Help! The Coalition government is hell-bent on destroying any opposition to its neo-conservative, homophobic, war-mongering, business-first agenda. They want to silence organisations that have defended workers, students and marginalised groups.
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Jon Lamb
Six months after his election, the cracks are well and truly appearing in the promises and policies of Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The half-hearted support of the Indonesian masses for his presidency is rapidly
Hoang Thi Nghi is 77 years old and today, 30 years after the Vietnamese people's defeat of the US occupation of their country, she works among the poor and disadvantaged in Vietnam. Her life paints an extraordinary picture of the courage,
Between 500 and 700 people, most of Chinese descent, met at 10am on May 4 at the Chinese cultural center in Vancouver to march to the Japanese consulate to protest cover-ups and revisionism in Japanese textbooks. Protesters also demanded that Japan
On April 28, Mark Scott-Crossley and Simon Mathebula were convicted of murder by a Phalaborwa court. On January 31 last year, under Scott-Crossley's orders, Nelson Chisale, a worker who had just filed a complaint over unfair labour practices, was
Ben Reid, Newcastle
On May 3, staff and students at the University of Newcastle learned of a management plan to slash some 450 jobs (over 20% of staff). The announcement has left staff angry that they will be responsible for paying for the
On May 5, a union meeting of 300 police in PNG demanded that the Australian police serving in the country leave within 48 hours. In a statement, they explained that crime has risen since the 160 police arrived earlier this year. They also criticised
Karen Fletcher, Melbourne
La Trobe University was pretty much closed for business by a well-supported staff and student strike on May 4. Every major entrance to the university was blocked by union picket lines, campus coffee shops reported business
Message Stick: Nature/Ganggu Mama — A blind musician learns and masters the didgeridoo. ABC, Friday, May 13, 6pm.
Get Up Stand Up: We are the World — Looks at the link between music and politics. ABC, Saturday, May 14, 10pm.
Without Lying
Fred Fuentes
In the biggest march ever organised by the powerful Movement of Landless Workers (MST), around 13,000 peasants, accompanied by workers from occupied factories, indigenous peoples and others, set out from Goiania, Brazil, on May 2 to
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