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Rallies condemn mandatory sentencing

By Cathy Pereira BRISBANE — Aboriginal elders spoke out passionately against mandatory sentencing at a rally here on March 5, branding the laws an abuse of human rights. One hundred and fifty people had gathered in heavy rain to call for an end

Buffy Saite-Marie: 'Choke on your blue, white and scarlet hypocrisy!'

'Choke on your blue, white and scarlet hypocrisy!' Native North American Child: An OdysseyBuffy Sainte-Marie Vanguard 79340-2Order through CD shops that import Review by Tom Flanagan Buffy Sainte-Marie is possibly unique among the 1960s

Nuclear waster dump: 10 reasons for a referendum

Nuclear waster dump: 10 reasons for a referendum By Jim Green 1. Sydneysiders have been told that long-lived intermediate-level nuclear wastes — including reprocessing wastes from the nuclear reactor in Lucas Heights — will definitely be

Western Sydney underground music breaks through

AristarchusGlisterOrder at <http://www.chaosmusic.com/glister> or 27 Meredith St, Blaxland, NSW, 2774EgoSandalbuttOracle RecordsRalph Music, PO Box 378, Blaxland, NSW, 2774True-lTrue-l<http://truel.8m.com>CuriosityFifth Place7

Cuba's battle for socialist renewal

Cuba's battle for socialist renewal By Rafael Hernandez HAVANA — "What will happen when Castro dies?" That's the inevitable question I'm invited to talk about on Cuba overseas. Curiously enough, I also get a repeated question from the most

Echelon: Lid lifted on global spy network

Lid lifted on global spy network By Sean Healy A report by a committee of the European Union (EU) has revealed, in the greatest detail yet, how governments of the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada maintain a global

Radical art on the net

Radical art on the net Created by a global network of campaigners and artists, Subvertise.org documents, develops and promotes what it calls "the art form of the post-corporate millennium" — "subvertising". Subvertising is "the art of cultural

David Williamson: The playwright we deserve

Review by Mark Stoyich The Great ManBy David WilliamsonSydney Theatre CompanySydney Opera House from March 9 A group of friends and relations of a once great and powerful man gather to eulogise him after his death, only to realise that he was

South Africa: 'Guns not butter' budget criticised

South Africa: 'Guns not butter' budget criticised By Norm Dixon South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been criticised for introducing an annual budget on February 23 that massively boosts spending for the armed services,

Police refuse help to dying man

Police refuse help to dying man A POLICE sergeant ordered emergency crews not to take an Aboriginal man out of his burned-out cell, a coroner's inquest in Cloncurry, Queensland, was told on March 1. Two firefighters told the court that they tried

IWD celebrated in Cambodia

By Allen Myers PHNOM PENH — Hundreds of women and men gathered in the main square here on March 8 to mark International Women's Day. The activities were organised by the OXFAM organisations and their Cambodian counterparts. The program extended

Promises on WA forests broken

Promises on WA forests broken By Grant Coleman PERTH — A state government decision to hand $2 million to a private company to reopen a defunct sawmill has blown a giant hole in Liberal Premier Richard Court's claims to be a defender of WA's