Queensland teachers to strike
BY BILL MASON
BRISBANE — Teachers at Sarina High School in north Queensland are to defy the state Industrial Relations Commission and strike for 24 hours on May 23, and other schools will hold stop-work meetings to
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By Melanie Sjoberg
SYDNEY — The revolution will be live at the Seymour Centre from May 31 in the form of some of the most powerful songs from the turbulent 1960s to the present. The show aims to celebrate music and its capacity to change, as well
New England students occupy 'underhanded' university
BY ANDREW DEVENISH-MEARES
ARMIDALE — Students occupied the administration building at the University of New England (UNE) here on May 18 to protest against cuts to subjects and services, and
UNITED STATES: Driving while black
Like motorists everywhere, drivers in the United States get that sinking feeling when they hear the siren and command to pull over. Were they speeding? Is one of their headlights out? Or, worse yet, are they
Fighting corporate terrorism
By Bronwen Powell
SYDNEY — The socialist youth organisation Resistance has announced it will be holding forums across the country to explain the "globalisation of corporate terrorism" and the need for the
BY DAVID ROBIE & SHERYL HO
SUVA, May 20 — George Speight, the leader of the seven gunmen who seized Fiji parliament on May 19, has defied mounting international condemnation of the kidnapping of Fiji's elected cabinet. He claims that his
REVITRIYOSO HUSODO and SRI WAHYUNINGSIH of the People's Cultural Network
(JAKER) in Indonesia spoke to Green Left Weekly's JULIA PERKINS
during her recent visit there.
JAKER is sustained by a belief in socialist realist art and
On May 12, the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) signed a three-month "peace accord" at a secret location in Geneva. A government statement said the cease-fire would come into effect on June 2 and would be reviewed regularly.
White House buys TV's loyalty in 'war on drugs'
By Sean Healy
The United States government pays television networks and magazine publishers to promote its "tough on drugs" stance through popular TV programs such as ER, Beverly Hills 90210 and
Dishonest advertising
BY JONATHAN SINGER
"It is hard to accept that the federal government's latest GST advertisements are anything more than political propaganda ... the television campaign is devoid of any information that could plausibly be
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