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The Works! — a day in the life of Kennett's Victoria

A short story by Dave Massey 6am: Home. That bloody clock, it's happened again! $8 at a garage sale was not money well spent. 6.20am: The street. Mounting those steps into the bus, sometimes I feel I'm stepping into the abyss. "How's it going"?

Resistance and repression continue in Kurdistan

Resistance and repression continue in Kurdistan By Norm Dixon The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has responded to the abduction of its leader, Abdullah Ocalan, by vowing to escalate the struggle for national self-determination. This was the

Papuan representatives demand independence

Papuan representatives demand independence By Linda Kaucher One hundred West Papuan community representatives met with President Habibie, members of his cabinet and the head of Indonesian armed forces (ABRI) in West Papua, in Jakarta on February

Tanner laments 'family breakdown'

Tanner laments 'family breakdown' By Jo Brown CANBERRA — Victorian Labor "left" MP Lindsay Tanner addressed a public meeting of 60 students organised by the Labor Left Club at the Australian National University on March 9. Tanner, who was

How democratic will Indonesia's election be?

How democratic will Indonesia's election be? By James Balowski Last January, Indonesia's B.J. Habibie government announced a series of "electoral reforms" and set an election date of June 7. Since then, the establishment media has repeatedly

Go (get those shoulder pads) girl!

By Alana Kerrand Jen Crothers SYDNEY — "go girl!", the Sydney Women's Festival held in the Domain on March 7, was attended by around 7000 people. Those who believed the hype that the festival was to be the new face of the feminist movement would

Kurds demand Ocalan's release

Kurds demand Ocalan's release By James Vassilopoulos CANBERRA — Four hundred Kurds protested against the kidnapping and cruel treatment of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), outside the federal parliament on March

Targets, London 1860 —

Targets, London 1860 — Targets, London 1860 — The dullest of records wereold Factory Reports bound, called "BlueBooks". Lists of figures, translations of workers'lives tossed about in debateand later boredom. Membersof Parliament used these

Struggle for 'sans papiers' and 'illegals' in Netherlands

By Bastiaan van Perlo Nederland Bekent Kleur, a national platform against racism in the Netherlands, is seeking international assistance in its work. At this moment, we are involved in a struggle with our government to legalise a group of "sans

The US experience

The US experience In the last 20 years, the prison population has quadrupled. There are 2 million people now behind bars, giving the US an incarceration rate five times that of other industrialised countries. In the same period, spending on

Life of Riley: A metaphor

A metaphor Hey! Wait up, Little John! You're moving as fast as those little legs of yours will carry you. — Can't wait. Can't stop. Seven point five (pant), you know. Seven point f-I-v-e. Seven point what? Jesus, can't you stop for a

South Africa announces 'world's largest' forest privatisation

South Africa announces 'world's largest' forest privatisation South Africa announces 'world's largest' forest privatisation By Norm Dixon The South African government on March 4 announced it latest privatisation project: the sale of the rights