GLW issue 442, published 2001-03-28.

INDONESIA: Timor war criminals remain free

BY JON LAND Chances are increasingly remote that the Indonesian legal system will bring to justice those responsible for war crimes and human rights abuses committed before, during and after East Timor's August 1999 referendum. Any trial that does

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Widow of the Revolution: the Anna Larina

Loose cannons

Crony capitalism, US-style "[T]he US air Force has devised an ambitious plan to help Boeing, the world's biggest commercial jet producer, sell a version of its latest jumbo military transport to private cargo companies... the C-17 Globemaster...

GST bites working people

BY SUE BOLTON The truth is out about just what the GST is doing to working families. Before the 1998 election, the government didn't just unleash a barrage of misleading, even lying, propaganda about the consumption tax, it also prevented the

Further

Australian News

Action updates

Sabotage of Fair Employment Bill MELBOURNE � On March 20, 150 people protested against attempts by the Liberal and National parties to block the Fair Employment Bill from passing through the Victorian parliament�s upper house. The

Abortion law campaign re-launched in Qld

BY ROBYN MARSHALL BRISBANE — A meeting on March 19 to discuss decriminalisation of abortion in Queensland attracted interest from many quarters, including sections of the Labor Party. The abortion issue has come back onto the political agenda

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International News

ITALY: Protesters take on IT monopolies

BY SEAN HEALY Anti-globalisation protesters demonstrated in their thousands on March 17 in the southern Italian city of Naples against the Global Forum, a meeting of government officials and representatives of the largest information technology

Demand release of Pakistani political leaders

The parties of the banned Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy are calling on supporters worldwide to write to Pakistani ruler Pervaiz Musharraf and to Pakistani embassies to demand the release of imprisoned political leaders. Musharraf's

Further International News

Editorial

World Bank, Australia out of PNG!

Rank and file soldiers of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force rebelled on March 23, giving PNG Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta until noon on March 26 to repudiate a cabinet decision to sack more than half of all PNGDF personnel. The soldiers also

General

Construction workers to visit M1 blockade

BY MARCEL CAMERON MELBOURNE — In response to the call by the M1 Alliance for a strike and blockade of the Australian Stock Exchange on May 1, construction workers will walk off city building sites and march on stock market offices here before

M1 goes rural

BY SUE BULL GEELONG — People in rural and regional Victoria, hit hard by policies such as privatisation and deregulation, will get a chance to show their anger at corporate globalisation, thanks to plans by local activists to organise a united

Further General

Cultural Dissent

A shameful crime

The Laramie ProjectBy Moises KaufmanBelvoir Street Theatre, SydneyUntil April 15 REVIEW BY MARK STOYICH In 1998, near the town of Laramie in the US state of Wyoming, two young men tortured a young gay man, Matt Shepard, and left him for dead. The

Williamson resorts to dildos

REVIEW BY MARK STOYICH Up For GrabsBy David WilliamsonSydney Theatre CompanyDrama Theatre, Sydney Opera HouseUntil April 21 Up For Grabs is ostensibly about the art market, but it is full of the usual gossip about the Sydney social types that

Further Cultural Dissent

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