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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

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

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

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

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

'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

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

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm, and Saturday, 7pm. Access News — Melbourne

Indonesian democracy activist speaks

By Tim E Stewart DARWIN — A screening on March 27 of the new documentary There is Only One Word — Resist! ended a week-long visit by Nico Warouw, international representative of the People's Democratic Party (PRD). The film, shown at the NT

Under siege in an Irish town

By Zanny Begg DUNLOY — When you drive across the border from the south of Ireland into the north, the marks of political conquest and struggle are obvious. The road signs revert from bilingual Gaelic and English to English, heavily armed and

Palestinians face expulsion from Jerusalem

By Adam Hanieh Large demonstrations across the West Bank have protested against Israeli settlement and the continuing violation of Palestinian rights. More than 400 Palestinians have been injured by tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with

Frontline in trouble?

Frontline in trouble? By Sue Bolton MELBOURNE — The non-appearance of progressive newspaper Frontline for four months has been accompanied by rumours in union and left circles that the paper has collapsed. Frontline was a free newspaper