By Cam Walker
March 24 marked the 10th anniversary of the oil spill from the Exxon Valdez tanker in Alaska, one of the worst oil disasters in history. Friends of the Earth International chose that day to release a report on Exxon and its new
World
By Nadeem Ansari
CANBERRA — In a public meeting here on March 16, Tamil surgeon Dr Thayalan Ambalavanar asked the Sri Lankan government to respect the right of self-determination of the Tamil people and to open peace talks with the Liberation
Victory for Scottish socialists
GLASGOW — The registrar of political parties has been forced into a humiliating climb-down by the Scottish Socialist Party. The registrar's decision to bar the SSP from the ballot for the May 6 Scottish Assembly
Indonesian regime backtracking on Budiman release?
By James Balowski
On March 9, the Indonesian daily Kompas claimed that the chairperson of the People's Democratic Party (PRD), Budiman Sujatmiko, had rejected an offer of clemency by the
Remodernising Russia: the role of the left
BORIS KAGARLITSKY interviews ANATOLY BARANOV. A left journalist, Baranov in 1996 came under attack from the authorities in the Moscow municipality, after an article he had written for the newspaper Pravda
By Bastiaan van Perlo
Nederland Bekent Kleur, a national platform against racism in the Netherlands, is seeking international assistance in its work. At this moment, we are involved in a struggle with our government to legalise a group of "sans
How democratic will Indonesia's election be?
By James Balowski
Last January, Indonesia's B.J. Habibie government announced a series of "electoral reforms" and set an election date of June 7. Since then, the establishment media has repeatedly
Resistance and repression continue in Kurdistan
By Norm Dixon
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has responded to the abduction of its leader, Abdullah Ocalan, by vowing to escalate the struggle for national self-determination. This was the
South Africa announces 'world's largest' forest privatisation
South Africa announces 'world's largest' forest privatisation
By Norm Dixon
The South African government on March 4 announced it latest privatisation project: the sale of the rights
On April 10, Green Left Weekly's MAX LANE spoke by telephone to East Timor resistance leader XANANA GUSMAO, who is still under house arrest in Jakarta. The telephone answered "Cipinang Prison" when I rang Xanana's house. Xanana had been imprisoned
Government hides report on Biak killings
By Linda Kaucher
The Australian Defence Department has refused a freedom of information request concerning West Papua put to the Department of Foreign Affairs. When Indonesian armed forces reacted
Papuan representatives demand independence
By Linda Kaucher
One hundred West Papuan community representatives met with President Habibie, members of his cabinet and the head of Indonesian armed forces (ABRI) in West Papua, in Jakarta on February
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