Burmese rally for democracy
CANBERRA — More than 400 Burmese and their supporters protested outside the Burmese embassy in Canberra on August 8. The action was part of actions worldwide to commemorate the August 8, 1988 uprising in Burma in which
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Not as useful as a cat
50 things to do with John HowardBy Shaughan DavisCarlton, Victoria: New Holland Publishers, 1998$9.95 Shaughan Davis' collection of cartoons is in the tradition of 101 Things to Do with A Dead Cat. The smaller number of
Solidarity from Indonesia
The following message was sent to the Resistance national office from the People's Democratic Party (PRD) of Indonesia. We congratulate you on your success in mobilising young people and high school students all over
ALP/One Nation attack anti-racists
By Andy Gianniotis
BRISBANE — Queensland One Nation leader Bill Feldman has continued his tirade against Resistance, telling state parliament it is peddling "hate and division" in Queensland schools. Then on
I spent my first days in Havana walking down the broad, leafy streets of el Vedado, going past stores with long queues but little on the shelves.
By Bernard Wunsch
BYRON BAY — Clearing and construction at the proposed Timbarra gold mine have begun. More than 60 protesters picketed NSW Premier Bob Carr here on July 29, calling on him to stop the work at the Timbarra site and investigate
Resistance growing rapidly
By Sean Healy
The enormous success of the July 24 and 28 secondary school walkouts against racism, and the attendant media spotlight, have led to rapid growth for Resistance. In the two weeks since the walkouts, more
A time of reckoning
Over four years and 184 issues ago, I took up residence in these pages. The time has come for a reckoning.
You can imagine what it's been like — trying to come up week in week out with something to say and a nifty way of
Great show, but where was the audience?
The Government InspectorBy Nikolai Gogol (adapted by Adrian Norman)New Theatre, SydneyFridays and Sundays until August 22 Review by Brendan Doyle
Polish theatre guru Grotowski did his plays with a select
Allow two days for arm-twisting
"I don't take the party room for granted. If it is not approved, well, it might take a day or two longer." — The Prime Menzies, John Howard, on getting backbench endorsement of his tax package.
At last: job
From Hiroshima to Jabiluka
Peace and anti-nuclear activists commemorated the 53rd anniversary of the US nuclear attack on Hiroshima, Japan, with marches and rallies which focused on Energy Resources of Australia's planned uranium mine at Jabiluka
Electricity privatisation battle in SA
By Anthony Benbow
ADELAIDE — For most Adelaide residents "Privatisation stinks" is not a slogan but a literal description. The city suffered the "big pong" for weeks in 1996 following breakdowns at the
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