By Sean Healy
The crackdown against student protest by the Suharto regime in Indonesia requires a loud and clear show of solidarity by students in Australia. Suharto sees the current campus upsurge in Indonesia, and the students' commitment to
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By Dave Riley
The recently concluded Irish peace deal has not been received enthusiastically — despite media claims to the contrary. The Loyal Orange Lodge has rejected it out of hand, and the main loyalist party, the Ulster Unionists, is
By Chris Slee and Ben Courtice
Australian Taxation Office workers have rejected an attempt by management to push through a non-union agency agreement. Some 62% of general employees, (those in the lowest seven levels of the public service
Fremantle wharfies' picket stays strong
By Sean Martin-Iverson
FREMANTLE—Protest action continues on the Fremantle docks despite a brutal paramilitary-style attack by police at 2.30am on April 16. The baton-wielding police outnumbered
Asia Pacific Women's Solidarity Network launched
By Pip Hinman
SYDNEY — The Asia Pacific Women's Solidarity Network (APWSN) has held its first meeting to help progressive women in the region cement their links. The meeting was attended by women
By Julia Perkins
BURNIE, Tasmania — On April 14, 300 people marched through the streets of Burnie in support of wharfies sacked by Patrick Stevedores. The 13 maritime workers in Bell Bay and the 17 in Burnie who were sacked have been offered
By Peter Montague
Since 1993, scientists worldwide have been trying to understand why frog populations are reported to be steeply declining in relatively unspoiled environments on several continents. And since 1995 scientists have been struggling
It has come!
BLAAAAH!
This verbal explosion occurred just as I was about to take in my day's surfeit of news. I was the speaker of that BLAAAAH, and my utterance was noted by many of those around me. These same people quickly turned
Italian initiative for Australian stolen generations
The municipality of Florence on April 6 approved a motion concerning Australian Aborigines who were forcibly separated from their families in past decades. The motion, proposed by the Italian
By Theresa Moore
Changes to funding, due to take effect at the end of April, threaten the viability of many centres providing before- and after-school care and a return to the era of "latch-key kids". In the May 1997 budget, the Howard government
The Two Bums
The bum on the road is an enemy of mankindThe other is driven around to his club, is feted, wined and dinedAnd they who curse the bum on the road as the essence of all that's badWill greet the other with a winning smile and extend the
DOROTEA WILSON, a leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and a member of its National Directorate, is on a tour of Australia, speaking about the issues of land rights and autonomy. She is from the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and
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