By Farooq Sulehria
LAHORE, Pakistan — Local body elections took place in Punjab province on May 20. They were one of the bloodiest elections in the history of Pakistan, with 40 people killed and hundreds injured during riots around Punjab. The
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Indonesia: free all political prisoners!
By Max Lane
JAKARTA — The February to May student uprising and the wave of riots in Jakarta on May 14-15 which forced the resignation of President Suharto began a process that stands on the verge of
By Doug Lorimer
The French revolt of May-June 1968 began in December 1967 with a strike in eight Paris high schools to support a demonstration against government cuts in social security. This was followed by another high school walkout in January
By Janet Brown
The Victorian government made an appalling decision in supporting CSR's proposal for a prescribed waste landfill (toxic dump) at Werribee. Corporate profits have been put ahead of community rights and concerns. Since planning
Taking on the bovver boys
Cleary, IndependentBy Phil ClearyHarperCollins, 1998. 298 pp, $19.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
Phil Cleary, a product of a Christian Brothers schooling, could have been expected to know all about human sin and divine
By Sarah Peart
"When injustice becomes law resistance becomes duty." This is the theme of the 27th national conference of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, being held in Melbourne from July 11-13. "This theme really captures what
FSLN sends greetings to PRD
The following resolution was passed by the FSLN's highest decision-making body. The motion was moved by Dorotea Wilson, who recently toured Australia. "The Second Congress of the FSLN, held in Managua, Nicaragua, on the
Five days of solidarity
Activists throughout Australia held actions in solidarity with the movements
for democracy in Indonesia and freedom in East Timor. The marches, rallies,
speak-outs and forums were part of five days of solidarity
Maureen
You ask me not to clench my fiststo hold my anger down.You ask me not to purse my lipsnor swear nor wear a frown.You tell me — let my anger gothat I should reconcile that it is me that I must knowto feel at one, and smile.
It's not what
By Yael
GIPPSLAND — The Goolengook forest, situated in East Gippsland, north-east Victoria is threatened by unsustainable logging practices. The only government study of Goolengook forest, conducted in 1991, recommended that, to maintain
By Allan Nairn
This [northern] spring, just before Jakarta erupted in riots, more than a dozen activists from Indonesia's pro-democracy movement suddenly "disappeared" from the capital and outlying towns. Amid a public outcry, the Indonesian Armed
Ramos Horta: support a referendum for East Timor
By Tuntuni Battacharyya
On May 25, 300 people gathered to hear Jose Ramos Horta speak at a meeting organised by the Amnesty club of the University of NSW. Horta described the invasion of East Timor
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