Second national day of action called
By Sean Healy
Student organisations, activist groups and the National Union of Students have called a second national day of action against education cuts and attacks on students. The day is scheduled for May
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'Stop the rot!'
SYDNEY — On May 8, as federal health minister Michael Wooldridge arrived at Westmead Hospital in Sydney's west, he was confronted by 100 health workers chanting "Stop the rot! Save our teeth!". The NSW Public Service Association,
Left on-line
Voice of Guatemala — An interview with Josi Solis Jordan who has been charged by the US government with "conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States" and faces 25 years in a federal prison if convicted. At
On May 3, a 21-year-old man became the 26th person to die while in a NSW prison since July 1, 1997. The apparent suicide by hanging at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre was the fourth prison death in NSW in the last three weeks. "Members
The growing protests throughout Indonesia against the Suharto dictatorship are worrying for the imperialist powers.
Due to the failure of the IMF package, foreign investors are leaving Indonesia in droves. The May 7 Financial Review editorial
Sounds good
"People are coming from all over the place, and when there is a mass of people gathered, anything can happen." — An Indonesian National Police spokesperson on anti-Suharto demonstrations.
The things that matter
"Political reform
Free speech attacked
ADELAIDE — Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly sellers on May 8 were ordered to stop selling the paper at the Adelaide Central Markets. Since its inception, Â鶹´«Ã½ has had a presence at the markets. Distributors were given no convincing
By Linda Kaucher
The news that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) will use $10 million from AusAID for a famine relief program in West Papua (Irian Jaya) is welcome. Such an effort has been needed for many months. Ninety defence personnel, three
Labor-Democrats debate a non-event
By Ruth Ratcliffe
BRISBANE — On May 5, the University of Queensland ALP and Australian Democrats clubs presented a debate about "Labour, Unionism and Change: Perspectives on Industrial Relations Reform —
An apt ALP hero for the times
Nice TryBy Shane MaloneyText Publishing, 1998. 312 pp., $19.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
Murray Whelan, senior adviser to the Labor minister for water supply and the arts, is in more trouble than Mandrake again.
Shooting themselves in the foot
By Brandon Astor Jones
"As part of the struggle for equality, feminists have ... argued that ... women's physical and mental health and safety sometimes require male-free zones. There is no ...
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