Pip Hinman

Internationally acclaimed film-maker and journalist John Pilger has endorsed a campaign to call Australian foreign policy makers to account for their part in the genocide in East Timor over the last 24 years. "The part played by the

Indonesian trade union leaders to tourSYDNEY — Plans are well under way for the national speaking tour, from August 8, of Indonesian trade union leader Dita Sari. Dita's tour, organised by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and

Unionists say no to UN dealSYDNEY — On May 6, the day after Indonesia and Portugal signed the United Nations-brokered deal on East Timor in New York, activists here picketed the Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre to voice their

Debates in the Jabiluka campaignOver the past few weeks, the Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide Jabiluka Action Groups (JAGs) have been told by the Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation (GAC), set up to represent the interests of the Mirrar

Jabiluka campaign debates perspectives and plans national day of actionDiscussion around a controversial set of new perspectives proposed for the anti-Jabiluka mine campaign by the Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation (GAC) is

Debate over Jabiluka campaign directionIn Melbourne on November 2, Jacqui Katona of the Gundjehmi Aboriginal Corporation (GAC) met with representatives of the national Jabiluka Action Group Network to discuss the campaign against

Jabiluka campaign moves to the citiesThe re-election of the Howard government hasn't fazed activists campaigning to stop the Jabiluka uranium mine. Plans to stop Energy Resources of Australia's (ERA) attempt to mine uranium in

Would Labor stop Jabiluka? By Francesca Davisand Pip Hinman If there was a single environment and indigenous rights issue which could have become a significant factor in this election, it is the Jabiluka uranium mine. One poll shows that 70% of

Why socialism is back on the agenda"The United Nations annual Human Development Report confirms, yet again, that capitalism has failed the majority of the world's people", said Max Lane, the foreign affairs spokesperson for the

Health — a universal rightI was struck by a series of letters in the Sydney Morning Herald recently about the virtues or otherwise of sending new mothers home immediately after giving birth. Why should they be taking up

Asia Pacific women link upThe currency crisis in Asia and the International Monetary Fund's "rescue packages" are having, and will continue to have, a devastating effect on the peoples of the Asia Pacific region. Already at the

Asia Pacific Women's Solidarity Network launchedSYDNEY — The Asia Pacific Women's Solidarity Network (APWSN) has held its first meeting to help progressive women in the region cement their links. The meeting was attended by women