Indonesian forum
SYDNEY — About 100 people attended a forum presented by the Indonesian Welfare Association here on October 16. Speakers from the NSW Rape Crisis Centre spoke of their visit to meet with volunteers working with the ethnic Chinese
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Indigenous whaling
An article from Hour magazine reproduced in Green Left Weekly #336 has raised the issue of indigenous whaling rights and the part they play in the wider struggle for indigenous autonomy and emancipation.
The Makah Indians in
By Max Lane
The People's Democratic Party (PRD) announced on October 22 that it had held a national congress in Yogyakarta October 9-11. Eighty-five delegates representing 23 branches, the national leadership and the affiliated mass organisations
Industrial commission undermines wages
By James Vassilopoulos
The Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC) ruled on October 20 that paid rates awards — awards that specify actual pay, rather than minimum pay — will be changed so as
uth = By Barry Sheppard
Two bicyclists were riding in the evening in Laramie, Wyoming, when they saw what appeared to be a scarecrow tied to a fence along a ranch, its arms outstretched. On getting closer, they saw it was a human being,
... and ain't I a woman?: Violence: a growing scandal
The annual Reclaim the Night march and rally celebrates its 20th anniversary in Australia this year. Arising out of the women's movement in the '70s, the first marches in Sydney, Adelaide
Mixed results in Wollongong SRC elections
By Justin Randell
WOLLONGONG — Wollongong University Student Representative Council elections were held on October 13-15. There were mixed outcomes for the left, with good results for the SRC and some
Honourable intentions
Is Kim Beazley a happy man? Sure he is! And you know why? He lost the election, that's why.
— Lost! But what's so good about that?
That was the game plan. You don't seriously think Labor wanted to win the election
By Leigh Cookson
AUCKLAND — With less than a year to go before the 1999 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders' summit here, a high-profile civil court case against the New Zealand spy agency, the Security Intelligence Service (SIS),
By Michael Karadjis
Just who is kidding whom about Kosovo? NATO is ready to bomb Serbia "to force it to back down". US special envoy Richard Holbrooke holds hours of talks with Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic, and comes out saying that
Waco: The Rules of EngagementDirected by William GazeckiFifth Estate Productions Review by Arun Pradhan
"Do I really want to spend the next two hours watching a film about mad, Christian fundamentalist Americans?" was the question going through my
Activists storm forestry office
By Nick Fredman
LISMORE — Seventy activists from the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) occupied the Casino office of State Forests on October 20 to highlight the Carr Labor government's failure to put forward an
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