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Youth urged to join the system

By Matt Wilson ADELAIDE — As part of the government-sponsored TakeOver '97 Australian Festival for Young People, the Capital City Congress was held over three days to involve young people in a discussion on the future of Australian society.

Indonesian protests increase as elections loom

By Max Lane Support for a boycott of the May 29 general elections in Indonesia is growing as the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and the Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-Struggle) increase their level of protest. On March 30, almost

Parliament censors memories of Timor

By Sean Moysey CANBERRA — A photo exhibition in Parliament House on East Timor's World War II experience was censored just hours before it was to open on March 24. A second exhibition, which included the banned material, had to be organised.

Controversy over NTEU deal

By Ben Reid MELBOURNE — Controversy has erupted over the current round of enterprise bargaining negotiations at Melbourne University. A branch meeting of the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union (NTEU) on March 26 voted to defer

Brigadistas find Cubans resolved to defend their revolution

By Mary Nielson PERTH — The Australia Cuba Friendship Society presented a video documentary, Inside Castro's Cuba, on February 22 at Cafe Folklorico in North Perth. The presentation was attended by approximately 25 people, including Dean

RMIT O-week handbook attacked

RMIT O-week handbook attacked By Peter Barker and Claire Newman The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) orientation handbook, a student-produced publication, has been attacked for supposedly advocating illegal ways for students

Bougainville freedom campaign continues

By Francesca Davidson SYDNEY — More than 70 people attended a meeting organised by AID/WATCH on March 25 to discuss the ramifications of the recent fiasco around mercenaries hired by the PNG government to intervene in Bougainville. Speakers

Loose cannons

Losse cannons Forgive and forget "Chemical manufacturing giant ICI may escape prosecution over a series of gas leaks and a fire last year at its Botany plant, despite State Government criticism and threats at the time to close the plant and

National Action visits Young

By Kerryn Williams YOUNG — Gold was first found in 1860 at Burragong Creek on Lambing Flat — now the town of Young. Many of the 22,000 miners working the fields were Chinese. The Europeans, resentful of the Chinese miners, and pressured the

Growing support for Indonesian election boycott

By James Balowski Indonesia's general elections on May 29 will be conducted under some of the most restrictive campaign rules to date. But what make these elections unusual is that, for the first time, large Â鶹´«Ã½ of the population did want

Arguments for socialism: Utopian fantasy or realistic option?

Utopian fantasy or realistic option?Utopian fantasy or realistic option? By Dave Holmes February next year is the 150th anniversary of the first publication of Marx and Engels' famous Manifesto of the Communist Party. This event can

'Industrialism' and the left

By Allen Myers The January-February issue of New Internationalist contains an article by Jeremy Seabrook, "A world to be won", subtitled "The future of the left". The topic is one that has been much discussed since the disintegration of the