By Patrick Bond
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's June 2 national and provincial elections confirmed expectations that the ruling African National Congress (ANC) would gain two-thirds of the vote, up from 63% in 1994, while a dozen tiny opposition
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Indonesia: why the army still calls the shots
On June 3, Resistance activist SAM KING interviewed People's Democratic Party (PRD) leader DHYTA CATURANI in Indonesia. Caturani will be visiting Australia for three weeks in July and will attend the
1949 coal strike: Labor's 'boots and all' sell-out
By Kim Bullimore
June 27 marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the 1949 coal strike. The strike dominated Australian politics for two months, attracted international attention and
Searching for love and acceptance
Torch Song TrilogyBy Harvey FiersteinDirected by Jennifer BoyleNew Farm Nash TheatreThursday-Saturday, 8pm, until June 19Phone (07) 321 6653 for bookings Review by Mike Byrne
Torch Song Trilogy takes us through
Fighting for democracy in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — Hong Kong's economy is in a dire state. Wage cuts are widespread, but resistance is stalled by rotten union leadership. Hong Kong's citizens are still denied the basic right to choose their own
MELBOURNE — Activists are gearing up for one of the biggest events on the socialist calendar — the annual Resistance national conference, July 8-11. Prior to the conference, Resistance activists will hold a series of actions to draw attention to
Recently, in Western Australia, a private employment agency associated with Centrelink wrote to Carewest (the organisation representing community based non-profit child-care centres) asking it to consider a proposal that work for the dole
Censorship and repression in Burma
Ida Rohne
Burma is a country where there has been a complete lack of freedom of association and press since the 1960s. Between independence in 1948 and the coup staged by General Ne Win in 1962, Burma was ruled
Meg Lees
If Meg Lees is forced to eat her words on tax "reform", will she be charged a 10% GST on them?
No, because they are less than half-baked.
Richard IngramSydney
Food snobs
The Democrats, not to mention the other mob, are such snobs
By Kylie Moon
BANKSTOWN — Students and staff at the University of Western Sydney's Bankstown campus are united in a campaign to defeat cuts to UWS Macarthur's adult education course. The cuts will affect 135 students and are part of a broader
Labor, Liberal aim to trim democracy
By Allen Myers
The NSW Labor government on June 2 announced plans to further restrict democracy in the state's electoral system. The measures, expected to be endorsed by the Coalition, will be put to a
MOHAMMED ISSA is president of the Afghan Watan Party (AWP), which ruled Afghanistan for four years after Soviet troops withdrew in 1988. Issa was interviewed by Dr AMJAD AYUB for the Pakistan weekly Struggle. Question: What is the situation in
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