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There are competing definitions of race. Some are slang, some are scientific. Some are ambiguous and some are precise. Some are falsifiable and some exist purely on the strength of those that assert them.

Personally, I prefer the scientific, the precise, the falsifiable.

This is one particular definition, from a third-year zoology course from Olkahoma State University which I reckon is pretty good.

"Definition of Race: A race is a geographically circumscribed population or set of populations that differ from all other populations of a species.

Title TRANSPORT (FURTHER MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) BILL
House ASSEMBLY
Activity
Second Reading
Members LEIGH Date28 May 2002 Page1703

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Is this government fair dinkum about fare evasion? In my view it is not. Why is this so? Let me tell the house about a gentleman by the name of Mr Lev Lafayette, who is actually part of the Victorian ALP. This guy is the no. 1 fare evader in the state of Victoria.

The following is written from my preliminary observer’s perspective between the periods of September 11 and October 27, 2002 and as such is probably going to need future revision. However, the key elements of history and influence have been noted and at very least provide sufficient information from which future inquiries may take place. Particular emphasis is placed on the myth and practices of the Tetun people, but by no means exclusively so.

Clerk Assistant (Committees)

House of Representatives

Parliament House

CANBERRA ACT 2600

email: committee.reps@aph.gov.au

Just over a year ago the prospect of a Coalition-led third term victory seemed improbable. Now Labor has lost one of its safest seats in the country, with a swing of over 16% to the Greens. The Labor Party should at the very least be doing some serious soul-searching after such a debacle.

The two-state theory in Workers' Liberty is perplexing and lacking in necessary elaboration. Workers Liberty claims that There are "two distinct peoples in the area, the Palestinian Arabs and the Israeli Jews". This is a confusion of culture and religion in the first instance, so if one gets this wrong, everything else that follows will also be wrong. It is little wonder that WL cannot conceive

My short article from April this year, 'Another Generation Lost?', was initially distributed on the Leftlinks mailing list, the Australian Socialist Youth mailing list, several international usenet groups, made its way to Workers Online (the news website of the NSW Trades and Labour Council), was distributed around Victorian left Labor email lists and a few hundred even made it into existence as physical handbills.

Published in Jacques Chester's sample 'Honi Soit' for the 2001 University of Sydney student elections.

It seems that almost every political protest organised via political organisations of the far left is now a blockade. Following the relative success of the blockade of the World Economic Forum of September 11-13, 2000, the call to blockade has been applied to everything from Nike retail outlets in Melbourne to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Presented at the Labor Left Activists and Supporters Conference, July 2001, Trades Hall, Melbourne

Introduction

Today's Conference has provided a great opportunity for various progressive organisations, their representatives and individuals to express their desired results from current and future Labor administrations. It is by no means conclusive or comprehensive. It is merely the beginning of one of many future public activities organised by left Labor activists.

By Lev Lafayette and Anthony Leong

An article in response to 'Labor Left in Bed with the Sex Industry', published in Green Left Weekly, Issue 456, p15

The crucial political question facing any inquiry into the erotica industry under capitalism is whether one places economic class or biological sex as the principle unit of analysis.