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FIJI: Behind the attempted coup

BY DAVID ROBIE & SHERYL HO SUVA, May 20 — George Speight, the leader of the seven gunmen who seized Fiji parliament on May 19, has defied mounting international condemnation of the kidnapping of Fiji's elected cabinet. He claims that his

CZECH REPUBLIC: Communist Party's velvet return

CZECH REPUBLIC: Communist Party's velvet return A spectre haunted last November's celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the "velvet revolution". After years on the margins, the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) had suddenly doubled

Compensate the stolen generations!

Compensate the stolen generations! Last month, the federal minister for Aboriginal affairs, John Herron, questioned the use of the term "stolen generation" to describe the victims of decades of Australian government policy to forcibly remove

INDIA/PAKISTAN: Cruel borders

Less than a month ago, Peter Boyle walked the sad and dusty one-kilometre stretch of the only open land border crossing between Pakistan and India, at Wagha.

Heat still on at Bondi Beach

Heat still on at Bondi Beach SYDNEY — Protesters are maintaining their presence at the construction site of the Olympics beach volleyball stadium at Bondi Beach. Hundreds of people stopped at stalls on May 13 and 14 to sign a petition against the

Support for teachers urged

Support for teachers urged BY GAIL LORD SYDNEY — One hundred and seventy people, angry at the diversion of federal and state funds from public to private schools, were urged to support the NSW teachers' industrial campaign and calls for

Dishonest advertising

Dishonest advertising BY JONATHAN SINGER "It is hard to accept that the federal government's latest GST advertisements are anything more than political propaganda ... the television campaign is devoid of any information that could plausibly be

PALESTINE: Six dead, hundreds wounded as negotiations continue

RAMALLAH — Clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli troops broke out in the West Bank on May 15 and 16, the most violent confrontations since 1998. Four Palestinians were killed; two Palestinian children also died when they were

Solidarity with refugees

Solidarity with refugees BY BIANCA AZAR SYDNEY — Danger. Displacement. Despair. The experiences of refugees are undeniably grim, and the difficult, often demoralising process of seeking asylum in Australia makes their struggle even harder. But

NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT JUSTICE!

NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT JUSTICE! Sunday, March 28 Sydney Join the "No reconciliation without justice" contingent in the Corroboree 2000 walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge. Rally at 10am, Clark Park, Lavender St, Milson Point to demand: A

SOUTH AFRICA: Land reform blocked

SOUTH AFRICA: Land reform blocked JOHANNESBURG — The Zimbabwean land crisis presents South African activists with an opportunity to honestly review their country's land reform program to date. South Africa's post-apartheid land reform program was

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,