Kurds demand Ocalan's release
By James Vassilopoulos
CANBERRA — Four hundred Kurds protested against the kidnapping and cruel treatment of Abdullah Ocalan, the leader of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK), outside the federal parliament on March
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Indonesian regime backtracking on Budiman release?
By James Balowski
On March 9, the Indonesian daily Kompas claimed that the chairperson of the People's Democratic Party (PRD), Budiman Sujatmiko, had rejected an offer of clemency by the
Family values Alabama-style
Feel like a little mechanical stimulation? If you're in the mood in Alabama, in the United States' deep south, lock the doors, turn the lights out, get under the covers and try to keep the noise to a barely audible moan.
Left parties stand in NSW election
By Sam Wainwright
SYDNEY — As Labor and the Coalition engage in a cynical law-and-order auction for the March 27 NSW poll, the biggest talking point has been the record 80 parties (264 candidates) contesting
By Ryan Liddell
SYDNEY — The National Children's and Youth Law Centre has released a booklet on high school rights. The kit, Know Your Rights at School, was funded by the Law Foundation of NSW and covers students' rights in 10 different areas,
South Africa announces 'world's largest' forest privatisation
South Africa announces 'world's largest' forest privatisation
By Norm Dixon
The South African government on March 4 announced it latest privatisation project: the sale of the rights
Public meeting opposes power station
By Emma Webb
ADELAIDE — Four hundred people attended a public meeting organised by Community Action for Pelican Point on March 9. CAPP opposes the building of a power station at Pelican Point on the LeFevre
NT stolen generation in court
By Rebecca Meckelburg
DARWIN — On March 1, 1999, Cubillo and Gunner v the Commonwealth opened in the Federal Court in Darwin. These test cases represent the interests of some 700 stolen generation people in the
By Sonny Melencio
MANILA — On February 19, I went to the Las Pinas Post Office to claim a package sent by the Australian publishers of Links, an international theoretical journal for socialist renewal. When the person in charge opened the
How democratic will Indonesia's election be?
By James Balowski
Last January, Indonesia's B.J. Habibie government announced a series of "electoral reforms" and set an election date of June 7. Since then, the establishment media has repeatedly
The truth about Lucas Heights
By Dr Jim Green
A spokesperson for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) confirmed on March 10 that there had been a series of "mishaps" at the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor over the last
On April 10, Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's MAX LANE spoke by telephone to East Timor resistance leader XANANA GUSMAO, who is still under house arrest in Jakarta. The telephone answered "Cipinang Prison" when I rang Xanana's house. Xanana had been imprisoned
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