Military attack Yogyakarta protest
A mass rally on September 11 at Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, against the introduction of restrictive traffic laws, was attacked by the police and military, forcing participants to leave the campus.
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Power and property
The Piano
Written and Directed by Jane Campion
Starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna Paquin
Reviewed by Chris Slee
Set in 19th century New Zealand, this film explores the unequal relationship
By Vivienne Porzsolt
I welcome the opportunity to debate the issue of Israel, Zionism and anti-Semitism in the pages of GLW and respond to Malloy and Lorimer's article (issue 111) written in reply to my letter in the previous issue.
My
BRISBANE — Thousands of injured Queensland workers are being denied a fair hearing because there is no right of appeal in the workers compensation system in this state, the Electoral and Administrative Review Commission says. EARC has recommended a
Indonesian activist condemns Keating's 'music'
By L. Pramana
Prime Minister Keating's suggestion for US President Bill Clinton to take a softer stance on human rights in the Asian region has been condemned by Indonesian labour activist
By Ignatius Kim
The national and international attention focused on the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in the late 1980s would have convinced many that these abuses would not recur.
Yet, since May 30, 1989 — the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — More than half a million employees of the Russian coal industry stopped work for 24 hours on September 6, halting production in 133 of the country's 259 underground mines. The national stoppage was the latest in a
This was the week that True Blue Aussie with the Big Red Heart cast off the yoke of imperial insecurity, imperial inferiority, and stood up for decency and the most important thing in the world: a dollar. How proud to be a True Blue Aussie and see
DAELE HEALY describes her experiences at the International Youth Forum held in South Korea August 11-21, organised by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO.
The forum was made up of around 100 people from more than 30 nations. The
NSW cleaners continue fight
Story and photo
by Paul Oboohov
SYDNEY — Cleaners employed by the NSW Government Cleaning Service are into their ninth week of a campaign to stop privatisation of state cleaning by the Liberal state
The real thing
Seventy-two of Australia's "bidding elite" are descending upon Monte Carlo to hear the International Olympic Committee's decision on which city will host the Olympic Games in the year 2000.
Asked to explain the purpose of the
Adelaide divided between rich and poor
By Sabina Nowak
ADELAIDE — The City Messenger local newspaper revealed some not so surprising news about the polarities between rich and poor in Adelaide on its front page of August 25.
A stark
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