BY LESLEY McCULLOCH
In the remote area of Aceh Tengah (central Aceh) there is a new and growing problem for the civilian population: the presence of Indonesian-backed militia. The rarely visited area has experienced a devastating attack on its
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BY JASON CAHILL & NICOLE HOYE
BRISBANE — In August 1999, the Australian and New Zealand Food Authority quietly lifted a 10-year ban on food irradiation. The impact of that decision is now being felt as a food irradiation facility is being
BY ANDREW HALL & PAUL OBOOHOV
CANBERRA — Rank-and-file ACT activists in the Community and Public Sector Union grouped around Members First, have issued a call to all CPSU members who want to rebuild a democratic, broad campaigning approach to
Save womens studies at Deakin University!
GEELONG Despite a 20-year history of strong enrolments and a national
and international reputation, Deakin Universitys womens studies program
is about to be gutted. More than 800 students
[The following statement was issued by the Johannesburg Anti-Privatisation Forum, which unites working-class and poor communities struggling against water and electricity cut-offs and evictions which flow from the neo-liberal economic policies of the
The United States is the most powerful and important backer of the state of Israel. A common explanation for this support is that the "Israel lobby" within the US exercises huge influence over Washington.
There is a powerful network of Zionist
BY DARREN JIGGINS
HOBART — The Socialist Alliance has achieved the highest socialist vote ever in a Tasmanian state election. With 80% of the vote counted from the July 20 Tasmanian elections, the alliance received 663 votes. The final total will
BY
BEN COURTICE
MELBOURNE Why is the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union national
office attacking the Victorian branch?, AMWU state secretary Craig Johnston
asked a stop-work rally on July 17. Addressing around 5000 of his union's
BY
SUE BOLTON
The Federal Court will decide on July 22 or 23 whether to overturn
the suspension of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Unions Victorian
secretary Craig Johnston. Johnston was stood down by the AMWU national
office on
BY LEONIE EASTMENT
BRISBANE Since June 13, protesters have maintained a 24-hour protest
camp outside the Narangba site that Steritech proposes to build a food
irradiation plant upon.
Although the protesters managed to delay
BY MARELYS VALENCIA
During a tour of Cuba, Ralph Nader, Green Party US presidential candidate in 2000, on July 9 stated that he was opposed his government's economic blockade of Cuba, which he said doesn't give Cubans "a chance to breathe".
BY JIMMY LANGMAN
On June 30, Bolivians went to the polls to choose their next president
and elect a new congress. No candidate gained the 50% plus one margin
required for outright victory. Bolivia's congress will decide in early
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