By John Nebauer
BRISBANE — About 1000 people attended a rally called by the Brisbane Aboriginal community on April 20 to protest against the findings of the Criminal Justice Commission into the death of dancer Daniel Yock on November 7.
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Call for labour unity
By Ray Fulcher and Rachel Evans
MANILA — A press conference of six union organisations here on April 18 announced the formation of a Caucus for Labour Unity (CLU) with the aim of unifying the Philippines labour
Sex information censored in Tasmania
By Jen Crothers
HOBART — The state government has banned posters and displays on sexuality in senior secondary colleges. Secretary to the minister for education and the arts Bruce Davis sent a memo to
By Pip Hunter
On April 10, more than 100,000 people rallied in Mexico City in front of the National Palace to mark the 75th anniversary of the death of nationalist hero Emiliano Zapata. Tens of thousands also demonstrated in Michoacan, Jalisco,
WA forest meeting well attended
By Anthony Benbow
FREMANTLE — More than 300 people packed the Fremantle Town Hall on April 22 for a meeting discussing the effects of forest destruction and the need for campaigns to stop it. The focus was
That Dangerous and Persuasive Woman: Vida Goldstein
By Janette M. Bomford
Melbourne University Press, 1993. 264 pp., $29.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
In 1913, one conservative rural gentleman in Bairnsdale, Victoria, refused to attend
Comment by Alexander Schifferegger
Every year more than 250 million animals are used worldwide in medical research — over 2 million Australia wide. Thirty animals die every second in laboratories around the world.
This is claimed to
All opinion polls for the last 12 months have shown that the ANC is close to winning the vital two-thirds majority in the national assembly. If it breaks this barrier, the ANC will be in a position to write the final constitution without requiring
Film slams police harassment
By Sean Healy
PERTH — A new community-produced film, slamming the treatment of young people at the hands of Perth police, particularly through the infamous "Operation Sweep", will be launched on Friday, May
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi's surprise decision to have his Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) participate in the national and provincial elections and both the levels was announced on April 19. The Inkatha leader
By Max Lane
On April 3 Leopoldo "Comrade Hector" Mabalingan, a former commander of the Benahaw New People's Army (NPA) command, was shot dead by NPA units under the command of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leader Gregorio Rosal.
By Michael Karadjis
When the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia declared independence in 1991, it appeared to most a simple matter of self-determination. A referendum endorsed it, and the majority of the people in the state have long called
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