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What about Suharto's crimes?

While world attention is focused on the crimes committed by Indonesia's military in East Timor last year, former Indonesian president Suharto is living in peace and comfort, still not charged for the countless crimes against humanity he ordered

Networker: Cybersquatters

Networker: Cybersquatters You can't stand in a public place these days without seeing some sort of internet advertising. Hardly a poster fails to carry the ".com" footnote, inviting web surfers to an particular site. These ".coms" are the

NSW teachers vote to fight

NSW teachers vote to fight By Tom Flanagan SYDNEY — At stop-work meetings across the state on February 3, NSW teachers overwhelmingly approved further political and industrial action in support of their demand for a pay rise of 7.5% per year

Theme park

Theme park By Rachel Laredni People, people, masses of people jammed between wrought iron fences and theme park signboards, awaiting their Hollywood fix. The scent of flesh upon flesh and perspiring children coalesce to yield stench. Theme park

CFMEU can win 36 hours, but what's next?

Comment by Michael Bull The construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) is in good shape to win a shorter working week. Its campaign for a 36-hour work week is the next step in the Victorian branch's

Life of Riley: Winston

Winston Regular readers of this column may recall Winston — the John Howard look-alike figure we introduced you in Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly #371 in a fit of hopeful passion last year. Winston and I had big plans. Didn't we Winston? We sure did. The

Loose cannons

The others don't count "We protected around 4000 foreigners ... staff from the UNAMET stayed in East Timor for four months and no one was killed." — General Wiranto claiming that the Human Rights Commission report on the Indonesian military's

Indonesia's generals may still get away with murder

Indonesia's generals may still get away with murder By Jonathan Singer The Indonesian and United Nations human rights commissions have released their reports on the massive human rights violations that occurred in East Timor in 1999. The

Regional day of protest against Elian's kidnapping

Regional day of protest against Elian's kidnapping Socialist parties in the Asian region have called for February 17 to become a day of regionally coordinated protest actions against the kidnapping of six-year-old Elian Gonzalez (see article on

Battle for the Mater heats up

Battle for the Mater heats up By Alison Dellit NEWCASTLE — The dispute over the future of the Mater Hospital was given a substantial boost when more than 1500 people attended a public meeting here on February 2 to demand extra state government

Elian not the first Cuban child kidnapped

By Deborah Shnookal Six-year-old Elian Gonzalez, the small Cuban boy plucked from the sea and taken to the United States against the will of his family and country, has become the focus of Washington's cold war against Cuba. However, this is not

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne community TV,