The Indonesian government has an almost "pathological hostility to separatism", Dr Ed Aspinall, lecturer in South-East Asian Studies at Sydney University, told a forum on July 2.
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BY WERNER COHRS [Werner Cohrs was a candidate for SA branch secretary in the June elections for the Maritime Union of Australia. Although Cohrs was not elected, militants did well in the elections, gaining control of two of the three union
On July 4, the anniversary of the 1776 signing of the Declaration of Independence in what was to become the USA, activists in the US, Britain, New Zealand, Australia and other countries took action to protest the US and British governments'
BY VANNESSA HEARMAN
MELBOURNE Filipino parliamentarian Satur Ocampo from the Bayan Muna (People's First) party described the US war on the Philippines at a public meeting held at Trades Hall on June 30.
Ocampo is one of three Bayan Muna
BY CHRIS LATHAM
In the lead-up to PM John Howard's announcement that Australia would send troops to the Solomon Islands, the mainstream media was filled with the lurid descriptions of violent criminal gangs terrorising the Solomons' population, and
BY LIAM MITCHELL SYDNEY After nearly 16 weeks on strike, 40 workers at can manufacturer Morris McMahon returned to work on July 2. They won a union-endorsed enterprise bargaining agreement and a number of improvements in their conditions. The
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"Australia is not a neo-colonial power and we are sensitive to the regional concerns about our role." Foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer, June 26, justifying the deployment of 1500 Australian troops to the Solomon Islands
Two events in Sydney on July 11 will provide an opportunity to offer solidarity to peace and democracy activists in Asia.
At 4.30pm, at the Sydney Town Hall steps, there will be a solidarity protest with Aceh, demanding Indonesian troops withdraw
Everyone Deserves MusicMichael Franti and SpearheadBoo Boo wax records, through Liberation Music Australia.
REVIEW BY CRAIG BULLEY
The recent Australian release of the Michael Franti and Spearhead album Everyone Deserves Music will be followed up
Fightback! interviewed the imprisoned general-secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Ahmad Saadat, on May 20.
The PFLP is the second-largest political group within the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO). It is a
BY CHRIS KERR
The Bolivarian revolution in Venezuela is not just a national phenomenon, it is impacted upon greatly by international developments, particularly the US-led campaign against it.
In 2002, the US government stepped up its intervention
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