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The battle against Suharto — report from the field

The following is a detailed account of the actions on March 19 and 20 in Lampung, South Sumatra, given to Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly by some of the activists involved. One hundred and twenty students were injured, eight with broken bones; 121 were arrested;

Indonesia solidarity dinner

Indonesia solidarity dinner By Karen Fletcher BRISBANE — The local branch of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) heard an update on the situation for pro-democracy activists in Indonesia from ASIET national coordinator

Cuba, culture and compassion

Cuba, culture and compassion iew from a Wooden ChairJumping FencesThrough Grevillea Records Review by Lynda Hansen After meeting with local Latin American musicians in 1979, Sue Monk and Lauchlin Hurse from the duo Jumping Fences developed a keen

Miners' music

By Alex Bainbridge ROSEBERY, Tasmania — The second annual Rosebery Miners, Axemen, Bush and Blarney Festival was held here over the long weekend February 27-March 1. It attracted hundreds of people — from Rosebery and other towns on Tasmania's

Write on: letters to the editor

Kindly accept my congratulations on such an excellent and long awaited source of true Labor information. I was surprised to note that the copy of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly which I purchased as I entered the public protest against the Multilateral Agreement

NTEU forces management backdown

By Jeremy Smith MELBOURNE — In a move designed to provoke industrial action, management at Monash University cancelled all negotiations over enterprise bargaining at the end of February. National Tertiary, Education and Industry Union (NTEU)

Real unemployment rate more than double

By Allen Myers The real unemployment rate in Australia is probably more than double the official rate of 8.1%, according to figures from an Australian Bureau of Statistics study announced on March 9. The survey "Persons Not in the Labour Force",

Criminal justice activists conference

Criminal justice activists conference By Karen Fletcher The 2nd annual conference of community justice activists — Law and Order: Whose agenda is it anyway? — will be held in Brisbane, March 26-28. The conference will bring together activists

Ska: the pulse that doesn't die

Ska: the pulse that doesn't die Foundation SkaThe SkatalitesHeartbeat/Rounder through Festival Review by Norm Dixon Viewers of late night music television will have noticed a revival of the unmistakable "ba-ba-ba" ska pulse in some of the clips

Looking out: Revenge on a coconut

Revenge on a coconut By Brandon Astor Jones "I have had a 'call' to literature, of a low order — i.e. humorous. It is nothing to be proud of, but it is my strongest suit ... seriously scribbling to excite the laughter of God's creatures."

Crime hysteria threatens youth, civil liberties

By Sean Healy SYDNEY — The Daily Telegraph runs headlines about "Sydney's streets of fear", with half-page photos of 25 cm knives; Today Tonight runs a two-part "exposé" on a western suburbs youth "gang"; the police union clamours for the

Labor's newest star

Labor's newest star By Sam King ADELAIDE — "Come and hear Labor's newest star" said the posters to advertise Cheryl Kernot's March 10 visit to Flinders University, and come they did — around 500 people turned out to hear what Kernot had to