By Jo Brown
CANBERRA — The future for Indonesia's struggle for democracy was the topic of the May 19 Politics in the Pub here. The forum, organised by the ACT Trades and Labor Council, was billed as a debate between Dave Gosling, a member of
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By Jonathan Singer
Federal ALP "policy development" and "rethinking" on welfare shows that the party intends to defend and extend the policy it carried out before the Coalition government was elected in 1996. In a speech to the Evatt Foundation on
WA forest campaign goes national
By Jonathan Singer
Following the signing of the Western Australian regional forest agreement (RFA) on May 4, Bunnings hardware stores in Melbourne have been targeted by environmentalists. Actions at the shops,
By Adam Hanieh
RAMALLAH — The Israeli elections on May 17 resulted in a resounding victory for Ehud Barak and the Labour Party over the incumbent Benyamin Netanyahu and Likud. In the vote for prime minister, Barak won 56% to Netanyahu's 44%. In
May 27 has been designated a national day of solidarity with East Timor. Actions on the day are endorsed by, among others, the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), the Australian Council for Overseas Aid, APHEDA (the ACTU's aid agency), Amnesty
@ May 10, Xanana Gusmao, president of the National Council for Timorese Resistance, issued a statement criticising the People's Defence Council of the Democratic Republic of East Timor (RDTL) for organising student demonstrations outside the
Colombian revolutionaries protect the people
By Raul and Sulema Cienfuegos
SAN VICENTE DEL CAGUAN, "Liberated Zone", Colombia — The Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) was formed on May 27, 1964, in response to the
Stop press: the rich get richer
The London Independent on May 17 reported that the world's richest people are richer than was thought and are getting a lot richer every day.
According to the World Wealth Report by investment bank Merrill Lynch
The Kosova conflict and the CPA
By Doug Lorimer
The April 7 issue of Green Left Weekly carried a two-page statement by the national executive of the Democratic Socialist Party condemning NATO's bombing campaign against Serbia and supporting the
Correction
Due to a typing error, the article "Citizenship and nationality in fortress Australia" in GLW #360 stated that the US Supreme Court ruled in 1998 to uphold citizenship by birthplace. It should have said 1898.
Why Abbott bashes the unemployed
It would be too easy to dismiss the "job snob" remarks of employment services minister Tony Abbott as merely expressing the in-bred contempt for working people of the silver spoon brigade, blessed with more money
Kosovars' rights
At a May 6 Melbourne meeting of the newly formed Coalition to Stop the Bombing, we were outraged to find ourselves alone in arguing for the need to support Kosovar self-determination. Representatives from Committee for
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