By Jon Land
East Timor remains tense following November 12, the seventh anniversary of the Dili massacre, in which more than 270 East Timorese were killed by Indonesian soldiers at Santa Cruz cemetery. The anniversary was marked by gatherings of
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Campaign against arms fair
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE — Resistance and the Anti-Adtech Alliance held a joint campaigning stall and information display in Rundle Mall on November 7. The stall was to build the rally against the Adtech Arms Fair, held
Korean workers march against bosses
On November 8, about 20,000 South Korean workers marched around the Seoul headquarters of the Federation of Korean Industries to demand the jailing of the bosses of big businesses, whom they accuse of bringing
Special appeal
Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) has received an urgent appeal for money to buy medicines, vitamins and other needs for the students under attack in Jakarta.
Money can be sent:
by international
Activists discuss the future of unions
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — The re-election of the Howard government threatens to bring in a new period of extensive attacks on workers' rights and trade unions. Seventy people attended a seminar, organised by
This week in history
November 24, 1787: Birth of Sojourner Truth
Sojourner Truth was born Isabella Baumfree in New York. Born into a slave family, she was sold to a variety of "owners" during her childhood. She was freed in 1828 under the New
By Susan Priceand Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — The sincerity of the intentions of the state Liberal government's royal commission into the Longford gas disaster is being questioned. The fire at the Longford plant in September left much of Victoria
Indonesians demand: Army out!
By Max Lane
At least 15 dead — including five university students and one high school activist — and more than 300 seriously injured: that was the cost of the stage-managed meeting of the Indonesian regime's
By Francesca Davis
Efforts over a decade to stabilise the Earth's rising temperature are on the verge of collapse, Worldwatch Institute researchers announced in a special issue of World Watch magazine in October. Negotiations over the details of
East Timor: lest we forget
Remembrance DayBy Graham PittsSidetrack Studio Theatre, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville, SydneyTuesday to Saturday, 8pmUntil November 28Tickets $12/$9 concessionPhone 9560 1255 for bookings By Tuntuni Bhattacharyya
Centrelink workers prepare for industrial campaign
By Nick Everett
BRISBANE — Community and Public Sector Union members around the country will hold stop-work meetings on November 19 to discuss industrial and community action in response to
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Ph 9565 5522.
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