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Celebration

The party millennium Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2000getherLuke Leal and Sveta GilermanMardi Gras MusicGay in the Life: adventures in queer undergroundVarious artistsOdd Man Out Records through Festival Review by Mark Abberton Mardi Gras in

Politics in the Pub discusses East Timor

Politics in the Pub discusses East Timor By Bernie Wunsch LISMORE — Forty people attended a lively discussion on East Timor sponsored by Green Left Weekly on February 25. The event was a great start to this city's Politics in the Pub series

Indonesian students enter a new phase of struggle

Indonesian students enter a new phase of struggle By Simon Butler The mass anti-government protests of May 1998, which forced President Suharto to resign after 32 years of dictatorial rule, were largely led by students. The student movement

IWD broadens participation

By Susan Price SYDNEY — This year's International Women's Day (IWD) march and rally here will be open to all supporters of women's rights following a decision by the organising collective on February 22. Since the early 1980s, the impact of

Who says students aren't radical?

Resistance joined around 400 people during university Orientation Weeks on February 21 to 25. Stalls were held at Adelaide University, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology (Gardens Point campus), the Australian National

Abolish mandatory sentencing

Abolish mandatory sentencing By Sean Healy The massive public outcry against the Northern Territory and Western Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has forced the laws' proponents into a corner. But, rather than see reason, NT Chief Minister

WA's laws to stay

WA's laws to stay By Roberto Jorquera and Sean Healy PERTH — Prime Minister John Howard has categorically ruled out federal intervention to overturn Western Australia's mandatory sentencing laws. Speaking on Perth radio on February 25, Howard

Sci-fi: Forward into the past

Forward into the past By Peter Sykes Some of the most popular writers of a century ago envisaged futures in which poverty and oppression had been eliminated and people led simple lives, working together in peace and harmony for the betterment of

World March for Women 2000

On March 8, the World March for Women 2000 will be launched in 146 countries. The WMW 2000 aims to highlight the issues of women living in poverty and violence against women. CATHIE PICCONE, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

Teaching English in East Timor

Teaching English in East Timor DILI — English language teacher and solidarity activist JACKIE COLEMAN spent January working at the Maubere Cultural Institute (MCI) in Dili, East Timor. Her visit, on behalf of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia

California criminalises young people

By Iggy Kim SAN FRANCISCO, US — Overhead, a towering computer-image bull accompanies a gloating invitation to "Be Quick, Be Smart, Be Bullish". Around the San Francisco Bay area, these new billboards for stockbrokers Merrill Lynch come across

Write on: letters to the editor

Flat Earth Society on mandatory sentencing The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and the Premier of Western Australia deserve accolades for their forbearance in dealing with the ill informed demands for tougher sentencing they themselves