Pakpahan supports Suharto's daughter for president
By Max Lane
Singapore-based journalist Michael Shari was recently able to interview jailed trade unionist Muchtar Pakpahan in hospital in Jakarta. Shari's interview was later published in the
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By Nicole Hilder
WOLLONGONG — One hundred people protested the reopening of the Port Kembla copper smelter by NSW Premier Bob Carr on February 3. The demonstration was organised by Illawarra Residents Against Toxic Environments (IRATE),
By Norm Dixon
More than 300 students were arrested after staging a sit-in at the University of Western Cape (UWC) on February 1. The students were protesting against increased university fees and hard-line regulations that exclude students who
Jazz against racism
SYDNEY — More than 400 people packed into the steaming atmosphere of the Harbourside Brasserie for Green Left Weekly's "Jazz against racism" benefit on February 6. Mesmerising music from some of Australia's best jazz
Russian journalist held after nuclear waste exposé
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Undeterred by the fiasco surrounding their prosecution of anti-nuclear activist Aleksandr Nikitin, Russia's security forces are holding another
The darkness of a musician's downfall
ComplicityBy Timothy DalyMarian Street Theatre, SydneyUntil February 22 Review by Brendan Doyle
This well-constructed play, given a fine production by director John Krummel, tells the story of Eugene
Wharfies: 'Now it is time to fight'
By James Vassilopoulos
WEBB DOCK, Port Melbourne — In a desolate terrain of dust and gravel, the struggle is unfolding between the workers of the Maritime Union of Australia and the unholy coalition of the
Hunter Valley miners continue to fight
By Alison Dellit
Workers at Rio Tinto's Hunter Valley No. 1 mine voted on February 2 to continue their fight against the company's attempt to de-unionise the mine. The three-hour stop-work meeting
Bolshevik WomenBy Barbara Evans ClementsCambridge University Press, 1997. 338 pp., $39.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
To jittery reactionaries in revolutionary Russia, one of the most upsetting sights was the female Bolshevik. Proud and
NFF: using farmers' funds to aid big business
By Chris Spindler
In its attack on maritime workers, the National Farmers Federation has tried to portray itself as representing the whole of the farming sector. The reality is different. The NFF
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