NSSP campaigns for peace in Sri Lanka By Sujatha Fernandes On October 17, after peace talks had failed, the Sri Lankan government launched a major offensive against Jaffna, the citadel of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) in an attempt to
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By Bill Mason BRISBANE — National strike action looms in the mining industry as Comalco took out legal writs against striking workers at the company's Weipa bauxite operation on November 11. Seventy-five award workers at Weipa have been on strike
A development parable The World Bank decides to sponsor a developmental project in a Third World country. The project initially forcibly removes the peasants from land. A small wealthy group of neo-entrepreneurs/farmers move in to grow a cash crop
By Sujatha Fernandes SYDNEY — More than 3000 people rallied in Burwood Park on November 11 in a prayer meeting and fast organised by the Australasian Federation of Tamil Associations. The event was part of an international day of action in
She is such a wonderful person ... she is a doer — not a talker. [Stephanie is the classic example of] the difference [that] just one person can make. [She] inspire[s] people to find one cause that they believe in. — Glenys Alderton Some of you
By Dom Bromilow John Ondawarme and Matthew Jamieson spoke about the movement for a free West Papua at a November 7 meeting, co-sponsored by Resistance and the Australia West Papua Association. They said that, while the establishment media had largely
The Alliance Alternative in Australia: Beyond Labor and LiberalEdited by Robert LeachCatalyst Press, 1995.Left Book Club Co-operative, $17 (p)Reviewed by Jim McIlroy The Australian two-party political system is in crisis. After 12 years of right-wing
By Bill Mason A group of Torres Strait islanders, led by Jim Akee, have held meetings on the Murray Islands in preparation for a move to declare the islands independent from Australia and set up an interim government. The independence move has drawn
Sinn Féin national executive member, Dodie McGuinness, is currently touring Australia. Dodie, a native of Derry, has been actively involved in republican politics since the early '70s. Her party responsibilities include international work,
By Hendrik Gout ADELAIDE — In two months' time a multinational consortium will take control of the state's water supply. United Water, a French, English and Australian firm, has the contract to deliver water to every house, shop, office, factory
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