Police reality check
By Stuart Munckton
If you are sick of the endless police dramas that fill our screens, whose primary function is to convince the working class that the police are good guys, then Irvine Welsh's novel Filth, published last
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Timorese demonstrate against Liquica massacre
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — On the steps of the Victorian Parliament House on April 10, around 120 people demonstrated against the massacre in Liquica, East Timor. The protest was organised by
An Easter feast of diversity
By Jane Salmon
CANBERRA — The National Folk Festival at Easter was a feast of diversity that you don't have to be feral to enjoy. Traditional peasant dances and medieval reenactments competed with bagpipes and
The day the war ends in Kosova
The day the war ends in Kosova will be a great day for all Slavs. A new age of peace will return to the Balkans, and our television sets will resume normal programming.
Unfortunately, as so often happens in war,
By Max Lane
"Fear still stalks Dili", Australian activist JON LAND told Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly by phone from Dili on April 16. "There are more and more reports of an impending attack on independence activists here by militias backed by the military.
Militarisation vs democratisation in India and Pakistan
DELHI — India's April 11 test of an Agni-II missile, which is capable of carrying nuclear warheads, was answered by Pakistan on April 14-15 by the firing of Ghauri-II intermediate-range
Women in revolutionary movements
By Maureen Sexton
ADELAIDE — Inspired by International Women's Day, women members of Committees in Solidarity with Latin America and the Caribbean organised an event on April 9 on the topic of women in
Cops obstruct 'Millions for Mumia' march
Mayor Ed Rendell and the Philadelphia Police Department are attempting to interfere with the April 24 "Millions for Mumia" march. The Millions for Mumia Mobilisation, a coalition of more than 500
CPSU members reject performance-based pay
By Nick Everett
— On April 14 the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) Centrelink Section Council voted to recommend to its membership the introduction of a new "performance-based" pay system within
The following is abridged from a statement issued from Dili by the HAK Foundation, a non-government human rights organisation, on the afternoon of April 17. "In the front yard of the Governor's office, a grand ceremony was held to inaugurate the
Western hypocrisy hit
By Martin Iltis
MELBOURNE — A speak-out against the Balkans war on April 9 was chaired by Resistance organiser Kerryn Williams, who explained that the United States and other Western powers are hypocritical when they claim
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