The first (kidney) stone
By Brandon Astor Jones
A Missouri law-maker has proposed that death row prisoners be allowed to bargain their vital organs in exchange for life in prison, i.e. life in prison without parole. The interview that follows
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Court government to close public schools
By Ana Kailis
PERTH — The Court government has announced its intention to close four senior high schools, downgrade one to a high school and close one primary school in the coming months. This may be
By Roberto Jorquera
PERTH — On May 20, nurses in Western Australia began a 48-hour strike. This is the first time that WA nurses have taken this type of industrial action. The nurses are campaigning for increased funding for hospitals and a 13%
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
The production team at Green Left Weekly are always looking for new ways to improve the look and content of the paper. Over the years, this has meant having to learn new computer programs and desktop publishing techniques.
Green Left Weekly has
Thirty years ago this month, a wave of struggles in France shook the European ruling classes and opened up new possibilities for the left. In 1968 DANIEL BENSAID was a prominent leader of the student movement at Nanterre University in Paris. Today he
Women against woodchipping
By Kathy Pinkus
HOBART — On May 19, 150 women rallied on Parliament House lawns in an action organised by the Wilderness Society and called "Women against woodchipping". Speakers attacked the regional forestry
[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,
SYDNEY — The Powell St Clinic (Bessie Smyth Foundation) in Homebush in Sydney's west opened in 1977 to provide a service to women that was different, and still is, from many other abortion services. The clinic's services are not for profit, and
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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