By Mitchell Hamilton
East Timorese activists have drawn attention to the illegal Indonesian occupation of their country with actions on three fronts.
Seven East Timorese students created a major incident in Jakarta and internationally
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Apache raises flap with rap
British rap singer Apache Indian is taking India by storm, stirring up controversy in both countries with songs that challenge white racial prejudice, caste and arranged marriages.
"Sometimes the truth hurts",
Homelands
Produced and directed by Tom Zubrycki
Shown at the Melbourne International Film Festival
Reviewed by Di Quin
Homelands tells the story of Maria and Carlos Robles, political refugees from El Salvador now living in suburban
By Katrina Dean
MELBOURNE — The 22nd national conference of Resistance was held here over the weekend of July 3-5. The overall tone of the conference was clear: young people will think for themselves, speak for themselves, act on their own
By Peter Boyle
A cacophony of outrageous racist statements by the likes of Northern Territory Chief Minister Marshall Perron (Aborigines are "backward", sleep with dogs and share their germs, he says) and Western Mining director Hugh Morgan
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — More than 100 women participated in a general meeting on June 27 to discuss the rebuilding of the women's liberation movement here. The meeting was organised by activists who felt that the large attendance at
Art with Timor
Art with Timor
Paintings by Sebastian Silva
Beaufort Hotel Complex, Darwin, June 25-27
Reviewed by Deb Sorensen
Calm rural scenes of East Timor and local vistas were the subject matter for Sebastian Silva's debut
Swift response to Indonesian repression
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — The news that students at the Jakarta campus of the National Science and Technology Institute had been beaten and arrested by the Indonesian military for protesting
By Anne Casey
SYDNEY — A dangerous precedent has been set in NSW with the criminal conviction of five logging protesters who appeared in Cooma Local Court on July 7.
The five conservationists were arrested in April during a peaceful
Land rights and 'extremism'
There is nothing that frightens the racists and the moneybags more than a victory — even a partial victory — for the Aboriginal people. Even the half-hearted acknowledgment that Australia's indigenous people
Workcover protests begin
By Di Quin
MELBOURNE — About 1000 building workers braved Melbourne's wintry conditions on July 7 to protest against the Kennett government's Workcover Act.
The law, which came into effect in December,
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — Industrial relations minister Graham Kierath tabled the Workplace Agreements Bill, the Industrial Relations Amendments Bill and the Minimum Conditions of Employment Bill in the WA parliament on July 8.
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