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  • Struggles of Indian students in Australia

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    Doosra: The life and times of an Indian student in Australia

    By Roanna Gonsalves

    ABC Radio National 360 documentaries

    www.abc.net.au/rn/360

    »  | 91 reads «

  • South Sydney’s poet

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    Johnny Ray’s Downtown

    By Perry Keyes

    CD, Laughing Outlaw Records

    www.perrykeyes.com, $24.95

    »  | 154 reads «

  • Celebration of selfless solidarity

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    San Patricio
    By The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder
    CD, Fantasy/Concord

    »  | 85 reads «

  • Write On

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28
    »  | 193 reads «

  • Tas Greens vote a victory and a challenge

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    The Greens' 21% vote in the March 20 Tasmanian election represents the most serious shake-up yet to the two-party domination of electoral politics. Australia has been dominated by the Liberals and the Australian Labor Party, two parties loyally representing the interests of the corporate rich.

    »  | 78 reads «

  • Tropical Alternatives Film Festival

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    The Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC) will present the 4th Annual Tropical Alternatives Film Festival in Cairns over May 6-9.

    »  | 93 reads «

  • Save the Windsor!

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    The National Trust, Planning Backlash and Protectors of Public Lands Victoria joined forces to rally against the redevelopment of the historic Windsor Hotel, which is located in the parliamentary precinct.

    »  | 158 reads «

  • Human shield launches book

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    About 40 were at the Edmund Rice Oceania Support Centre on March 24 for the launch of Donna Mulhearn’s new book, Ordinary Courage: My Journey to Baghdad as a Human Shield. Mulhearn travelled to Iraq before the March 2003 US-led invasion.

    »  | 132 reads «

  • Protest opposes US wars

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    SYDNEY — A model drone, Guantanamo-style orange jump suits and many colourful banners were part of a 100-strong protest to mark the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq (timed to coincide with the visit of US President Barack Obama that was subsequently cancelled).

    »  | 73 reads «

  • MUA rally for Rio Tinto workers

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    PERTH — Construction, mining, maritime and metal workers rallied outside the Sheraton Hotel on March 23 while chief executive of mining giant Rio Tinto Iron Ore, Sam Walsh, hosted a business breakfast for Rio bosses.

    »  | 80 reads «

  • Catholic school teachers march

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    Hundreds of striking catholic school teachers marched on March 24 to demand an improved wages offer from their employer, the Queensland Catholic Education Commission. The Queensland Independent Education Union called the strike after rejecting a wages offer similar to that accepted by state school teachers.

    »  | 100 reads «

  • Activists welcome delay of stop and search law

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    Campaigners against the Barnett state government's proposed “stop and search” laws have welcomed the three month delay before the laws go to parliament. A parliamentary committee that was due to have made recommendations on March 25 has announced that its report won’t be released until June.

    »  | 89 reads «

  • Free West Papuan political prisoners

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    MELBOURNE — A group of West Papuans has been gathering outside the Indonesian consulate every couple of months to draw attention to the fact that the Indonesian state is jailing political prisoners in West Papua, as more and more young people join protests for a free West Papua. Some of the West Papuans who protested on March 26 are ex-political prisoners.

    »  | 92 reads «

  • We kid you not: Banks price gouge for Australia

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28
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  • Vale 'Chicka' Dixon: wharfie and Aboriginal activist

    Syndicated from Green Left Weekly on Sun, 2010-03-28

    Waterside worker and long time Aboriginal activist Charles "Chicka" Dixon has died in Sydney aged 81 — struck down by asbestosis he contracted while working on the wharves.

    »  | 82 reads «