Spreading protests undermine Indonesian military
By Max Lane
Eight weeks after the forced resignation of President Suharto, a strong campaign by human rights groups has forced the Habibie-Wiranto regime to admit that the elite commando corps,
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By Sue Boland
Any indirect tax, like the Coalition's planned goods and services tax, is inherently inequitable because it taxes every individual at the same rate on their purchases, regardless of capacity to pay. Moreover, low income earners have
By Saffron Howden
In News of a Kidnapping, Colombian novelist and journalist Gabriel García Márquez described journalism as "fortunately, power without the throne". Such a view presents a myriad of problems, not the least of which is
By Rebecca Meckelburg
Resistance and the "No Jabiluka Mine" media collective issued a joint statement on July 7 condemning the Northern Territory University's decision to confiscate a bus hired by the Resistance Club at NTU for club activities,
A short history of Maori struggle The following is abridged from a talk given to the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference in Sydney at Easter by Maori activist Hone Harawira.
East Timor independence rally
By Adrian Gibbs
CANBERRA — About 300 East Timorese and their supporters marched under the unity flag from Parliament House to the Indonesian embassy on July 19. The event marked the anniversary of East Timor's
By Jim Green
Anti-Hanson, anti-racist protests — in particular the secondary school walkouts organised by Resistance — have received a deluge of media attention in recent weeks. Nowhere has this been more than in Sydney, following an
By Regan Davis and Tim E. Stewart
BRISBANE — "Anti-racists on your feet! Join the march on Boundary Street". This was the call of Democratic Socialists as they marched through cosmopolitan West End here on June 25.
Chants of "Hanson, Howard,
APEC '99: trading in hype
ON JULY 13, the Aotearoa/New Zealand APEC Monitoring Group announced details of its campaign against the NZ government for hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in 1999 and to educate New Zealanders
Objection noted
By Brandon Astor Jones
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ..." "In all criminal prosecutions ... the accused shall enjoy the right to a ... trial, by
Loose cannons
Hallowed tradition
"I don't see why we should break with tradition; that is, we should re-endorse sitting senators." — NSW Labor Senator Michael Forshaw, facing a challenge for his position from TWU chief Stephen Hutchins.
By James Balowski
According to the leaders of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) in Indonesia, two PRD prisoners, Coen Pontoh and Mohammad Sholeh, were released on July 25. Along with Dita Sari, chairperson of the independent trade union, the
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