The Democrats' agreement to support the Howard government's anti-union Workplace Relations Bill (WRB) should be condemned, but the real betrayal was by the Labor Party and the ACTU. While Labor leader Kim Beazley postures about the ALP's "total
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By Eva Cheng
On September 15, 12,000 people took to the streets in Hong Kong to protest Tokyo's recent manoeuvres to renew claims over the Diaoyu islands (called Senkaku by Japan). Ownership of these islands, 200 km north-east of Taiwan, has been
By Joan Lockwood Here are some ideas, expressed by two different people, from two different hemispheres, 70 years apart. Pauline Hanson in her inaugural speech to parliament, September 10, 1996: "I am fed up to the back teeth, with inequalities that
Labor looks to modernise
By Sean Healy
MELBOURNE — Given the defeats suffered by Labor governments over the last 12 months, you would think a conference entitled Social Democracy: Future Directions would attempt to explain why Labor is on the
Love from a short distanceVarious artistsShock RecordsReviewed by Nick Fredman The range of artists who contributed to this excellent compilation is an example of the growing support for the East Timorese people's struggle for self determination.
By Jorge Andres
Another three Aboriginal people have died within three days in prisons set up on their land. One wonders if this counts as "un-Australian". On Wednesday, October 23, an Aboriginal woman died at the Townsville Women's Jail, aged 31.
By Marina Cameron
On November 9, supporters of a free East Timor will march in cities around Australia to commemorate the anniversary of the massacre by Indonesian troops of a peaceful demonstration in Dili, East Timor, on November 12, 1991.
Land rights
Th Aboriginal Land Rights controversy could so easily be resolved, and in the process the word "Rent" could be used to replace words like "Tax" and "taxation" in some areas.
Let us agree that land titles were not extinguished: that
On October 30, ASIET received the following message from members of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) in Indonesia: "Dita Indah Sari (president of the Indonesian Centre for Labour Struggles) was taken by BIA (military intelligence) from the
How important is an independent, progressive newspaper to you?
For months now the establishment media has been giving Hanson and her fellow racists almost limitless coverage, reporting each bigoted statement with glee in the knowledge that stirring
By Maurice Sibelle
MELBOURNE — Students at Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE won a partial victory in their campaign to restore funding to their Student Union at an Institute Council meeting on October 28. The council, the governing body at
Canadian auto strike and occupation show the way
The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW) forced General Motors to accept a favourable contract on October 22 after a three-week strike during which workers took over a plant in Oshawa, Ontario. "Like a
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