Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522.
Access News — Melbourne community TV,
-
-
Next door I guess things have finally settled down next door. Next door? Indonesia. Looks like there won't be a military coup after all. I beg yours ... The standoff between General Wiranto and President Wahid has been resolved and
-
Abolish mandatory sentencingThe massive public outcry against the Northern Territory and Western Australia's mandatory sentencing laws has forced the laws' proponents into a corner. But, rather than see reason, NT Chief Minister
-
SA nuclear dump: let the fight beginSouth Australians are gearing up for a crucial stage in their fight against a federal government plan to turn the northern part of the state into Australia's nuclear waste dump. A major
-
WA's laws to stayPERTH — Prime Minister John Howard has categorically ruled out federal intervention to overturn Western Australia's mandatory sentencing laws. Speaking on Perth radio on February 25, Howard
-
Hot air fills a vacuum as well as anything else, but it dissipates more easily than something solid. This has been demonstrated most recently in the political arena by the ALP. Labor's rule is: maximum posturing, minimum
-
Flat Earth Society on mandatory sentencing The Chief Minister of the Northern Territory and the Premier of Western Australia deserve accolades for their forbearance in dealing with the ill informed demands for tougher sentencing they themselves
-
Why? By Brandon Astor Jones "All criticism is dominated by outworn theory that the man is the cause of the work as in the eyes of the law the criminal is the cause of the crime. Far rather are they both the effects." — Paul Valery,
-
Avoidable tragedy Following the accidental death of a 19-month-old child in Melbourne after being left unattended in a car for two hours in the summer heat, the establishment media have published pages of articles on the evils of gambling and
-
Australia is wonderful. You had better believe it. Not only do we have the Olympics and Academy Award nominees, Australia has the largest number of share owners in the world. Forget Crown Casino, we are on the hottest
-
Statement against mandatory sentencing The following statement is being circulated around Australia for opponents of mandatory sentencing to sign, e-mail to the decision-makers listed below, and pass on to others to do the same. For more
-
Networker: Speculate! Speculate! Emblazoned across the awning is a banner advertising stock market trading: "Don't spectate, Speculate!". The stock market has always been a giant gambling den but in recent years there have been two twists, both
News
-
ADELAIDE — Members of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union have agreed to accept a package offered by the state government. The agreement will partially settle a dispute which began on January 28, when the government announced that the
-
Refugee rights protest PERTH — Twenty people picketed the immigration department's office here on February 19 to protest against the government's treatment of refugees and asylum seekers. The action, organised by Resistance, demanded that
-
SYDNEY — This year's International Women's Day (IWD) march and rally here will be open to all supporters of women's rights following a decision by the organising collective on February 22. Since the early 1980s, the impact of
-
Justice for the East Timorese people! Justice for all refugees! Justice for the East Timorese people! Justice for all refugees! National day of action — May 13. In all capital cities, plus Newcastle, Wollongong and Lismore (add your city —
-
Resistance joined around 400 people during university Orientation Weeks on February 21 to 25. Stalls were held at Adelaide University, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology (Gardens Point campus), the Australian National
-
Mandatory sentencing 'unjust and discriminatory'DARWIN — Six hundred people gathered in the centre of Darwin on February 22 to demand the repeal of the mandatory sentencing law and to mourn the death in custody of a
-
Abortion is not safe, legal and accessible in any state of Australia. Women receive (on average) two-thirds of the average male wage. Women do the majority of the unpaid labour in the home, work which is neither recognised nor valued. One in four
-
Tug crews strike over job cutsFREMANTLE — Tug crews in Fremantle and Kwinana walked off the job for 36 hours on February 21 to protest against threatened job losses. The strike, by members of the Maritime Union of Australia,
-
Centrelink delegate victimisedMELBOURNE — Marcus Banks, a union delegate at the Moreland Centrelink office in suburban Melbourne, faces an investigation and possibly charges under the public service code of
-
MELBOURNE — In a bold move, the rank and file Workers First group in the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has announced it will run a candidate against incumbent national secretary Doug Cameron. Long-time militant and
-
On March 8, the World March for Women 2000 will be launched in 146 countries. The WMW 2000 aims to highlight the issues of women living in poverty and violence against women. CATHIE PICCONE, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
-
One hundred and fifty East Timorese refugees refused to leave the East Hills army barracks in Sydney on February 22. The government was determined to remove the refugees from the camp for a "voluntary" flight home on February 22.
