By James Balowski
For the second time in two weeks, the armed forces' chief of social and political affairs, Syarwan Hamid, has accused the People's Democratic Party (PRD) of being behind the riots which have been rocking the country over the last
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O-weeks a great success for Resistance
By Sean Healy
Over the last fortnight, Resistance has joined more than 370 people at university "orientation weeks" around the country. The Resistance club at the University of Sydney joined 100 people.
Looking out: Hopelessness and despair
By Brandon Astor Jones
Have you ever wondered about the topics that prisoners discuss late at night, when the prison is relatively quiet and locked down? This will be the first of a series of excerpts from
Suppression StoriesBy Brian MartinFund for Intellectual Dissent, 1997. 171 pp. Review by Allen Myers
Brian Martin, an occasional contributor to Green Left Weekly, has produced an intriguing and very readable account of the suppression of dissent in
Pickets organised by Committees in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean and the Brisbane Zapatista Front were held at Mexican consulates in Sydney and Brisbane on February 28. The Mexican government has refused to honour the Accord on
Weeds could develop resistance to Roundup
The evolution of pesticide resistance plays a key role in keeping farmers on the so-called "pesticide treadmill" — a cycle in which farmers feel compelled to move on to other chemicals as older pesticides
Victory for Viking workers
By Nick Markin and Andrew Gianniotis
SYDNEY — Employees at the Viking Office Products warehouse in Rydalmere have scored a victory after two days on strike. Members of the National Union of Workers voted on February
Social life or social change?
Social life or social change?
March 8 is International Women's Day. Since 1908, women in almost every country have come together on this date in marches, meetings, rallies and festivals to demand their right to
Family day care under attack
By Kylie Moon
HOBART — The University of Tasmania administration in mid-January gave parents using the family day care scheme two weeks to find alternative child-care. Opposition has forced the university to delay
By Jo Thompson
Throughout 1996, the Chinese government continued to commit widespread human rights abuses in Tibet. These included instances of death in detention, torture, arbitrary arrests, detention without public trial, long detention of
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