ASIET gears up for post-Suharto solidarity
By Karen Fletcher
BRISBANE — "This morning when I wrote this speech, I wrote 'Suharto must go'. Tonight I can say 'Suharto is gone'", East Timorese exile Alfonso Corte Real told a forum organised by
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By Edwin Gozal
Before Suharto resigned on May 21, Amien Rais, the head of Muhammadiyah, said that the new 50-person People's Council he helped form was considering creating a collective leadership to replace the president. Despite the People's
Big WomenWritten by Fay WeldonProduced by Tariq AliFour-part series on ABC TVSundays at 8.30pmMay 24 to June 14 Review by Lisa Macdonald
Fay Weldon, the much-loved feminist writer, says of this series: "The world is full of little women. I am
Campaign against library cuts
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — On May 21, 50 people rallied at the University of Tasmania to protest against plans to amalgamate the two science libraries. The university administration wants to close down the bio-med
Joke of the week
Modern management practice has just added new insight to an age-old question: When we have a half glass of water, is it half empty or half full? Down the ages it was answered thus: half empty if you were a pessimist; half full if
[The following is slightly abridged from a statement issued by the People's Democratic Party (PRD) after the resignation of Suharto.] President Suharto has resigned, but the Suharto regime is still in power.
Because of pressure from the masses,
By Max Lane
Over the last two weeks, the Indonesian New Order regime has been forced into emergency measures to try to stop the momentum of the massive street demonstrations initiated by the student movement. First came the panic statement by a
Scab ship stopped from unloading in US
By James Vassilopoulos
International solidarity, has stopped the Columbus Canada,
one of 23 ships loaded by non-union labour during the wharves dispute,
from unloading its cargo in Los Angeles.
Apartheid Did Not Die: a Special Report by John PilgerABC-TVTuesday, June 2, 8.30pm. Preview by Norm Dixon
John Pilger's documentaries have the uncanny ability to provoke howls of outrage and indignation from the defenders of the status quo because
By Eva Cheng
In March, on the heels of new falls in the Indonesian currency and eight months after the Asian economic crisis first exploded, the International Monetary Fund started pressing for "a new financial architecture" for the world economy
Jabiluka struggle intensifies
By Tom Flanagan
DARWIN — Aboriginal opposition to the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine was highlighted on May 19 when senior traditional owner Yvonne Margarula was arrested and charged with trespass on her own land.
On May 7, Australian solidarity activist AKIKO TSURU visited DITA SARI in Tangerang Women's Prison, one hour's drive from Jakarta. Dita, who is president of the Indonesian Centre of Labour Struggle and a leader of the banned People's Democratic
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