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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.

Thousands demonstrate against Hanson in Dandenong

By Susan Price DANDENONG — Some 3000-5000 people rallied outside the Dandenong launch of Pauline Hanson's One Nation party on July 7. The rally was the largest in Victoria since One Nation began establishing branches in the state. Despite

Fury in northern Ireland after parade is forced through

By Dave Riley On the afternoon of July 6, after a kind of martial law was imposed on the nationalist Garvaghy Road area of Portadown, County Armagh, a Protestant Orange Order parade marched silently through the rubble and debris left by the

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

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

East Timorese picket consulate

East Timorese picket consulate By Bridget Riggs MELBOURNE A picket was maintained at the Indonesian consulate from June 27 to July 4 to protest against the murder on June 25 of East Timorese resistance leader David Alex by the Indonesian

The revolution that won't surrender

Cuba at the crossroadsBy Fidel CastroOcean Press, 1996. 179 pp., $21.95 Review by Roberto Jorquera Cuba at the crossroads is a collection of speeches by Fidel Castro between November 1994 and April 1996. They open up the entire history of the

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

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

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

Ratbags in the ranks: Hanson, the Coalition and the far right

Ratbags in the ranks: Hanson, the Coalition and the far right The rise of the virulently racist and xenophobic Pauline Hanson has provided Australia's small and divided — sometimes warring — far-right organisations the opportunity to

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