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Indonesia: Thousands demonstrate against subsidy cuts

INDONESIA: Thousands demonstrate against subsidy cuts By James Balowski Thousands of students, civil servants and other workers protested in Indonesia on April 1 against cuts to subsides on fuel, public transport and electricity. The

Life of Riley: Mike's Militia

Mike's Militia Among the local stay-at-home-on-Tuesday-nights population of part-time couch potatoes, there may be some of you who were fortunate enough to catch Mike Moore's The Awful Truth on SBS TV. As a card-carrying member of Mike's

'Hurricane' Carter: The man they couldn't tame

The man they couldn't tame The HurricaneStarring Denzel Washington and Vicellous Reon ShannonDirected by Norman JewisonWritten by Armyan Bernstein and Dan GordonUniversal Pictures Review by Arun Pradhan "My real problems began when the Saturday

Ireland: Strike-hit firms say send in army

IRELAND: Strike-hit firms say send in army Employers in Ireland have called for the army to be brought in to run the public transport system hit by a wave of bus and rail strikes. A spokesperson for the Irish employers' federation said the republic

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne community TV,

Olympics causing housing crisis

BY JOHN GAUCI SYDNEY — Despite constant denials by the NSW Labor government, the Olympic Games are having a serious impact on housing in Sydney, an information kit launched on March 29 by the tenancy advocates Rentwatchers says. Sixty people

Students rally to improve campus conditions

By Aaron Benedek SYDNEY — Three hundred students rallied at the University of Sydney on March 30, one week after students occupied the Student Centre on a March 22 national day of action against the privatisation of education. The rally is part

From social security to social control

From social security to social control Over the next few weeks and months you will hear a lot about the interim report of the government's committee on welfare “reform”, Participation Support for a More Equitable Society, issued on

Murdoch University staff strike back

Murdoch University staff strike back BY JULIA PERKINS PERTH — Academics and general staff at Murdoch University here passed a motion of no confidence in the university's vice-chancellor, Steven Schwartz, at a March 24 meeting attended by more

Rally demands debt be dropped

Rally demands debt be dropped BY NICK EVERETT SYDNEY — Four hundred people rallied in Hyde Park on April 1 to demand the cancellation of all debts held by the world's poorest nations. The rally was part of an international day of protest called

'Not old and not sick'

'Not old and not sick' BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — "I want to choose the people I live with" was one of the more popular placards at an April 1 rally here demanding housing rights for people with brain injuries and other neurological

Catholic teachers march on church and state

Catholic teachers march on church and state BY JOHN GAUCI SYDNEY — Three thousand primary and secondary school teachers at NSW Catholic schools struck for 24 hours and rallied here on March 29 against Catholic employment authorities' failure to