By Ray Fulcher
MELBOURNE — More than 1000 university and TAFE students rallied at the State Library on August 26 to demand that the federal government restore funding to education. The rally was part of a National Union of Students' national day
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An 11-day national strike for shorter hours, from April 27 to May 7, was the first industrial action of this kind in Denmark since 1986. Green Left Weekly's MARGARET ALLAN spoke to JÜRGEN ARBO about the aftermath of the strike. Arbo is a
By Max Lane and Pramono (in Jakarta)
The frequency of protest actions in Indonesia has increased markedly over the last week. Worsening economic conditions, general anger over the lack of any real changes under the Habibie regime and students'
Ballarat NTEU campaign against cuts
BALLARAT — A lively meeting of the University of Ballarat branch of the National Tertiary Education Industry Union on August 29 voted to fight threatened cuts.
Jobs and programs are at risk in the schools
On August 25, the latest twist in Sydney's contaminated water saga occurred with the announcement that most of Sydney's 4.5 million residents must once again boil all drinking water.The alert, the second in a month, has focussed attention on the
Chinese Australians condemn racial violence in Indonesia
Chinese Australians condemn racial violence in Indonesia
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — More than 25 Chinese organisations in Victoria joined a 600-strong rally outside the Indonesian
By Leo Wellin
Telstra's announcement of a $3 billion profit in the last financial year helped galvanise staff support for a strike on August 28. The strike was called by the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) and the Communications,
By Allen Myers
Since elections to Cambodia's National Assembly were held on July 26, leaders of the two losing opposition parties — Funcinpec and the Sam Rainsy Party — have campaigned against the result, charging that the government used
200,000 rally in Yogyakarta
By Max Lane
On August 26, 200,000 people rallied in Yogyakarta to protest against the refusal of the Indonesian government to ratify Sultan Hamengku Buwono X as governor of Yogyakarta. The rally adopted a manifesto
Shooting FishDirected by Stefan SchwartzDistributed by GlobeNow screening in major cinemas Review by Conrad Barnett
The Hollywood chase-and-misadventure film gets a '90s makeover, an English accent and a Brit pop soundtrack in the new film Shooting
By Kerryn Williams
Melbourne organisers of the Resistance national high school walkout against racism arrived at the rally venue on August 28 to find members of the socialist group Militant setting up a counter-platform and PA system. Our worst
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