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By Marina Cameron The Liberal federal government has launched a vicious attack on public education, building on the groundwork laid by previous state and federal Labor governments. The government plans to accelerate the privatisation of higher
Last year Scottish Militant Labour combined with other forces on the left to create a new, broader vehicle for socialism in Scotland — the Scottish Socialist Alliance. National secretary of the alliance ALLAN GREEN explains why socialists in
Rock Against Racism BRISBANE — An impressive line-up of Brisbane bands swung their support behind a benefit to raise funds for the Anti-Racism Campaign on February 15. Around 300 people attended, with 100 more having to be turned away for lack of
Hackers modify Indonesian government home page On February 10, and again on February 15, a group of Portuguese hackers (Portuguese Hackers Against Indonesia) modified the home page of the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry. The altered home page
20 years' jail for possession of a leaflet By Karen Fredericks BRISBANE — The Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) candidate in the Mundingburra by-election, Billy Tate, was charged on February 20 with possession of drug law reform literature.
A question of priorities In New Zealand last week for talks on trade and "defence" links, PM John Howard took on the job of trying to persuade New Zealanders that it really is in their interests to spend millions more dollars on defence — and in
By Norm Dixon As the ADFL sweeps through eastern Zaire, opposition to Mobutu and the war, and sympathy for rebel leader Laurent Kabila, are being openly expressed on the streets of the capital, Kinshasa. A general strike on February 10, called by
In February 1994, Green Left Weekly's Johannesburg-based correspondent, Norm Dixon, attended a meeting to launch a branch of South Africa's fledging Environmental Justice Networking Forum (EJNF). The meeting was held at Vista University in Soweto
By Nick Fredman LISMORE — Student activists here kicked off the year with a lively protest on February 18 against tighter restrictions to Austudy eligibility and other attacks on education. A lunchtime speak-out was organised by the Student
Arnott's workers the 'innocent victims' By James Vassilopoulos Contrary to last week's claim by Arnott's Biscuits' managing director Chris Roberts that the company is the "innocent victim" in the current extortion attempt, the real innocent
By Eva Cheng The February 12 defection to South Korea of Hwang Jang-yop, a member of the central committee of the ruling North Korean Workers' Party, is being treated by the western media as evidence that the regime in Pyongyang is near collapse.
DARWIN — An Aboriginal protest camp on vacant Crown land in the northern suburbs has ended tragically after the sudden death of one of the protesters. Bob Bunduwabi died on January 22 after two months of defying repeated attempts by the NT