Norman Brewer, Sydney
"TJ had 17 years. We have the rest of our lives to never forget him. We have to remember TJ, we have to remember all the deaths at the hands of the [state]", Redfern community leader Jenny Munro told a 550-strong memorial
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Murray Smith, Paris
The united campaign being waged by France's two largest revolutionary socialist parties — the Revolutionary Communist League (LCR) and Workers Struggle (LO) — for the March 21 regional elections is getting a good reception.
MELBOURNE — On February 23, 200 people attended a rally at Telstra's Melbourne headquarters, called by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), to protest against the planned transfer of information technology jobs to India.
CPSU national
Imagine...
Imagine a world where any woman could walk down any street, day or night, and feel no fear of harassment or assault, and where society denounced domestic violence as so abhorrent that every home was safe.
Imagine a world where girls
Jabril Sanei
Somalia is on the Horn of Africa, the north-eastern-most point of the African continent. As Raman Bhardwaj wrote in his 1979 book The Dilemma of the Horn of Africa, (Sterling Publishers, India): "The Horn's tip, a life-line for the
Across Australia, Indigenous activists and their supporters have offered solidarity to the residents of Redfern Block. Brisbane Murri activist Sam Watson spoke to Green Left Weekly's Marce Cameron about the reaction.
Watson, who will stand for the
From February 16, tens of thousands of Ecuadorians poured into the nation's streets and highways in a 48-hour wave of protest, paralysing much of the country, reports Duroyan Fertl.
On October 19, 2001, a boat laden with asylum seekers en route to Australia from Indonesia sank, killing 353 people. Despite ever more evidence to the contrary, the Australian government claims it has no responsibility regarding the deaths.
Keep our coasts public!
Alan Davison (Write On, Green Left Weekly #572) claims factual errors in previous reports on opposition to Australand's proposed "Port Coogee" development. As "proof", he points out that the section of beach where the
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. Includes the Green Left news. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Phone 9564 1277. Visit
MELBOURNE — On February 20, Socialist Alliance activists picketed the Maribyrnong Detention Centre to highlight the plight of female detainees.
Socialist Alliance candidate for the seat of Gellibrand, Linda Waldron told Green Left Weekly, "Many
Rohan Pearce
On March 18, 2003, Prime Minister John Howard announced in federal parliament: "The government has now authorised our defence forces, which were predeployed to the [Persian] Gulf to acclimatise and contribute to the campaign to
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