East Timorese under attack
By Jon Land
The recent spate of pro-integration militia incursions along the western border of East Timor highlights the failure and unwillingness of the Indonesian government to disarm its militia gangs in West Timor.
World
Behind the Spanish left's worst electoral loss
By G. Buster
In the March 12 Spanish election, the left suffered the worst electoral defeat in its history. After four years of conservative and neo-liberal policies, the governing People's Party
Indonesia plans to deport labour consultant
By Pip Hinman
Roger Smith, an Australian who works for the American Centre for International Labor Solidarity, which is funded by the US government and the AFL-CIO, has been threatened with deportation
By Jim Green
Melting snow and torrential rains broke a dam at the Baia Borsa lead
and zinc mine in Romania, 375 kilometres north-west of Bucharest, on March
10. More than 18,000 tonnes of sediment laden with lead, zinc, copper and
a small
March 16 marks the twelfth anniversary of the massacre of Kurdish people in Halabja, in north-east Iraq. Madhi Kalka, a Kurdish journalist now living in Perth, has written an account of the events and their aftermath.
What happened to the Democratic Republic of East Timor?
DILI — The small, unassuming office of the CPD-RDTL (Council in Defence of the Democratic Republic of East Timor) in Balide belies the debate that is brewing over the restoration of the
New party is 'a half-way house'
Patrick Bond spoke with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Johannesburg. Question: How can the MDC's industrial worker and urban community activists persuade the rural folk to abandon Mugabe's "nationalism".
We're
All eyes on Zimbabwe's new 'workers' party'
By Patrick Bond
JOHANNESBURG — The Shona-language slogan of the popular new political party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), has spread far and wide throughout the countryside: Chinja!
Job seekers demonstrate in East Timor
By Vanya Tanaja
DILI — Frustration and discontent spilt over into another demonstration here on March 7 as 300 job seekers gathered outside the offices of the United Nations Transitional Administration in
South Africa: 'Guns not butter' budget criticised
By Norm Dixon
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has been criticised for introducing an annual budget on February 23 that massively boosts spending for the armed services,
Palestinian Authority forced to release students
By Ahmad Nimer
RAMALLAH, Palestine - Students at Birzeit University celebrated the unconditional release of those imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the widespread crackdown that
Cuba's battle for socialist renewal
By Rafael Hernandez
HAVANA — "What will happen when Castro dies?" That's the inevitable question I'm invited to talk about on Cuba overseas. Curiously enough, I also get a repeated question from the most
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