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INDONESIA: Suharto thought likely to escape

After months of delays, false starts and a performance to rival Christopher Skase's "Now I'm sick, now I'm not", former president Suharto is finally to stand trial for embezzlement of Indonesian state funds. On August 3, the 79-year-old Suharto was

Rod Quantock to host McDebate

Rod Quantock to host McDebate BY JORGE JORQUERA MELBOURNE — Some of the world's best minds and sharpest wits will grapple with the crucial issue of our time here on August 25, when they debate "Whether McDonald's should run the World Bank".

CUBA: Che photographer to sue

CUBA: Che photographer to sue BY SEAN HEALY The man who took the photograph which turned Ernesto "Che" Guevara into an icon is planning to sue Smirnoff for demeaning the revolutionary's memory by using the photo to advertise its new, "spicy"

S11: high school activists debate tactics

S11: high school activists debate tactics BY JODY BETZIEN MELBOURNE — Beginning September 11, this city will experience a myriad of anti-World Economic Forum (WEF) actions. There is a lot of discussion and debate about how to coordinate and

S11 activists targets Mcdonald's

S11 activists targets Mcdonald's ADELAIDE — Thirty people demonstrated outside McDonald's in the Rundle Mall here on August 4 to protest against the multinational's attacks on the environment, underdeveloped nations and workers' rights. The

Homophobia in the UTS administration

BY SIMON BUTLER SYDNEY — Thirty students from the University of Technology, Sydney were arrested and charged on August 9 after occupying the acting vice-chancellor's office. They were protesting University Council's rejection of official UTS

No solution can come from elite, meeting told

No solution can come from elite, meeting told BY MATT LIVINGSTON BRISBANE — The crisis in Indonesia cannot be solved by "shifting deck chairs on the Titanic", the national coordinator of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor

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,

Asian trade unionists to speak

BY PIP HINMAN SYDNEY — Indonesian union leader Romawaty Sinaga, of the the Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggle (FNPBI), and Francisco Pascual, of the Philippine People's Development Resource Centre, are the two international guest

UNITED STATES: Race and class — Ralph Nader: 'Freedom is participation in power'

RACE AND CLASS IN THE UNITED STATES: Ralph Nader: 'Freedom is participation in power' SAN FRANCISCO — "Freedom is participation in power", Ralph Nader, US Green Party candidate for president, told delegates to the July national convention of the

'We were our own censors'

'We were our own censors' The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero and Myth-Maker from the Crimea to KosovoBy Phillip KnightlyPrion, 2000574pp., $35 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was in South Africa to report on

BRITAIN: Labour's elitist education

Earlier this summer, a comprehensive school student from the north-east was refused a place at Oxford University, despite having exceptionally high examination grades. The Labour Party, in a populist outburst which even by their standards of cynicism