Brisbane Resistance Centre relocates
By Graham Matthews
BRISBANE — After 13 years at 29 Terrace Street in New Farm the Brisbane Resistance Centre has relocated. Since an arson attack on the premises in August 1998, Resistance and the Democratic
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Jack Davis, 1917-2000
By Maureen Sexton
PERTH — Aboriginal activist, playwright, actor and poet Jack Davis died on March 17 after a long illness. He was 83 years old.
Born in Perth in 1917, Jack spent his childhood in Yarloop about 140
How?
By Brandon Astor Jones
My Charles, My Friend
What was perceived to be suffering and pain
Is now nothing more than memories
Life's trials, often hard to bear
But now, a pain so deep, a hurt so real
By Gilberto Firmat
ATLANTA — As the United States' kidnapping of Elian Gonzalez enters its fifth month, US attorney-general Janet Reno continues to steer her department on a course that openly defies the January court ruling, which she endorsed,
Police riot at Reclaim the Streets
By Citizen P.
SYDNEY — On March 18, 3000 people rallied here to protest against destructive corporate transport policies. Music came from solar-powered sound systems mounted in sculptures made from
By Pip Hinman
Indonesian House of Representatives speaker and Golkar faction leader Akbar Tandjung wants the Abdurrahman Wahid government to ratify the draconian security law which was pushed through a depleted parliament during the last hours of
Anti-GMO campaigners call for planting freeze
"Australian growers are being urged not to miss the GMO [genetically modified organisms] boat, but would be wise to make sure they are not boarding the Titanic", Australian GeneEthics Network
Israeli soldiers maim Palestinian children
By Alec Smart
EAST JERUSALEM — On December 16, I sat in a Lebanese restaurant discussing the ins and outs of the forthcoming millennium celebrations with Ralph. Ralph works for the Temporary
Networker: To ashes
To ashes
A network of satellites circling near the earth could deliver every imaginable
communication service: television, videos, telephone, fax, internet, computer
connections, and lots more.
Such a
Indonesia: has democracy been won?
Comment by Max Lane
Socialists and progressive people face an important challenge in the coming few years to match the "solidarity" the Australian ruling class is extending to the new government of Indonesia and
A few months ago I was simply a political analyst. However, since March, I have stepped back into a role I had almost forgotten — that of coordinator of an informal political movement, in this case to organise a boycott of the Russian presidential election.
Telstra inquiry: we lose
The federal government, which wants to sell the remaining 50.1% of Telstra, announced an inquiry into Telstra service levels on March 19.
The inquiry is chaired by Tim Besley, who headed the Commonwealth Bank when it was
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