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Cuba condemns Israeli attacks

HAVANA — In contrast to almost all other governments in the world, including Australia and United States, the Cuban government condemned on October 3 the "barbaric acts" of Israeli troops against Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem, the West Bank

MUA members demand union support for sacked delegate

BY DANIEL KELLY SYDNEY — Two hundred members of the Maritime Union of Australia's central NSW branch have backed a sacked union delegate at P&O Port Botany, Dave Hauser, and called on the union's national officials to support his unfair dismissal

SOUTH AFRICA: Explosive truth for 'People's Poet'

BY DOROTHY FLYNN South African musician and "People's Poet" Mzwakhe Mbuli — jailed on trumped up charges of armed robbery — attended a hearing of the Amnesty Commission of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Pretoria on September 18. The

WEST PAPUA: Situation will worsen, says Melsol

PORT MORESBY — Human rights lawyer and Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol) activist Powes Parkop has warned that West Papua will soon erupt into a more explosive and bloodier war than East Timor. The Papua New Guinea government must deal with the West

INDONESIA: Fuel price rises spark protests

Protests by tens of thousands of workers and students have rocked Indonesia since the government of President Abdurrahman Wahid and Megawati Sukarnoputri, under pressure from international creditors, decreed an average 12% increase in the price of

Can 'shareholder activism' change society?

BY SUE BOLAND "Shareholder activism" is promoted by many environment and human rights groups and trade unions as a new method for achieving social and environmental change. It involves organising an alliance of shareholders to ask questions and

Using our money to buy our vote

Ask yourself this: what has a government budget surplus ever done for you? Has it given you good quality, prompt, free dental care? If you're a parent, has it provided free, around-the-clock child-care? Has it given you high quality public

Rich schools get richer

BY SUE BULL Federal education minister David Kemp unveiled his new funding scheme for private schools on September 28, a scheme which will give millions of extra dollars to elite education even as public education suffers. Labor opposition

Dance proud, fuck safe, make revolution

BY KATHY NEWNAM ADELAIDE — Green Left Weekly will present a cultural evening as part of Feast, Adelaide's annual lesbian and gay cultural festival. "Dance Proud, Fuck Safe, Make Revolution" will include a screening of Stonewall, a film about the

Life of Riley: Carnival of the oppressed

Carnival of the oppressed Some of us have got together to party. Taking our cue from the S11 protests in Melbourne, we now do theatre in the streets. Of course, you need to recognise that there are many types of theatre. While we're keen on the

and ain't i a woman: The virgin prize

A few days before the Olympic Games closing ceremony, a private party for many of the Olympic winners was held. After weeks of media reports on how sportswomen were given more respect in these games, reflected in particular during the opening

Tasmanian Labor plans scabbing operation

BY GEOFF FRANCIS HOBART — There's nothing new about cuts to health care and hospital closures in Tasmania — successive governments have been at it for at least a decade. What is different about Labor Premier Jim Bacon's latest planned closure