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Ecuadoran villagers occupy mining installations

Ecuadoran villagers occupy mining installations By Cam Walker Installations of the Japanese mining company Bishimetals and the Ecuadoran state mining institution CODIGEM were peacefully occupied on May 12 by 50 people from seven local

Making it on Broadway

Act OneAdapted by Don Mackay from Moss Hart's autobiographyDirected by Chris CanuteUntil August 2Ensemble Theatre, SydneyBookings 9929 0644 Review by Mark Stoyich I've never read the autobiography of Broadway playwright Moss Hart, but

Arts hit again at NTU

Arts hit again at NTU By Bernie Brian DARWIN — The Northern Territory University administration sacked, 11 staff members of the arts faculty on the final day of exams, when very few students were on campus. As a result of the cuts, the

PRD activists tortured

PRD activists tortured By James Balowski On June 26, SiaR magazine reported that two People's Democratic Party (PRD) activists, Coen Husein Pontoh and Mohammad Sholeh, had been tortured following the June 11 riot at the Medaeng prison in

Strike defends union rights

Strike defends union rights By Jonathan Strauss SYDNEY — Workers at O'Briens Metal Products in Caringbah struck on July 3 in defence of their right to organise after the union delegate, co-delegate and one other union militant were

Whose free speech is under attack?

By Maurice Sibelle and Peter Boyle The militant demonstrations at founding meetings of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party in Dandenong and Canberra have triggered another hysterical campaign in the establishment media against these allegedly

Postgraduates split from student association

Postgraduates split from student association By Alex Bainbridge NEWCASTLE — Newcastle University Council voted on June 27 to allow the formation of a Postgraduate Students Association (NUPSA) separate from the student association, NUSA.

Campaign Against Racism continues mobilisation

Campaign Against Racism continues mobilisation By Susan Price MELBOURNE — Despite attempts by the media to undermine anti-racist organisations, 50 people attended a Campaign Against Racism meeting on July 10 to organise a rally at the

Resistance plans how to fight the system

By Justin Randell MELBOURNE "Fight the system" was the theme of the 26th national conference of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, held here July 4-6. Two hundred and eighty delegates and observers attended the conference, many for the

Australia ordered to release Adams documents

Australia ordered to release Adams documents Immigration minister Philip Ruddock must release documents used to refuse Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams' entry to Australia, a court ruled on July 1. Federal Court Judge Doug Drummond ruled that

Looking out: Street social security

Street social securityStreet social security By Brandon Astor Jones "Government[s] can find money for anything they choose — buckets of money being thrown at the Olympics, $41 million plucked out of the sky to do landscaping around

Miners and supporters stop the trains

By Alex Bainbridge HUNTER VALLEY — On July 4 and 7, coal trains were turned away empty at the Hunter Valley No. 1 coal mine by striking miners and their supporters. On July 8, FreightCorp — the train operator — refused to send another