-
HOBART — On February 23, Resistance organised a protest outside Salamanca Inn, where immigration minister Philip Ruddock was holding a meeting to "consult" the public on the government's migration and humanitarian programs.
-
Aboriginal academic assaulted and chargedBRISBANE — Professor Gracelyn Smallwood, the most prominent Aboriginal health expert in Australia, was assaulted and suffered spinal injuries while being arrested and thrown into a police
-
Women protest against tax on tamponsCANBERRA — One hundred protesters attended a rally here as part of a national day of action against the GST on sanitary products. Participants at the rally, which was held in Garema Place,
-
Perth IWD invites men to marchPERTH — The International Women's Day Collective here decided on February 22 to allow men to march at this year's IWD rally, although at the back of the march. The compromise means that, for the
-
Yanner wins job back ABORIGINAL ACTIVIST Murandoo Yanner has been reinstated as coordinator of the Carpentaria Land Council (CLC). The board of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission on February 22 overturned a ruling last month by
-
Experience He "adds considerable depth and experience to the company's aspirations." — Lindsay Fox on the appointment of former ACTU head Bill Kelty to the board of Linfox. Brothers in arms "If Blair is not extreme, then nor is Haider ... [I]
-
National Textiles workers address students Sacked workers from the National Textiles factory at Rutherford spoke to students and staff at the University of Western Sydney's Werrington campus on February 17. The workers said that Stan Howard's top
-
Shell fined for safety breachesGEELONG — The Shell oil company has been fined a total of $225,000 for six breaches of Victoria's health and safety laws in 1998 at its plant near here. The inadequacy of the fines is clearer
-
ACI flying picketsMELBOURNE — Locked out workers from the ACI glass mould manufacturing plant in Box Hill have gone on the offensive. After more than two months of picketing the plant, they have begun paying visits to companies
-
Politics in the Pub discusses East TimorLISMORE — Forty people attended a lively discussion on East Timor sponsored by Green Left Weekly on February 25. The event was a great start to this city's Politics in the Pub series
-
Socialists launch council campaignBRISBANE — The Democratic Socialists on February 26 launched their policy statement for the March 25 Brisbane City Council (BCC) election. The Democratic Socialists are standing Graham Matthews
Analysis
-
A humane force? The United Nations Security Council, stung by criticism that it didn't intervene to stop the mass slaughter of Tutsis and anti-Interahamwe regime Hutus in Rwanda in 1994, is pushing for a rapid-response "peacekeeping" force. The
World
-
Indonesian students enter a new phase of struggleThe mass anti-government protests of May 1998, which forced President Suharto to resign after 32 years of dictatorial rule, were largely led by students. The student movement
-
Indonesia: Kong Tai workers protestJAKARTA — Having failed to gain satisfaction from their employer or the Indonesian government, thousands workers from PT Kong Tai Indonesia protested outside parliament here on February 21. The
-
ATLANTA — A Federal Court ruling on Elian Gonzalez's case was put off on February 22 until at least March 6 after the Judge William Hoeveler was hospitalised with a stroke. Another judge has been assigned the case. The February
-
Indonesia — struggling for democracy and justiceDuring the first two weeks of February, 11 Australian solidarity activists took part in a student exposure tour to Indonesia. We met with activists from various sectors and
-
Art as a weapon for people's liberation By Kath O'Driscoll and Melanie Bull In Yogyakarta a young busker with an old guitar stands in front of a wall adorned with graffiti of a large pig-like Suharto, his song calling people onto the streets.
