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Indonesian activist speaks out

SYDNEY — Solidarity was still needed to help Indonesian workers organise for democracy and justice, Indonesian activist Nieke told a forum here on May 2. Nieke is a leader of the Indonesian People's Democratic Party and a researcher into the

Faces of the Maasai

Seeing with the HeartBy Judy KingAt the Galleries Primitif, Woollahra, SydneyOpens May 11 SYDNEY — A stint as a volunteer nurse in Africa was the inspiration for Judy King's exhibition Seeing with the Heart, which opens on May 11. The mixed media

Melbourne CBD a 'liberated zone'

BY MARGARITA WINDISCH MELBOURNE — It was a dark and foggy morning, making the CBD's skyscrapers seem even more alien, but the air was filled with excitement and anticipation. By 6am, a solid number of protesters had gathered outside the

Save the ABC: Shier should take a quantum leap

BY ADAM MACLEAN Public calls for the sacking of ABC managing director Jonathan Shier, chairperson Donald McDonald and the whole ABC board are growing. If the national broadcaster is to be saved from the oblivion the Coalition clearly wishes to

Springsteen: stars and stripes to the red star

REVIEW BY RICHARD PITHOUSE Live in New YorkBruce Springsteen and the E-Street BandSony Music Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band have released a new double live album that has achieved the unusual feat of winning extraordinary critical

May Day around the world

BY NORM DIXON May 1, the international day of solidarity with the struggles of the working class and the oppressed, was marked by millions of people around the world. In some countries, young militants inspired by the wave of mass

Police assaults fail to deter blockaders

BY GRANT COLEMAN PERTH — May 1 will be remembered for two connected reasons: it was the first sitting of parliament under Geoff Gallop's new Labor state government, and it was the day of one of the most violent police operations against

People's power comes to Adelaide streets

BY BRONWEN BEECHEY ADELAIDE — Four hundred people participated in the five-hour blockade of the Australian Stock Exchange, located in the Santos Building, in a powerful statement of how strongly they felt about the need to fight the ravages of

Callinicos to speak at Sydney conference

BY JOHN PERCY SYDNEY — British Marxist intellectual Alex Callinicos will be a keynote speaker at the second Asia Pacific International Solidarity Conference, scheduled for Easter 2002 in Sydney. Callinicos will represent the Socialist

Audacity inspires Hobart to protest

BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE HOBART — Months of hard work by organisers paid off on May 1 when hundreds of people participated in the largest anti-capitalist protest this city has ever seen. Organisers admit that even on the morning of the blockade, they

EAST TIMOR: UN lets Indonesian military off the hook

BY VANYA TANAJA DILI — News that Indonesia has formally agreed to set up an ad hoc tribunal to try those responsible for mass murder in East Timor around the period of the 1999 independence referendum was welcomed by Sergio de Mello, head of

Unity rally a victory for coalition-building

BY FELICITY MARTIN MELBOURNE — The joining together of 7000 unionists with 3000 stock exchange blockaders in a single unity march was a display of May Day solidarity not seen in this city for more than 60 years. Long negotiations between the M1