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From Soweto to Perth

From Soweto to Perth By Tamara Desiatov PERTH — A Cultural Dissent program for youth, "From Soweto to Perth", was held here on June 18 to draw the international links in struggles by young people for freedom and justice. Eighteen

Students organise against education cuts

ADELAIDE — A new student group is campaigning to stop the Brown government from implementing cuts to education recommended in the recent audit report. Secondary Students Against Cuts, a Resistance-initiated campaign, was launched at a teachers' protest rally in May.

WA forest blockade begins

By Stephen Robson PERTH — WA's forest blockade began here on July 2 with several hundred people attending a two-day festival near Pemberton, about 400 km south of here. The festival included talks and workshops on forest-related issues

Apartheid death squad killed SWAPO leader

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — A Namibian court has found that the 1989 assassination of SWAPO activist Anton Lubowski was the work of a South African Defence Force death squad. The verdict confirms the suspicions of many South Africans and

Filipinos oppose new tax

Filipinos oppose new tax By Jon Land Two thousand people protested outside the Malacanang Palace in Manila on June 28 over the introduction of a new value-added tax (VAT). Organised by a coalition called KOMVAT, the action was part of a

Is Marxism scientific?

By Roger Clarke Marxism certainly claims to be scientific, but it is not only science. Marxists accept "the categoric imperative to overthrow all relations in which man [humanity] is a debased, enslaved, abandoned, despicable essence" (Karl

Loose cannons

Not true, unfortunately "Money market 'gone to hell'" — headline in Sunday Telegraph, June 26. Forward planning "The Royal Australian Navy is spending $70 million to buy and convert two American warships into helicopter carriers so

Public cinema for Newtown

Public cinema for Newtown SYDNEY — The third in a series of screenings to highlight the need for a public cinema in the inner suburb of Newtown takes place when the community newspaper Newtown Bridge presents Riding the Gale, a poignant

Union women's conference calls for action

By June McKay CANBERRA — In a period of international trade agreements, Australian workers can't ignore international issues and working conditions, Greens Senator Dee Margetts told a Canberra Public Sector Union dinner on June 22. The dinner

Timorese jailed for raising flag

By Jon Land Two East Timorese were sentenced to prison for three years on June 27 for raising the flag of Fretilin in Dili on July 17 of last year. The peaceful protest marked the date that Suharto signed a bill declaring East Timor part of

Radio highlights

Introducing Asian Studies — The Population Question in China — Faced with the largest population in the world, the Chinese government implemented drastic and controversial control measures, including a policy of one child per family. ABC Radio

On the box

Wednesday Special: The Gadfly — This dramatised documentary is the story of Francis James, one of the most colourful and mysterious figures in Australia's recent history: air ace, journalist, publisher, agitator (an early and vocal opponent of the