterprise
By Dorothy Flynn
Mzwakhe Mbuli, the "people's poet of South Africa", faces new charges of robbery and shooting on the eve of an appeal. Mbuli's supporters have denounced the new charges as a further frame-up designed to silence the respected
ueensland teachers plan strike
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — State school teachers here are considering a strike or work bans in an effort to force Education Queensland to negotiate on the pay claim the union lodged almost four months ago.
By Allen Myers
There is a considerable amount of deliberate obscurity, and even outright lying, in discussions of inflation by the establishment media, governments and international organisations like the International Monetary Fund. That is why it
Wollongong University elections
By Andy Gianniotis
WOLLONGONG — Wollongong University student representative council elections were held October 19-21. The Collective Action ticket won the main SRC positions uncontested, most general
On October 29, thousands of women and their men supporters took to Australia's streets in Reclaim the Night marches. Reclaim the Night was started in the 1970s by women in England who were told by the police to stay inside after a string of violent
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