Solidarity with Indonesia goes international
By Chris Latham
Between May 21 and 23, protests actions were held in a number of countries in support of the struggle for democracy in Indonesia and independence for East Timor. On May 21, supporters
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Self-determination for Kosova!
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Beattie clashes with AWU, bosses
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Queensland Labor premier Peter Beattie is confronting ALP faction leader and Australian Workers Union state secretary Bill Ludwig over proposed new industrial legislation, which will
Japan boosts its role as part of US war machine
By Eva Cheng
Despite widespread protest, the upper house of Japan's parliament rushed through on May 24 three bills to greatly increase the country's role in the United States' war machine. Japan
By Chris Spindler
MELBOURNE — Beef processor G&K O'Connors, in Pakenham, has locked out 250 workers after refusing to negotiate an enterprise agreement. The meatworkers have been locked out now for two months. The workers' union, the
@column int = Zimbabwean women won formal equal rights in 1980 with the passing of the Legal Age of Majority Act, one of the gains of the liberation struggle against white minority rule. However, a ruling by the Zimbabwe's Supreme Court in March has
By Zanny Begg
In Djadi-Dugarang, the newsletter of the Indigenous Social Justice Association, Ray Jackson tells the story of Belinda (not her real name), a male to female transgender. In late 1997, Belinda was arrested for drug possession and sent
By Sarah Stephen
PERTH — Five people are now facing trial for the murder of 14-year-old Aboriginal boy Cleon Jackman after his battered body was found on May 22. Jackman is believed to have been beaten and strangled to death after he was
New push on health care privatisation
By Jonathan Singer
"Even though the federal government sticks to the line that Medicare is safe, what is happening is the privatisation of the health system. The push is on for everyone to pay for their
'The Philippines left needs to appreciate the national question'
ABRINO AYDINAN, a leader of the Cordillera Peoples Liberation Army-Cordillera
Bodong Administration (CPLA-CBA) and an executive council member of the
Socialist Party of
By Francois Vercammen
In September, Gerhard Schröder promised that German troops would go outside Germany only with a UN mandate. But the chancellor used the recent Social Democratic Party (SPD) congress to block a left-wing motion opposing a
Firefighters fight for a fair deal
By James Vassilopoulos
CANBERRA — On May 24, members of the United Firefighters Union of Australia (UFUA) were in Civic Mall asking shoppers to sign petitions in support of their stand in an enterprise
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