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Meeting hears of Indonesian upsurge

Meeting hears of Indonesian upsurge By Tuntuni Bhattacharyya SYDNEY Fifty people attended a politics in the pub on October 17 to hear Edwin Gozal from the Peoples Democratic Party of Indonesia and Max Lane, national secretary of Action in

The legacy of Che Guevara

By Jenny Pierce ROSARIO, Argentina — "Thirty years since the death of Ernesto Che Guevara, he not only remains vivid in our minds, but also his legacy proves vital in political and cultural debate at the turn of the century." This was the theme

East Timorese arrested, tortured over bombs

East Timorese arrested, tortured over bombs By Jon Lamb Indonesian authorities are believed to be holding up to 13 East Timorese in relation to a cache of bombs and weapons discovered in Dili and the Central Java city of Semarang. The regional

Environmentalists slam pollution plan

Environmentalists slam pollution plan By Jon Lamb A coalition of more than 20 environment and community groups from across Australia has condemned the latest draft National Pollutant Inventory (NPI) proposal. Representatives from the

Aboriginal struggle honoured in exhibition

Aboriginal struggle honoured in exhibition SYDNEY — A portrait of Aboriginal activist Jenny Munro has been selected to hang in the exhibition currently on display at the S.H. Ervin Gallery. The portrait, by Sydney artist Mandy King, is an entry

Unions rally against attack on WorkCover

Unions rally against attack on WorkCover By Michael Bull and Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — More than 4000 construction workers rallied on October 14 in opposition to the Kennett government's proposed changes to the WorkCover occupational health

NGOs push South Pacific Forum for action

This is an abridged version of the communiqué issued by the third NGO Parallel Forum, held to coincide with the South Pacific Forum meeting in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, September 19-26. The forum brought together Pacific-based non-government

Campaign against Eastern Distributor

Campaign against Eastern Distributor By Adam Nelson SYDNEY — Whilst the anti-progressive pursuit of profits — the Eastern Distributor — bulldozes ahead, public transport activists continue their campaign to expose this environmental

Sea of hands to support native title

By Liam Hazell CANBERRA — More than 1000 people attended the "Sea of Hands" event here on October 12. Sixty-six thousand coloured hands, representing signatures on the Australian Citizens' Statement in support of Native Title, were placed into

Profits and the aged

Editorial: Profits and the aged Federal family services minister Warwick Smith was unable to defend the Coalition's massive hikes in fees for the elderly in need of nursing home places during an angry exchange with the studio audience on Midday

A million miles from socialism

Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a CivilisationBy Stephen KotkinUniversity of California Press, 1997, 639 pp., $38.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Steel by name, steel by nature — perhaps this sums up Stalinism with its iron rule by Stalin (the

Support for Indonesian political prisoners

Support for Indonesian political prisoners Support for political prisoners By Karen Fletcher BRISBANE Indonesian Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) spokesperson Edwin Gozal and East Timorese activist Naldo Rai spoke to 60 activists at the