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Looking out: A friend's trust

A friend's trustA friend's trust By Brandon Astor Jones "A friend ... is someone who knows where you've been, and where you hope to go — accepts all, and encourages you to grow." — Laura Seddon (d. 1895) BAJ: What is your

International news briefs

Bomb blasts in China Seven people were killed and 67 injured when three bombs exploded on public buses on February 25 in Urumqi, the capital of China's north-west Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. A fourth bomb was found before it exploded.

Employment forum finds few solutions

By Kerryn Williams CANBERRA — A symposium entitled "Youth Employment: Looking for Solutions" was convened on March 8 by the Youth Coalition of the ACT and the ACT Southern Tablelands Area Consultative Committee. It provided few answers to

Coalition for Access to Justice formed

Coalition for Access to Justice formed By Karen Fredericks BRISBANE — A rally of 200 legal aid and community legal services workers and supporters on March 14 voted to form the Queensland Coalition for Access to Justice (QCAJ) to fight

TV gets actively radical

SYDNEY — FRANK GOMEZ talked to JILL HICKSON, PATTY BIANCO, MARYANN WYLDER and BOB SHORT, members of the community television access group Actively Radical Television (ARTV), about what it is like being involved in community free-to-air television.

Melbourne public transport dispute continues

Melbourne public transport dispute continues By Tully Bates MELBOURNE — A mass meeting of 2000 public transport workers on March 6 voted almost unanimously to stop work from midnight, March 7, until midnight, March 9, over the Australian

West moves to salvage 'Mobutuism without Mobutu'

By Norm Dixon Kisangani, east Zaire's most important city and the Mobutu dictatorship's last stronghold in the country's east, fell to the rebels of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL), led by Laurent

Revolution in Albania

Revolution in Albania By Michael Karadjis A people's power revolution is taking place in Albania, where a furious plundered people have taken up arms against the thieving, US-backed regime of Sali Berisha. The rebellion began with a

Indonesia: Rise of the student democracy movement

Indonesia: Rise of the student democracy movement Green Left Weekly's JO BROWN talked to ROBBY HARTONO, an activist with the People's Democratic Party (PRD) in Indonesia who recently toured Australia, about the role that students are

From Martin Luther King to the Black Panthers

Voices of Freedom: An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement From the 1950s to the 1980SHenry Hampton and Steve Fayer (eds)Vintage Press, 1995. Published in Australia by Random House. 692 pp., $22.95 Review by Arun Pradhan The history of the

NTU students vote for education campaign

NTU students vote for education campaign By Tim E Stewart DARWIN — The Education Action Group at Northern Territory University put a motion to a student general meeting on March 12 for a campaign against the Liberals' attacks on higher

US drug certification puts Mexico in a quandary

By Peter Gellert MEXICO CITY — US government certification of Mexico's efforts to counteract drug trafficking have unleashed a storm of protest here. Washington's yearly certification process comes on the heels of several weeks of new and