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Opposition to public housing sell-off By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — An attempt to auction a Ministry of Housing home in outer suburban Broadmeadows on May 15 was disrupted by a group of about 40 local residents angry at the sale of
By Barry Sheppard Kendra Alexander, a leader of the Committees of Correspondence both nationally and in northern California, died in an accidental fire in her home in Berkeley on May 23. Because of the central and unifying role she
Academics worry about free expression By Jeremy Smith MELBOURNE — National stop-work meetings were organised on May 26 by the Federal Council of Academics, the Union of Australian College Academics, and the Federation of Australian
Promises Written by Crying Out Loud Directed by Margaret Trail Performed by Karen Hadfield, Marcia Ferguson, Jane Bayly and Maude Davey Napier St Theatre, Melbourne, until June 22 Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey The mythology of
Indonesian students and army clash By Max Lane Sources in Jakarta report that 50 students demonstrated outside parliament on June 2 following a one-day occupation of their campus by the army. On May 22, 150 soldiers plus police

By Ernest Mandel Since the mid-'70s there has been a worldwide offensive of capital against labour and the toiling masses of the third world. This offensive expresses the sharp deterioration of the relationship of forces at the expense of

By Jana D.K. in Jakarta and Mitchell Hamilton in Sydney The Indonesian government is attempting to escape political pressures following the trial of Xanana by creating the false impression that the East Timorese resistance leader has changed
Of rage and honesty By Brandon Astor Jones My adolescent years were spent in an area on Chicago's south side. Most people called it Hamilton Park from a natural forest preserve by the same name situated in its north-west sector. The
By Alberto Gomes We are almost half way through the International Year of Indigenous Peoples, but for some Jahai, a Semang aboriginal people in the northern Malaysian state of Kelantan, the year is turning out to be a bad one. As a result of
On May 15, some 5000 people marched through the Scottish city of Dundee in solidarity with sacked Timex workers. Two days later 3000 people bused from around Britain to stand on the Timex picket line; several hundred police were there to shepherd

Four years ago the Chinese government sent in soldiers to clear Tiananmen Square of students, workers and other citizens who were demanding democratic reform. While the students and citizens sang the "Internationale", the army attacked. Hundreds

By Sean Malloy Islamic fundamentalism is the West's new bogy. Over the last two years the Western media have cultivated a fear of Islam, portraying devout Muslims as masked gunmen who threaten to take power in several Middle Eastern