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Conference discusses US role in Colombian conflict

Conference discusses US role in Colombian conflict By Jorge Jorquera QUITO, Ecuador — On November 25-26, more than 60 international delegates and 300 Ecuadoran human rights and social justice activists met here at the Conference for Peace and

Rally supports indigenous education

Rally supports indigenous education By Robert Milne DARWIN — Seventy staff, students and supporters rallied at the Northern Territory University (NTU) on November 26 to protest the sacking of more than half of the staff in the Faculty of

Left-of-centre coalition wins in New Zealand

Left-of-centre coalition wins in New Zealand By Murray Addison AUCKLAND — The elections on November 27 resulted in a swing to the left, giving a left-of-centre coalition of the Labour Party and the Alliance sufficient seats in parliament to

What did the '60s leave us?

By Jeremy Smith Anti-disciplinary Protest: Sixties Radicalism and PostmodernismBy Julie StevensCambridge University Press, 1998. $29.95 Yippies to yuppies, students to stockbrokers, hippies to entrepreneurs, grand narratives to relativism. Did the

Radical LA band to play free

Radical LA band to play free By Norm Dixon SYDNEY — Ozomatli, a politically and musically incendiary band from Los Angeles' sprawling and distressed working-class suburbs, is coming to Sydney for three free concerts at Darling Harbour. No

CFMEU demands justice for retired worker

CFMEU demands justice for retired worker By Tom Flanagan SYDNEY — Sixty members of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union occupied a furniture factory in Milperra, south-west Sydney, on December 1 to demand that 61-year-old Heather

Can the salt supertanker be turned around?

By Jim Green Australia faces "massive economic, environment and social challenges" due to excessive concentrations of salts in soils and waterways, according to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). Arresting the

Refugees are not criminals

By Sean Healy In a bitter irony, parliament has presented its new laws and regulations governing asylum seekers as part of a "solution" to the "refugee problem". They are nothing of the kind: the new regime will make it almost impossible for most

Coincidence in media-land?

Coincidence in media-land? By Sean Healy The editors of the establishment newspapers — especially the "quality" broadsheets — claim that their editorial decisions on what is, and isn't, news are not influenced by the business interests of

A victory to build on

A victory to build on Twenty-four years ago this week, the Indonesian military launched its brutal invasion of East Timor. Today East Timor is at last free of the Indonesian occupation. Although the East Timorese have paid a huge price, and now

Action updates

Protest against forced deportations SYDNEY — More than 30 members and supporters of the Burmese community protested outside the Thai consul general's office on December 2 to call for an immediate halt to the forced deportation of Burmese

Scottish socialists see good growing weather

Scottish socialists see good growing weather Lisa Young and Pam Currie GLASGOW — The Scottish Socialist Party exploded onto the political scene in 1999. Tommy Sheridan's election to the Scottish parliament represents a major breakthrough for a