By Karl Miller
The federal government's Online Services Bill, a harsh internet censorship law announced by federal communications minister Richard Alston on April 21, is proceeding rapidly through parliament and may be passed before July. This year
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Liberal and radical democracy in Indonesian elections
By Max Lane
It took the Suharto regime five to seven years to become firmly established in Indonesia after Suharto seized power in the 1965 coup. The process required the slaughter of more
Organising the working class
WOLLONGONG — Fifty people attended a meeting organised by Broad Left titled "Organising the Working Class" on May 16. Speakers included Dick Nichols from the Democratic Socialist Party, Anna Pha from the Communist
By Michael Karadjis
A declaration condemning the NATO attack on Serbia was released in
April by 17 organisations which have long opposed the Serb national chauvinist
regime of Slobodan Milosevic. Their stance reveals how little NATO's
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
Let's hear it for fools!
@column int = Aboard this ship of fools you will find all kinds: the Shakespearean fool, the village idiot, the holy fool, the simpleton, the moral fool, the oinseach, the amadan, Mad Sweeney, an pleota, an bobarzn agus
Has someone raised the 'speed limit' on Australia's economy?
By Allen Myers
"These are some of the best conditions we've seen in Australia since the 1960s", treasurer Peter Costello declared on May 6. "We are still among the fastest growing
@ 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
By Max Lane
Between May 14 and 16, delegates from militant worker committees from several cities around Indonesia met in Bandung and voted to form a new national workers' organisation, the Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggles (FNPBI).
SYDNEY — Despite recent funding problems which may force the closure of some of its most prominent faculties, the University of New South Wales has purchased a corporate suite at the Olympic Stadium. UNSW pro-vice-chancellor Jane Morrison, when
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