-
How long does it take to change a child's mind? The Cuban government has published, as a new booklet titled How long does it take to change the mind of a child?, a round table discussion with psychologists and other specialists reflecting on the
-
Indonesian generals must be brought to justiceAction in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) condemns the decision by the United Nations Security Council, under pressure from profit-hungry imperialist nations, to
-
Teaching English in East Timor DILI — English language teacher and solidarity activist JACKIE COLEMAN spent January working at the Maubere Cultural Institute (MCI) in Dili, East Timor. Her visit, on behalf of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia
-
Nepali communists plan defeat for Congress Nepal's communist movement is amongst the largest and most popular in Asia. A leading force in the 1990 people's power movement that ended the autocratic Panchayat system, the Communist Party of Nepal —
-
SAN FRANCISCO, US — Overhead, a towering computer-image bull accompanies a gloating invitation to "Be Quick, Be Smart, Be Bullish". Around the San Francisco Bay area, these new billboards for stockbrokers Merrill Lynch come across
-
Old tricks from British LabourLONDON — Tony Blair's Labour Party is under fire for a particularly crude manipulation of the selection process for its London mayoral candidate. Candidate Ken Livingstone was defeated despite
-
Demonstrations for Elian in the USSAN FRANCISCO — Thousands of people demonstrated in six United States cities on February 19 demanding that six-year-old Elian Gonzalez be returned to his father in Cuba (see article on next
-
US unions call for amnesty for immigrants The executive council of the United States' main labour confederation, the AFL-CIO, has called for an amnesty for an estimated 6 million workers who have entered the country illegally. In addition to an
-
How the generals got away with murder in East Timor"In a forest west of Dili, Filomena Amaral is about to learn the details of how her husband, a village schoolteacher and church leader, was tortured and killed. Photographs of
-
Indonesian campaign against price subsidy cuts growsJAKARTA — Around 500 members of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) protested outside the Presidential Palace on February 21 to demand that the Indonesian government abandon its
-
DILI — Walking through the streets of the capital of East Timor, one thing is very evident: the reconstruction of East Timor is taking place at a snail's pace. The only buildings that appear to be repaired in any significant way are
-
MELBOURNE — Two human rights workers from West Papua visited Melbourne last week to draw attention to the training of pro-Indonesian militia and arbitrary killings in the Indonesian province. Albert Rumbekwan, a lawyer from the
-
Fighting for women's rights in IndonesiaUnder the Suharto regime, feminism in Indonesia was stifled and progressive women's organisations banned. Now, with more democratic space opening up, women are again
-
The death of Croatian president Franjo Tudjman was followed by the crushing defeat of his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in January's election, losing in nine of 10 electoral districts and receiving only 24% of the vote. The
-
The January Marxism 2000 conference in Sydney hosted the first overseas delegation of South Korea's newly formed Nodongja-euy Him, the Power of the Working Class (PWC). The delegation's presence was the first contact between South
-
On March 18, the people of Taiwan will elect a president for the second time in the island's history. Around the time of the last presidential election four years ago, China's government "test fired" missiles near Taiwan to discourage
-
Following the downfall of the Suharto and Habibie governments, the election of the "reform" president, Abdurrahman Wahid, and the withdrawal of Indonesian troops from East Timor, the Indonesian government has been forced to grant
Culture
-
Forward into the pastSome of the most popular writers of a century ago envisaged futures in which poverty and oppression had been eliminated and people led simple lives, working together in peace and harmony for the betterment of
-
American Beauty and suburban blisters American BeautyStarring Kevin Spacey and Annette BeningDirected by Sam Mendes Review by John Gauci Success and happiness is attained through a delicate balance of wealth, a dynamic career, a loyal family,
-
The party millennium Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2000getherLuke Leal and Sveta GilermanMardi Gras MusicGay in the Life: adventures in queer undergroundVarious artistsOdd Man Out Records through Festival Review by Mark Abberton Mardi Gras in