By Simon Millar
MELBOURNE — Forty-three members of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) employed at Marathon Foods in Kensington participated in their first picket line in mid-May. Marathon Foods produces dim sims, spring rolls and
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Democrats the GST party
I ask all Democrat politicians — Did you stand on a pro-GST platform at the last election? Did you let your supporters know that you will actually ensure a GST arrives in this country? Do you realise you are now traitors
By Lachlan Malloch
SYDNEY — "The mass movement for full democratic reform in Indonesia over the next 12 will grow", Max Lane, national coordinator of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET), told a forum here on May 29. Forty
Support Abdullah Ocalan
SYDNEY — The Australian Kurdish Association organised a 60-strong demonstration
outside the Law Society building on May 25 to call for the release of Kurdistan
Workers Party leader Abdullah Ocalan and a
Perth film showing
By Claudia Fuentes Beltran
PERTH — More than 25 people attended a showing of Indonesia in Revolt: democracy or death at Murdoch University on May 18. Students were stunned by the power of the film and wanted to know how they
By Trish Corcoran
MELBOURNE — On May 21, 150 people attended an Earthworker public meeting featuring Jack Mundey. Earthworker is a Melbourne-based organisation that mobilises trade unionists around environmental issues. Many of the objectives of
The bombs
By Brandon Astor Jones
[Editor's note: In last issue's "Looking out" column, we accidentally omitted the drawing described in it. We are therefore repeating the column, with the drawing.] "Bombing cannot be a solution ... but the
Protesters condemn Democrats
BRISBANE — A picket against the GST was held outside the Fortitude Valley offices of the Australian Democrats on May 29, the day after their dirty deal with the Coalition was announced. Called by the Democratic
The Cordillera people's armed protest
By Reihana Mohideen
MANILA — After driving for 22 hours, on narrow roads which cling to the sides of spectacular mountain ranges, we were greeted in the dead of night by armed fighters of the Cordillera
By Sarah Cunningham
Ask most teenage women in Australia who they consider their idol and they would probably reply Kate Moss, Gwyneth Paltrow or even Sabrina, the teenage witch. My choice would be Dita Sari.
Dita Indah Sari, aged 26, has been a
By Eva Cheng
Two days after the close of the May 12-16 rolling general strike led by hospital and metalworkers, the South Korean government issued arrest warrants for many union leaders, including those who led the nine-day subway workers' general
Liz Wheeler
PM John Howard has made many comments over the past month about the East Timorese people's need for security and stability. His concern about East Timorese people in Australia's backyard is welcome, but he appears to have forgotten
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