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Rio Tinto under the microscope

Rio Tinto under the microscope By Karen Burns NEWCASTLE — About 25 people attended a workshop on May 16 to discuss the activities of the mining company Rio Tinto. Speakers included Moses Havini from the Bougainville Interim Government;

US links to Indonesia's 'disappeared'

By Allan Nairn This [northern] spring, just before Jakarta erupted in riots, more than a dozen activists from Indonesia's pro-democracy movement suddenly "disappeared" from the capital and outlying towns. Amid a public outcry, the Indonesian Armed

Bias and the media

Bias and the media The recent ranting of the minister for communication, Senator Alston, alleging biased ABC reporting of the waterside dispute is very revealing. His allegation is as false and hypocritical as his Liberal colleagues' claim that the

People's Power Fighting Fund gathers support

With the removal of Suharto, the Indonesian democracy movement has achieved a huge victory, but it continues to struggle for real democracy. As part of promoting solidarity with the democracy movement, Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East

End ties with the Indonesian dictatorship!

The time has come for the Coalition government to withdraw all support for the corrupt New Order regime in Indonesia. Suharto may have gone, but the foundations of the Suharto dictatorship remain — foundations like the constitutional right of the

Great result for Labour Party of Pakistan

By Farooq Sulehria LAHORE, Pakistan — Local body elections took place in Punjab province on May 20. They were one of the bloodiest elections in the history of Pakistan, with 40 people killed and hundreds injured during riots around Punjab. The

Poem: Maureen

Maureen You ask me not to clench my fiststo hold my anger down.You ask me not to purse my lipsnor swear nor wear a frown.You tell me — let my anger gothat I should reconcile that it is me that I must knowto feel at one, and smile. It's not what

and ain't i a woman?: A costly compromise

A costly compromise On May 21, the Western Australian parliament passed a bill to change that state's abortion laws. The bill, which was initially intended to remove all references to abortion from the criminal code, was, through numerous

Lessons of the 1968 revolt

By Doug Lorimer The French revolt of May-June 1968 began in December 1967 with a strike in eight Paris high schools to support a demonstration against government cuts in social security. This was followed by another high school walkout in January

Young socialists to hold national conference

By Sarah Peart "When injustice becomes law resistance becomes duty." This is the theme of the 27th national conference of the socialist youth organisation Resistance, being held in Melbourne from July 11-13. "This theme really captures what

Victory against Rio Tinto

Victory against Rio Tinto By Alison Dellit NEWCASTLE — Workers at Rio Tinto's Hunter Valley No. 1 coalmine have rejected management's Australian Workplace Agreement proposal in a secret ballot. The Construction, Mining, Forestry and Energy

Taking on the bovver boys

Taking on the bovver boys Cleary, IndependentBy Phil ClearyHarperCollins, 1998. 298 pp, $19.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Phil Cleary, a product of a Christian Brothers schooling, could have been expected to know all about human sin and divine