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Indonesia: Students defy death squads

By James Balowski Wherever there have been dictatorships and resistance to them, the tactic of making people disappear has been used, not just to get rid of problematic individuals, but also as a way of terrorising the broader population,

Strength in solidarity

Strength in solidarity While the Howard government and Patrick Stevedores are doing their best to smash the Maritime Union of Australia in an exercise which threatens the rights and conditions of all workers, the wharfies are receiving widespread

Fremantle wharfies' picket stays strong

Fremantle wharfies' picket stays strong By Sean Martin-Iverson FREMANTLE—Protest action continues on the Fremantle docks despite a brutal paramilitary-style attack by police at 2.30am on April 16. The baton-wielding police outnumbered

Asia Pacific Women's Solidarity Network launched

Asia Pacific Women's Solidarity Network launched By Pip Hinman SYDNEY — The Asia Pacific Women's Solidarity Network (APWSN) has held its first meeting to help progressive women in the region cement their links. The meeting was attended by women

Peace agreement legitimises partition

By Dave Riley The recently concluded Irish peace deal has not been received enthusiastically — despite media claims to the contrary. The Loyal Orange Lodge has rejected it out of hand, and the main loyalist party, the Ulster Unionists, is

Tax workers reject non-union agreement

By Chris Slee and Ben Courtice Australian Taxation Office workers have rejected an attempt by management to push through a non-union agency agreement. Some 62% of general employees, (those in the lowest seven levels of the public service

Life of Riley: It has come!

It has come! BLAAAAH! This verbal explosion occurred just as I was about to take in my day's surfeit of news. I was the speaker of that BLAAAAH, and my utterance was noted by many of those around me. These same people quickly turned

Italian initiative for Australian stolen generations

Italian initiative for Australian stolen generations The municipality of Florence on April 6 approved a motion concerning Australian Aborigines who were forcibly separated from their families in past decades. The motion, proposed by the Italian

Wharfies find solidarity in Burnie

By Julia Perkins BURNIE, Tasmania — On April 14, 300 people marched through the streets of Burnie in support of wharfies sacked by Patrick Stevedores. The 13 maritime workers in Bell Bay and the 17 in Burnie who were sacked have been offered

Frogs, alligators and pesticides

By Peter Montague Since 1993, scientists worldwide have been trying to understand why frog populations are reported to be steeply declining in relatively unspoiled environments on several continents. And since 1995 scientists have been struggling

Land rights and autonomy in Nicaragua

DOROTEA WILSON, a leader of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and a member of its National Directorate, is on a tour of Australia, speaking about the issues of land rights and autonomy. She is from the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua and

Song: Blue-eyed Bonking Bill

Blue-eyed Bonking Bill Chorus: I am the US President, I'm Blue-eyed Bonking Bill,And if Saddam don't get you, be sure my missiles will. Back in the 1970s, we needed a strong manTo fight a little war for us in far away Iran,So we said to our