Ruth Ratcliffe

  • NT police gain new powers against homeless

    BY DAVE MURPHY & RUTH RATCLIFFE DARWIN — Police will have the power to stop any behaviour they interpret as "anti-social", under new laws introduced into the Northern Territory parliament on June 7. The legislation will also widen police powers

  • M1 to target Chamber of Commerce

    DARWIN — In the absence of a local stock exchange, the M1 Alliance here has decided to blockade the offices of the Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce and Industry, due to its anti-worker stance and its self-declared role as

  • Stolen generations: 'It's not the past'

    Between Two WorldsAt the National ArchivesKelsey Crescent, Millner, DarwinTuesdays and Wednesdays 9am-noon, until May 31Group bookings at other times by appointment DARWIN — In 1939, the year Prime Minister John Howard was

  • End forced labour in Burma!

    Canberra — The Burmese embassy will be the site of a demonstration on November 30, the deadline set by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for forced labour to end in Burma. The ACT Trades and Labour Council (TLC) will

  • Globalising solidarity

    As the fifth largest shareholder in the Asian Development Bank, Australia is a significant imperialist force in this region. The Australian government lends money for a range of projects. Many of the so-called aid projects,

  • Students plan activist left tickets

    Students plan activist left tickets BY JAMES CAULFIELD& RUTH RATCLIFFE CANBERRA — Student activists here are laying plans to end conservative domination of the student associations at the University of Canberra and the Australian National

  • Globalisation's myths revealed

    Globalisation's myths revealedCANBERRA — The real "globalisation" battle was not to defend the rights of the nation-state against international institutions but to defend peoples' rights against neo-liberal governments and

  • The truth about Cuba

    Six-year-old Elian Gonzalez was plucked from the sea after his mother drowned in an attempt to get from Cuba to the United States. The vast majority of people in both Cuba and the US believe Elian should be returned to his father

  • Indonesian peasants form people's councils

    Indonesian peasants form people's councilsJAKARTA — Peasants and rural workers, who make up around 60% of Indonesia's population, are potentially a significant force in the nation's democracy movement. Since

  • Student bureaucrats refuse support for anti-VSU campaign

    BRISBANE — The University of Queensland student union executive has shocked students and anti-voluntary student unionism campaigners by formally disassociating itself from the Cross Campus Anti-VSU Collective (CCAVSUC). At its

  • 'Crime wave' blamed on youth

    Crime wave' blamed on youthBRISBANE — According to the Queensland Victims of Crime Association, Ipswich is in the grip of a juvenile "crime wave" being waged by a small group of notorious child criminals. This claim follows

  • Brisbane plans walkout for April 29

    BRISBANE — Resistance and Jabiluka Action Group (JAG) activists are planning a combined high school and tertiary student walkout to protest against the Jabiluka uranium mine on April 29. The national day of protest was initiated