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Indonesia: What's behind the 'religious' riots

Indonesia: What's behind the 'religious' riots By James Balowski Over the last 16 months, Indonesia's much touted "political stability" has been tested by some of the worst violence since the New Order regime seized power in 1965. As president

UWS Macarthur students fight to save SRC

UWS Macarthur students fight to save SRC By Jo Brown SYDNEY — Students at the University of Western Sydney MacArthur campus are taking the fight to save their Student Representative Council to the courts after the SRC was abolished by the UWS

And thanks for the skew

Life's Grandeur: The Spread of Excellence from Plato to DarwinBy Stephen Jay GouldJonathon Cape, 1996. 244 pp., $39.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon It pays to know your maths. In 1982, Stephen Jay Gould was diagnosed as suffering from abdominal

Russia's 'big cop'

By Boris Kagarlitsky MOSCOW — While Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin and presidential chief of staff Anatoly Chubais jostle for power under Yeltsin, interior minister General Anatoly Kulikov is systematically occupying key positions. The

Resistance to oppose NUS disaffiliation on UWA

By Justin Randell PERTH — A University of Western Australia Guild Council meeting last month called a referendum on continued UWA affiliation to the National Union of Students. This referendum will be held April 14-16. The motion for a

Kennett loses by-election

Kennett loses by-election By Maurice Sibelle MELBOURNE — The Kennett Liberal government lost its second safest seat on February 1 in a by-election for the Gippsland West seat of Wonthaggi. In its first major electoral defeat, the Liberals'

Long struggle of south Sudan gains strength

By Norm Dixon Since early January, the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA), in a joint offensive with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) — an coalition of northern political groups opposed to the military dictatorship — has captured a

NTEU campaign continues

By Jeremy Smith The National Tertiary Education and Industry Union national council in October launched a campaign around three claims: a 15% pay rise, retention of positive aspects of the award and past enterprise bargaining agreements, and

Priest from Jaffna speaks on Tamil struggle

By Kerryn Williams and Nadeem Ansari CANBERRA — An Amnesty International forum on February 4, the 49th anniversary of Sri Lankan independence, heard a Catholic priest, Dr Edwin Savundranayagum, describe the massive human rights violations against

Witch-hunts across the centuries

Arthur Miller's play about the 1692 witch-trials in Salem, Massachusetts, written in 1953 at the height of the McCarthyite anti-communist crusade, has come to the big screen.

Mobil, Toyo take on unions

Mobil, Toyo take on unions By Dave Mizon MELBOURNE — At a mass meeting held at Williamstown Town Hall on February 5, members of the construction, electrical and metalworker unions were informed of the ongoing dispute at Mobil Altona's catalytic

Correction

Correction A subediting error in the article "The ALP, ethnic communities and the cult(ure) of difference" in the February 5 edition of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly incorrectly described Robert Manne as the former Fraser government minister for Aboriginal