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Solidarity with refugees

Solidarity with refugees BY BIANCA AZAR SYDNEY — Danger. Displacement. Despair. The experiences of refugees are undeniably grim, and the difficult, often demoralising process of seeking asylum in Australia makes their struggle even harder. But

NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT JUSTICE!

NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT JUSTICE! Sunday, March 28 Sydney Join the "No reconciliation without justice" contingent in the Corroboree 2000 walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge. Rally at 10am, Clark Park, Lavender St, Milson Point to demand: A

SOUTH AFRICA: Land reform blocked

SOUTH AFRICA: Land reform blocked JOHANNESBURG — The Zimbabwean land crisis presents South African activists with an opportunity to honestly review their country's land reform program to date. South Africa's post-apartheid land reform program was

The suicide of

The suicide of New Left Review By Boris Kagarlitsky For 40 years, New Left Review was a symbol for the radical intelligentsia throughout the world. Now, this journal is no more. There is another journal which bears the same name, but it is

On the box

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 Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne community TV,

ACEH: a history of repression and resistance

ACEH: a history of repression and resistance Aceh has a long and proud history of struggle and has a special place in Indonesian history. Resource rich and devoutly Muslim, it is located 700 kilometres north west of Jakarta at the northern end of

SOUTH AFRICA: Students killed at uni protest

SOUTH AFRICA: Students killed at uni protest Police killed one student and injured scores during a protest at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) in Durban on May 14. Witnesses believe that another student was also killed. Students were

Poem: For a teacher in a remote area

For a teacher in a remote area This poem was written by an urban poor member of the People's Democratic Party and JAKER (see accompanying article). Don't careA speck of rainBody and bones freezing. An old black bicyclePeddled by old feetHardly

Government 'generates anti-refugee feeling'

BY SEAN HEALY Refugee advocates have condemned as "a policy to manufacture xenophobia" federal government withholding of welfare services to refugees released from the Woomera detention centre in South Australia. Ninety percent of the 1300 held at

Stolen

Stolen Belvoir St Theatre's production of Stolen, written by Jane Harrison about the stolen generations of indigenous Australians, has been described as "Inventive, moving and powerful". Try to get along before the season ends on June 4. 25 Belvoir

and ain't a woman: Sex(ism) and the city

and ain't a woman: Sex(ism) and the city In May, the Finance Sector Union (FSU) lodged a complaint with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission against the ANZ bank because it had decided to cut the hours of its part-time workers. The

Networker: The bubble is still to burst

Networker: The bubble is still to burst The bubble is still to burst It's that time of year again, when all the stupendously overpriced internet-related stock prices crash. For the second year in a row, a huge rise in high technology share prices