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Who's who in the Indonesian elections

Who's who in the Indonesian elections By Max Lane The official campaign period for the June general elections in Indonesia begins on May 19. However, the struggle for the domination of the next parliament, the composition of the next government

Nigerian military safeguards its future

By Norm Dixon Nigeria's corrupt military and business elite has been busy safeguarding its future, even though it succeeded in placing its favoured candidate, former military dictator Olusegun Obasanjo, in the president's post at the February 27

West Papua: resistance continues

By Chris Latham Since West Papua was transferred from Dutch to Indonesian control in 1963, the region has been subject to continuous human rights violations by the Indonesian regime and its armed forces. In 1969, the Indonesian regime organised a

Loose cannons

As expected "This is still beyond what you could expect, given the expected performance of these systems." — A US military official, quoted in the Los Angeles Times, on "smart" bombs being less, or maybe more, accurate than expected. No

Correction

Correction In the article "Pelican Point picket wins support" (GLW #359), Stuart Easom from Community Action for Pelican Point was quoted as saying, "While the police have been arresting ordinary citizens at the picket, the real criminals are

GST and the Democrats

GST and the Democrats "Mr Costello has my number", Democrat leader Senator Meg Lees declared after independent Senator Brian Harradine announced that he would vote against the government's goods and services tax. Her words had a double meaning,

MUA activists foresee bigger fights

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Two men who took part in the Patrick lockout dispute as Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) members last year, former Queensland branch organiser Bob Carnegie and union activist Mick Fulton, spoke to 30 people after a

Beijing plays with fire by staging mass protests

By Eva Cheng In the days following NATO's May 7 bombing of China's Belgrade embassy, Beijing mobilised hundreds of thousands of students in protests in nearly 20 Chinese cities. From May 12, the demonstrations started to subside, as the police

Solidarity with East Timorese and Indonesian people grows

Solidarity with East Timorese and Indonesian people grows Campaigning in solidarity with the East Timorese struggle for independence and the Indonesian people's struggle for democracy heated up around Australia last week, building up to the

More than 100,000 Scots vote socialist

More than 100,000 Scots vote socialist Across Scotland, more than 100,000 people voted for the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and Arthur Scargill's Socialist Labour Party (SLP) in the party list vote, and a further 25,000 voted for expelled Labour

The ISO and the Kosovar liberation struggle

Comment by Doug Lorimer "The Kosovan Albanians have the right to national self-determination, just like all the other peoples of the Balkans. But that does not mean that socialists should support the KLA [Kosova Liberation Army]. Nationalist

Budget extends forced labour programs

By Jonathan Singer The federal government's budget has increased the push to impose compulsory work on the unemployed in return for dole payments. The government is to enforce "mutual obligation" — the obligation on the jobless to work for