BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA The Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) launched its new newspaper,
Pembebasan (Liberation) at a public meeting held at the Jakarta
Media Centre on July 11. Almost 400 people packed the auditorium for a
lively
501
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BY MAX LANE
JAKARTA — President Megawati Sukarnoputri's support within her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) is falling as she increasingly associates with the political figures from the era of the Suharto dictatorship.
Almost
BY ALISON DELLIT
The US-style deregulated health-care system, with no universal guarantee
of care, is what awaits Australia if the federal government has its way.
That would be a disaster.
Despite its so-called efficient system of
and ain't i a woman: The Bandit Queen
July 25 marks the first anniversary of the murder of Phoolan Devi, who became known as India's "Bandit Queen". After completing it in 1995, Devi described her autobiography, I, Phoolan Devi: "It is an
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[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
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — The record vote for the Greens in the July 20 Tasmanian election indicates there has been a swing to the left in the electoral arena. At the close of counting on July 20, the Greens had won four lower-house seats. The
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
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
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
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
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