BY JAMES BALOWSKI
JAKARTA In response to continuing protests and press criticism,
the government of President Megawati Sukarnoputri is resorting to the tactics
used by the Suharto dictatorship to suppress dissent.
A March 1 article in the
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BY ROHAN PEARCE
US President George Bush has increasingly resorted to the claim that the aim of his regime's planned invasion of Iraq is to spread "democracy" throughout the Middle East. The worth of this claim is belied by the US record of backing
BY
STEVE O'BRIEN
CHARLESTOWN, NSW The newly opened campaign headquarters for the
Socialist Alliance's election campaign for the seat of Charlestown in the
March 22 NSW election is attracting the attention of voters. The windows
of the
BY ALISON DELLIT
Prime Minister John Howard's Liberal-National coalition government has taken a decision to commit to a war that Australians want no part of, and it has done so without even bothering to hold a parliamentary debate. In these
BY JOHN PERCY
During the last few years, visits to the Green Left Weekly web page have been steadily rising, but they've taken a dramatic leap in the last month, probably reflecting the rising anti-war consciousness and activity.
In April 2001,
BY BUSTER SOUTHERLY
"Now how many people must get killed? For oil families' pockets to get filled?", ask the Beastie Boys in the new anti-war song "In a World Gone Mad". The song was released on March 11 on the group's web site
MANILA — More than 3000 women, led by Women Rage (Women's Resistance to Globalisation and to End War), protested outside the US embassy here on International Women's Day, March 8. The women demanded that the Philippines government address issues of
BY LAURIE
SAUNDERS
MELBOURNE Socialist Alliance candidates recorded respectable results
in the Maribyrnong and Brimbank local council elections on March 15.
Maurice Sibelle scored 6.1% of the vote in McKay, a ward of the Brimbank
council
BY NICK SOUDAKOFF
The Philippines government has threatened to label the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) a "terrorist" group. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on March 10 stated that "actions, including the sabotage of [electricity]
BY DANNY FAIRFAX
On February 15, 500,000 people converged on Berlin, and 50,000 in Stuttgart, to say "Keine lust auf krieg!" (We don't want war!). This is despite the fact that the federal Social Democratic Party (SPD)/Greens coalition government,
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