East Timor: new wave of repression By Max Lane
The East Timorese resistance organisations have called for the release of all East Timorese political prisoners and have appealed for help from non-government human rights organisations in the
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By Michael Tardif
Students took to the streets on August 24 to protest against the federal government's attacks on education. The actions were initially proposed at a noªfees demonstration in Canberra in May. In Adelaide, Emma Webb from the
Appeal for Mordechai Vanunu Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli technician who revealed the truth about that country's nuclear weapons arsenal, remains in solitary confinement after nine years of imprisonment. Fredrik S. Heffermehl, chairperson of the
By Lisa Macdonald
With this issue, Green Left Weekly turns 200. This is a tremendous achievement, one we hardly dared to forecast with confidence four and a half years ago. Like all projects that dare to be different, there have been times
Anti-nuke demo at Chinese consulate MELBOURNE — The Chinese consulate refused to accept an anti-nuclear protest letter from 30 activists here on August 23. The rally, organised by Greenpeace and the Australian Conservation Foundation, blocked
By Margaret Allan
NEWCASTLE The Greens have announced their candidates for the September 9 elections for the City Council. Apart from the ALP, the Greens are the only political party to stand candidates in all of the wards.
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The UnderneathDirected by Steven Soderbergh Academy Twin and Valhalla Cinemas, SydneyReviewed by Peter Boyle
Steven Soderbergh (of Sex, Lies and Videotape fame) has his audience on the edge of their seats through this movie about the shifting
By Estoy Evangelista
More than 4 million Filipino overseas contract workers are scattered all over the world. Add the Filipinos who have permanently migrated to other countries, and this number would easily reach 10 million (out of a total
By Helen Jarvis
PHNOM PENH — Legal options for prosecuting the Khmer Rouge leadership for crimes committed during their 1975-79 rule in Cambodia were discussed here in an August 22-23 conference, "Striving for Justice: International Criminal
By Jennifer Thompson
The federal Liberal Party's election campaign has begun with John Howard delivering two of six "headland" speeches and launching an attack on Labor's economic management. But despite Howard's attempt at image
By James Balowski
On August 17, the Indonesian minister of justice, Oetojo Oesman, announced that seven prisoners, including two long-serving political prisoners, are soon to be executed. These will be the first political executions since
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