Sam King

Discrimination in East TimorDILI —The stated aim of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) is to effectively administer the country during the period of transition to a popularly elected

BANDA ACEH — The mass action that overwhelmed Aceh's capital city on November 8 is undeniable proof of the people's desire for a referendum and their resolve to campaign for it. Some 2 million people took to the streets, in the

Indonesian union refused legal statusJAKARTA — The independent Workers' Committee for Reform Action (KOBAR) is made up of factory-level trade unions in six industrial sectors in Jakarta. It is affiliated to the Indonesian National

JAKARTA Suharto's fall and the mass movement that overthrew him have inspired a massive increase in the struggle for democracy in Indonesia's "autonomous province" of Aceh. On November 4, more than 30,000 people demonstrated in Aceh

JAKARTA — The newly elected President Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur) announced his cabinet on October 26. Like the combination of Wahid as president and Megawati Sukarnoputri as vice-president, the cabinet's composition represents a

Downer in Dili: what wasn't reportedDILI — The Australian government, forced to recognise that some form of political change in East Timor is inevitable whatever the result of the referendum, has been attempting to woo the

Thousands of students return to East TimorDILI — As the massive Indonesian passenger ship the Dobonsolo left Jakarta on July 23, thousands of people filled its seven tiers. Hundreds more set up sleeping places on the open deck.

Dita Sari is free!JAKARTA — After spending almost three years in jail for her "crime" of organising Indonesian workers to struggle for their rights, Dita Sari was released from the Tangerang women's prison, on the outskirts of

JAKARTA — People's Democratic Party (PRD) activists took to the streets on July 2 to protest the previous day's brutal police attack on a 2000-strong rally outside the offices of the electoral commission (KPU). The 1000

JAKARTA — A 2000-strong rally organised by the People's Democratic Party was viciously attacked by police and military on July 1. Protesters were beaten and shot. More than 100 were injured, two are in a critical

PRD rallies with masses in JakartaJAKARTA — On May 28, hundreds of thousands took to the streets in support of Megawati Sukarnoputri and her Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-S). Thousands of workers, urban poor, students

More uranium mines for SAADELAIDE — Australia's uranium industry is to be boosted with the planned expansion of the Beverley and Honeymoon "trial" mines in South Australia. Southern Cross Resources (SCR) plans to open a new mine at