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More than 50 Indonesian activists disappeared By James Balowski According to an April 14 report released at a media conference by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), 50 Indonesian pro-democracy activists have disappeared since January.
Activist slams 'recolonisation' of Pacific By Norm Dixon Powes Parkop is general secretary of Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol), an organisation that unites environmental, land rights, student and urban poor community activists throughout Papua New
By Cameron Parker "Following the long fight for the reinstatement of our men and the conclusion that has been reached, many of the women have been left feeling as though there is a huge emptiness in their lives. This outrageous and calculated
A film of mesmerising power WalkaboutRestored original cutDirected by Nicholas RoegStarring David Gulpilil, Jenny Agutter, Lucien JohnScreening at Trak, Toorak, in Melbourne and Chauvel, Paddington, in Sydney this month. Then at Electric Shadows,
Could say that "I guess we still have some bugs to work out." — Microsoft chairperson Bill Gates, after the company's new Windows 98 system crashed during a demonstration at the Comdex Spring Computer Show in Chicago. Prefers secrecy "The
By Allen Myers The PM looked solemn. "It's time — much as I dislike that phrase — but it is clearly time to do the duty which our responsibility demands of us." He looked around the table at the seated businessmen, most of whom evaded his gaze.
By John Percy 1968 was a momentous year for the left and the newly radicalising young people of the time, and a legendary year for the young rebels of today. A popular slogan was coined at the time: "We are the people our parents warned us about!"
Police violence at Indonesia solidarity protest By David Gosling CANBERRA — On April 24, more than 150 students and solidarity activists travelled from NSW and Victoria to meet local activists at the Indonesian embassy for an emergency rally in
Courts, governments attack right to protest By James Vassilopoulos In a judgment which could have easily come from Jakarta rather than Melbourne, the Victorian Supreme Court on April 20 issued a draconian injunction against picket lines at the
Aborigines challenge Century mine bridge BRISBANE — A temporary injunction halting a bridge providing access to the $1.2 billion Century Zinc mine, in far north Queensland, was lifted on April 15 by the Federal Court in Sydney. The case has been
[This is the abridged text of a paper distributed by the Democratic Socialist Party at the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference held in Sydney at Easter.] The economic crisis in Asia has exposed the myth that the so-called new industrialising countries
Destruction of native forests continues By Francesca Davis On April 20, 70 protesters gathered around Harris Daishowa's woodchipping mill in Eden, preventing 40 trucks from entering the mill. Thirteen arrests were made. The protest was part of a