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John Percy For all the hypocritical crusading rhetoric of US President George Bush about his "war on terror", in practice he is promoting and sheltering real terrorists — the right-wing Cuban emigres who have been waging a terror war on
Viva: Santiago De Cuba — Explores a "treasure trove of music", which reflects the multiple influences that have made Cuban music famous worldwide. SBS, Saturday, June 11, 4pm. Living Black — Indigenous news and current affairs program. SBS,
CANBERRA — On June 16, a majority of the members of the ACT Legislative Assembly from all major parties, as well as church and community leaders, will sign on to a Refugee Rights Charter and a call for the national capital to become a "refugee
DARWIN — The Northern Territory Labor government's pre-election trumpeting of the "waterfront development" in the Darwin Harbour has failed to take into account the associated environmental risks. The project is the jewel in the crown of Chief
MELBOURNE — Students occupied the Liberal Party's Victoria headquarters on June 2 in response to the federal government's proposed "voluntary student unionism" (VSU) legislation. One of the protesters, Julia Dehm, said: "The Coalition has made it
Doug Lorimer May was the second deadliest month for the US occupation forces in Iraq so far this year, with 72 US troops killed. This took the total number of US troops killed in Iraq since the war began in March 2003 to 1657, according to a count
Ralph Nader & Kevin Zeese The last few weeks have not been good ones for the war effort. Despite being given every huge military budget he has requested by Congress, US President George Bush can no longer credibly claim to be winning the war. ABC
June 8 1984: Homosexuality is decriminalised in NSW. June 11 1872: Trade unions are legalised in Canada. 1981: IRA political prisoner Kieran Doherty is elected as an Irish MP while on hunger strike. June 12 1964: Nelson Mandela is
Susan Price, Sydney On June 1, more than 1500 university and TAFE staff from campuses across Sydney were joined by students and unionists from other sectors for a rally and march. This was part of a national day of protest against the federal
ARMIDALE — On June 3, the University of New England Students' Association electoral tribunal overturned the results of a May 24-26 referendum regarding the association's affiliation to the National Union of Students, ordering a new ballot.
Alex Miller is a member of the Socialist Alliance national executive and the Green Left Weekly-Socialist Alliance editorial liaison board. In a recent speech to the Socialist Alliance national executive, Louise Walker argued that there are
Kerry Vernon, Newcastle On May 30, 900 Newcastle University staff attended a meeting to hear details of the university's plans for job cuts. They were told that 19% of the staff would lose their jobs almost immediately. Deputy vice-chancellor