Indonesia: Rise of the student democracy movement
Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's JO BROWN talked to ROBBY HARTONO, an activist with the People's Democratic Party (PRD) in Indonesia who recently toured Australia, about the role that students are
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NTU students vote for education campaign
By Tim E Stewart
DARWIN — The Education Action Group at Northern Territory University put a motion to a student general meeting on March 12 for a campaign against the Liberals' attacks on higher
"Anybody has the option of buying a BMW any time they choose", according to Felicity Kennett, wife of Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett.
Felicity Kennett has recently been appointed an "ambassador" for the German luxury car giant, and one of the
By Eva Cheng
On March 11, an explosion took place at the Mura nuclear reprocessing plant in Tokai, Japan, 10 hours after a potentially deadly fire broke out at the scene. It is not the first major nuclear "accident" in Japan. The last known
By Peter Gellert
MEXICO CITY — US government certification of Mexico's efforts to counteract drug trafficking have unleashed a storm of protest here. Washington's yearly certification process comes on the heels of several weeks of new and
By Kamala Emanuel
More than 1000 doctors across NSW have been on strike since March 10 in a bid to reverse legislation restricting new doctors' access to Medicare provider numbers. Mass meetings on March 14 resolved to broaden the campaign,
By Eva Cheng
Beijing secured legislative backing to tighten its repressive rule at the latest parliamentary session of the National People's Congress held in the capital between March 1-14. This first major national gathering after the death of
SYDNEY — FRANK GOMEZ talked to JILL HICKSON, PATTY BIANCO, MARYANN WYLDER and BOB SHORT, members of the community television access group Actively Radical Television (ARTV), about what it is like being involved in community free-to-air television.
Los Angeles on Sydney Harbour?
By Mel Bull
SYDNEY — Could Sydney be a city where the car can take you anywhere? Where freeways dart in all directions and all you have to do is jump in your car and head for the open road? That's what
Film launches PRD solidarity campaign
A spectacular new documentary on the underground opposition to the Suharto dictatorship in Indonesia will be shown at federal Parliament House on March 18. The screening, organised by Senator Margaret
By Andrew Hall
WOLLONGONG — In recent months the NSW ALP has been experiencing widespread stacking of branches. A record 2094 membership applications were received in just one month, 600 coming from the Wollongong region alone. A large number
Socialists organise in Lismore
By Nick Fredman
LISMORE — With the launching of a Resistance club at the Lismore campus of Southern Cross University, organised socialist activity is happening in northern NSW for the first time in many
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