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FMLN prepares for Salvadoran elections

FMLN prepares for Salvadoran elections By Jenny Francis On March 16, Salvadorans go to the polls to elect a new 84-member Legislative Assembly and 262 local councils. The Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional (FMLN)

Victorian teachers to strike

Victorian teachers to strike By Norrian Rundle MELBOURNE — The Victorian branch of the Australian Education Union has called a mass stop-work on February 27 as part of a campaign to win back funding for public education. The campaign started

More Indonesian activists on trial

By James Balowski On February 6, People's Democratic Party (PRD) activists Ken Budha Kusumandaru, Victor Da Costa and Ignatius Putut Arintoko, who are being tried in Jakarta for subversion, presented a protest letter to court. Signed by PRD

Socialists run for Brisbane City Council

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialists are running two candidates in the March 15 election for the Brisbane City Council — Kathy Newnam for the ward of Central and Coral Wynter for the ward of Dutton Park. The DS election manifesto

Picket calls for end to war on Bougainville

Picket calls for end to war on Bougainville By Jo Brown SYDNEY — More than 20 people staged a picket on February 13 outside the Papua New Guinean consulate to protest against the ongoing war on Bougainville. The picket also demanded the removal

Edna Ryan

Edna Ryan Edna Ryan, feminist social reformer, political activist and author passed away in Canberra in the early hours of Monday morning, February 10. Edna was born in 1904, the 10th of 12 children in the working class Sydney suburb of Pyrmont.

Protests against war games

By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Early next month, antiwar protesters are planning to converge on the Shoalwater Bay military training area near Rockhampton in Queensland to protest "Operation Tandem Thrust", a joint US-Australian war game involving

Life of Riley: This talkback thing

This talkback thingThis talkback thing My wife and I love your program. We listen to it every day. You are one truly great Australian, John ... Well, thank you. It's nice to know we are appreciated. You are. You are. And this talkback thing

Racism and police inaction

By Calita Murray My 93-year-old mother, Agnes Harrison, is reputedly the oldest Aboriginal woman living on the coast between Sydney and Melbourne, at Wallaga Lake Aboriginal Koori Village. At least she was until last year, when she was forced to go

Why is union membership falling?

By James Vassilopoulos It should come as little surprise that union membership has fallen yet again. The percentage of workers who are in unions has been declining for more than 20 years now. In August 1996, 31% of the work force were in unions,

Write on: letters to the editor

Downer a downer on human rights? Amnesty international is concerned by the Australian government's reluctance to agree to a human rights clause in a trade agreement with the European Union. Almost 100 counties have already agreed to the clause

Resistance sets down plans

Resistance sets down plans By Lana Halpin BRISBANE — Robby Hartono, from the People's Democratic Party of Indonesia, spoke at a Resistance branch meeting on February 8, discussing the different conditions that Australian and Indonesian