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Indonesian oil workers win strike

Indonesian oil workers win strike The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) reports that 8000 Indonesian oil rig workers ended a six-week strike on August 7, after winning many of their demands. The

Indonesian activist undaunted by attack

Indonesian activist undaunted by attack JAKARTA — DHYTA CATURANI, an activist in Indonesia's People's Democratic Party (PRD), was shot and severely beaten in a police and military attack on the party's July 1 rally outside the electoral

Opposition grows to M5 'death stack'

Opposition grows to M5 'death stack' By Jonathan Singer SYDNEY — About 100 people packed the Ferncourt primary school hall in Marrickville on August 11 to begin organising against the construction of the unfiltered exhaust stack for the M5

Kargil war: a post-mortem

By Siddartha DELHI — "The Kargil war [in Kashmir between India and Pakistan] was forced on India. It had no other choice." This was the Indian establishment's consensus on the Kargil crisis. But let us stretch this argument a few steps further.

Botanical congress predicts disaster

Botanical congress predicts disaster Four thousand scientists attending a botanical congress at in St Louis, Missouri, in early August, have predicted massive species loss. Professor Peter Raven, president of the International Botanical Congress,

Violence jeopardises ballot in East Timor

DILI — On August 5, Green Left Weekly's Sam King spoke to MARIANO SABINO LOPEZ, chairperson of the central leadership council of the East Timorese Student Union (IMPETTU) and vice-president of East Timorese National Student Resistance (Renetil), an

Brighton High film screening

By Tristan Miller ADELAIDE — On August 4, the Resistance club at Brighton High School held a lunchtime screening of David Bradbury's film Jabiluka. The screening was highly successful, with more than 20 people attending. This included three

Organising the working class

By John Rainford If organising the working class is narrowly construed as organising workers into unions, then it must be said that we've gone from being pretty good at it to being pretty crook. Australia was once the most highly unionised country

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Indonesian army stokes violence in Aceh

Indonesian army stokes violence in Aceh By James Balowski On August 4, a two-day general strike in Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh left most cities and towns deserted, public transport paralysed and business brought to a standstill.

Workers rally against Reith's 'second wave'

Workers rally against Reith's 'second wave' By Robert Hodder MELBOURNE — More than 100,000 workers rallied and marched here on August 12 to fight industrial relations minister Peter Reith's "second wave" of anti-union laws. The proposed laws

India:'We may drown, but we will not move'

By Sean Healy Scores of Indian villagers are threatening to drown themselves in the rising waters of the remote Narmada River in protest against the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam. The villagers, organised in the Narmada Bachao Andolan