By JAMES BALOWSKI
JAKARTA — Following the breakdown of last-ditch talks in Tokyo between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), Jakarta on May 19 launched a "security restoration operation" in Aceh — an all-out military
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BY PETER BOYLE
The Socialist Alliance is a multi-tendency socialist party which welcomes and protects the right to campaign for a diversity of political positions within the framework of its broad socialist objectives.
The second national
REVIEW BY HELEN REDMOND
The Life of David GaleDirected by Alan ParkerWith Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet and Laura LinneyAt major cinemas
Now should be the best time ever for a Hollywood drama that exposes the barbarity of the death penalty in the
BY GRANT COLEMAN
In his May 13 budget speech, treasurer Peter Costello announced a 10-year package of reforms to Australia's higher education system, Our Universities: Backing Australia's Future. This package, the end result of the 12-month Higher
BY MARISOL SALINAS
MELBOURNE — Community radio station 3CR is holding its annual radiothon from June 2 to June 15. This year's theme is "3CR — the voice of dissent, a voice for peace" and the station is hoping to raise $130,000.
3CR has
Emergency pickets were held across Australia on May 23, as part of an international day of action for democracy and justice in Aceh. Protests were held in Adelaide, Darwin, Melbourne, Newcastle and Sydney, as well as in the US, Germany, Holland,
BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
MELBOURNE — More than 300 people packed the Brunswick Town Hall for Vic Little's memorial service on May 20.
Born in Mildura in 1914, the son of a poor mining family, Vic knew from an early age on what "struggling" meant.
Most rational response
"Russian President Vladimir Putin openly mocks America's failed efforts to find chemical, biological or nuclear weapons in Iraq... It doesn't matter... even if Iraq proves utterly free of WMD — or if it merely possesses a
BY PATRICK BOND
HAVANA — Visitors experiencing Cuba for the first time cannot help but remark upon how the economic and political pressures being imposed on the country seem untenable. What would be possible in a just world, given Cuban society's
BY SUE BOLTON
MELBOURNE — At the national Socialist Alliance conference, held on May 10-11, the delegates included a high proportion of trade unionists.
These included former Victorian secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union
BY ROHAN PEARCE
The May 12 terrorist attacks on the al Hamra, Jadawal and Vinnell compounds in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, which killed more than 90 people, were not merely assaults on "symbols" of the imperialist West. The bombers were also
BY GRAHAM WILLIAMS
Still in the early stages of their pattern bargaining campaign, Victorian metal workers have already made major advances towards winning a 36-hour work week. Around 100 companies have now signed the Australian Manufacturing
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