By Frank Enright
"I know very well that there are many people that have very good reason to believe me to be bad tempered and an arrogant bastard. You can judge a man by his friends ... but you can also judge a man by his enemies — I've got a
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By Brandon Astor Jones
"The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by [its] private citizens." — Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859)
I think Alexis de Tocqueville would have been perplexed to
By Jana D.K.
JAKARTA — Some 1000 prominent human rights activists, intellectuals and politicians have signed a statement expressing their opposition to the detention of 22 students arrested in a wave of mass demonstrations which broke out in
By Kerry O'Callaghan
MELBOURNE —Tram services on the January 26 Australia Day holiday were hit by a 24-hour strike over timetable cuts.
The strike action was initiated by members at the Preston tram depot, who were given special Australia
Northland Secondary College needs you
MELBOURNE — The following appeal has been issued by supporters of Northland Secondary College, who have been fighting since December 1992 to keep open the school, which the Kennett government is trying to
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Sam Watson, president of the Brisbane Aboriginal Legal Service, gave an inspiring address on the topic of "Black rights after the Year of Indigenous People", at a Resistance Centre Invasion Day forum here on
Towards best practice unionism: The future of unions in Australia
By Max Ogden
Pluto Press, 1993. 85 pp. $9.95
Reviewed by Jon Singer
"Management is too important to be left to managers" — this is the fundamental theme of Towards best
Postal workers against privatisation
By Jon Land
SYDNEY — Some 1000 Australia Post workers attended a stop-work meeting here called by the Communications Workers Union (CWU) on February 4, to protest against federal government
European anti-racist conference
Delegates from 134 European anti-racist organisations, coming from 34 countries, will meet in Strasbourg from February 13 to 20. They gather for the conference "European Youth: United Actions Against Racism and
Jana D.K.
JAKARTA — There have been comments recently on President Soeharto's apparently poor health during public appearances. According to a journalist from the Indonesian Observer, prior to his trip to India in December, Soeharto was
Darwin political activist bashed
By Deb Sorensen
DARWIN — A well-known political activist and Green Left Weekly distributor, Shell 63, has been bashed over the head with a long-handled police torch. The wound required seven stitches. The
Zapatista-government meeting imminent
MEXICO CITY — The rebels in Chiapas have announced that negotiations with the government to end the rebellion are imminent. A Zapatista Army communique on February 1 said that the basics have been agreed
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