Indonesian activist addresses meetings
By Bernard Wunsch
BRISBANE — Robby Hartono, a pro-democracy and labour activist with the PRD (People's Democratic Party) in Indonesia, addressed several meetings in Brisbane last week. In a four-day tour,
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Correction
A subediting error in the article "The ALP, ethnic communities and the cult(ure) of difference" in the February 5 edition of Green Left Weekly incorrectly described Robert Manne as the former Fraser government minister for Aboriginal
Two more PRD activist to go on trial
By James Balowski
On February 4, the Jakarta daily Kompas reported that the trials of People's Democratic Party activists I Gusti Anom Astika and Wilson bin Nurtias have begun. Twelve PRD members are now being
Pepsi withdraws from Burma
A six-year campaign has ended with PepsiCo's announcement that it will totally withdraw from Burma by May 31. PepsiCo sells Pepsi and 7-Up in Burma under the brutal State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC).
Stalin's hand in the French CP
By Stuart Russell
Documents recently released by the Russian presidential archives demonstrate to what extent former Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin controlled the policies of the French Communist Party. In June
SYDNEY — On February 3, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission announced that it would contribute $6 million to "alleviating the social and environmental problems of Sydneys Redfern Aboriginal Community" by funding a proposal for
Indonesia: What's behind the 'religious' riots
By James Balowski
Over the last 16 months, Indonesia's much touted "political stability" has been tested by some of the worst violence since the New Order regime seized power in 1965. As president
By Norm Dixon
South Africa's last apartheid-era state president, F.W. de Klerk, was handed a report almost 18 months before the historic April 1994 election that spelled out the apartheid military's role in the so-called "Third Force", a shadowy
Monsanto agrees to change Roundup ads
Monsanto Corporation has agreed to change its advertising for glyphosate-based products, including Roundup, in response to complaints by the New York attorney general's office that the ads were misleading. The
Kennett loses by-election
By Maurice Sibelle
MELBOURNE — The Kennett Liberal government lost its second safest seat on February 1 in a by-election for the Gippsland West seat of Wonthaggi. In its first major electoral defeat, the Liberals'
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