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  • Xanana denies BHP meeting

    Xanana denies BHP meeting Xanana Gusmao, the imprisoned leader of the East Timorese resistance, has rejected an article in the August 20 Sydney Morning Herald which reported that a high level BHP petroleum representative recently met with him in

  • Court un-bans PRD, but harassment continues

    On August 10, Indonesia's State Administrative Court upheld an appeal by Budiman Sujatmiko, as president of the People's Democratic Party (PRD), against a ministerial regulation banning the PRD and its affiliated mass organisations. The

  • Letter from the US: Democracy in Cuba

    Democracy in CubaIn early August, my companion Caroline Lund and I visited Cuba as part of the Eighth US-Cuba Friendshipment, organised by Pastors for Peace. As with all Friendshipments, this one openly defied Washington's

  • Dita Sari: 'Habibie is Suhartoism without Suharto'

    Dita Sari: 'Habibie is Suhartoism without Suharto' JAKARTA — Green Left Weekly's JULIA PERKINS recently spoke to DITA SARI, People's Democratic Party (PRD) leader and chairperson of the Centre for Indonesian Labour Struggle, in Tangerang women's

  • Indonesian women lead strikes

    While in Indonesia last month, Green Left Weekly's JULIA PERKINS spoke with BELA, a 20-year-old women who works at one of Sungai Buaigrup's biscuit factories in Tangerang. Question: Tell us about the industrial action that has been taking place at

  • Jiang's salvo against Chinese military businesses

    The last time — in January 1995 — that Beijing endeavoured to shake the vested interests of the military, a harmless "temporary regulation on economic accountability" was issued for "leading army cadres" in the name of the

  • Habibie: Suharto's Siamese twin

    By George J. Aditjondro The popular demands to investigate the billions of dollars pillaged by former President Suharto from the Indonesian people and state coffers seem to have dwindled. One of the main stumbling blocks is the unwillingness of

  • Skate, Kabui at odds over Bougainville independence

    Skate, Kabui at odds over Bougainville independencePapua New Guinea Prime Minister Bill Skate stated bluntly on August 4 that he will not permit Bougainville to become independent. His statement has called into question the peace

  • Russian greens combat plans for new nukes

    MOSCOW — After pledging US$22.6 billion to save Russia from economic meltdown, international lenders are being called upon to extend a further US$18 billion. Not, this time, to avoid metaphorical meltdowns, but to help set the

  • Colombia's dirty war on labour

    The neo-liberal agenda is being imposed on Colombian workers through the union-busting overhaul of the country's labour code and the unrelenting terror of death squads. The anti-union onslaught has taken its toll on Colombia's

  • US puts drug company profits before health

    "We don't work for consumers in Argentina or Africa, and we don't care about public health issues there." That was how the US deputy assistant trade representative for intellectual property responded two years ago to a suggestion that the US trade representative (USTR) should approach pharmaceutical patent policies as a public health issue rather than as a trade issue.

  • Dangerous pesticide use in Nigeria

    Dangerous pesticide use in Nigeria More than 600,000 farming households in Akwa Ibom state of Nigeria may be exposed to pesticide hazards due to poor handling conditions, according to a recent study based on interviews with 180 households in