Self-determination now for East Timor!
The Indonesian government's half-hearted acknowledgment that the East Timorese people might have the right to decide whether they want their independence has raised the hopes of the East Timorese and their
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By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — In a decision handed down on January 27, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission found that Mervyn Vogt was unfairly dismissed from his job with Telstra, and ordered his re-instatement with back pay. Vogt, a
By Yael Winikoff
MELBOURNE — Protesters at the Otway forest blockade have accused Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union members and pro-loggers of human rights violations against them. On January 25, 50 CFMEU forestry division members,
Organising students and youth in the Philippines
By Jo Brown
A new socialist youth organisation called the Ligang Sosyalistang Kabataan or Socialist Youth League (LSK) was launched in the Philippines late last year. The Philippine student
Real issues in republican debate
By Jonathon Strauss
In November, a referendum will be held on whether to make Australia a republic with a president as head of state, elected by a two-thirds majority of federal parliamentarians, or to retain the
Life after Patrick: back to the 'hungry mile'?
GRANT HOLDEN is a job delegate at P&O Ports, West Swanson Dock, in Melbourne. He was interviewed by SUSAN PRICE for the February 5 Friday Breakfast Show on Melbourne community radio 3CR. The
Firefighters demand a fair deal
ADELAIDE — Firefighters and their supporters rallied on February 10 in support of an 18% pay rise. The SA government has offered 6% over three years. Mick Doyle, secretary of the United Fire Fighters Union
By Adam Hanieh
On February 7, King Hussein of Jordan was pronounced dead and removed from his life support system. Hussein ruled Jordan for 47 years after inheriting the crown from his father, who abdicated in 1953. Judging by the mainstream media
By Bronwyn Jennings
MELBOURNE — The Student Unionism Network held a teach-in on fighting voluntary student unionism on February 3. The final plenary session was a discussion about strategies for fighting the government's attack on student
Free tickets to Men with Guns
Palace Cinemas are generously offering Green Left Weekly readers in Sydney and Melbourne 10 free double passes to see John Sayle's new release, Men with Guns.
Men with Guns, set in a mythical Latin American country,
Complex sounds of Ireland
Tóg é go bog éKilaKila Music through Larrikin/Festival Records For anyone who was touched by the commercial success of Riverdance, Irish band Kila, which is hitting the tour circuit as a part of Womad,
Cops extinguish Tent Embassy fire
By Kim Bullimoreand Paul Oboohov
CANBERRA — On February 8, elders and supporters from the Aboriginal Tent Embassy took their protest to the lawns of new Parliament House to coincide with the resumption of
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