On June 3, Amcor announced that it will close its pulp mill in Burnie, throwing 230 employees out of work and destroying a major regional centre in Tasmania. The mill was making a profit, but Amcor didn't consider it high enough. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly's
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By Dorotea Wilson
MANAGUA — The second national congress of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) was held here on May 22-23. Of the 600 eligible delegates, 440 were present at the opening session. Representatives of left parties from
Why the dollar has fallen
By Allen Myers
When the Australian dollar fell below US$0.60 on June 8, swimming
metaphors were popular, and they suggested that Australia is about to go
down the gurgler. The Australian headline was “Dollar
The following article is abridged from a paper written by VANESSA BOSNJAK,
MARGARET KIRKBY, LEAH MASON and JENNY RYDE for Women's Abortion Action
Campaign (WAAC) analysing the new laws on abortion passed by the WA parliament
last month.
Free East TimorEdited by Jim AubreyContributors include Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Jose Ramos Horta, Ken Fry and Justice Marcus EinfeldVintage Books, 1998 Review by Jon Land
This book examines Australia's aiding and abetting of the Indonesian
By Michael Karadjis
May 1998 marked 50 years since the founding of the state of Israel and what the Palestinians call "Nakhba" — the Catastrophe. The Nazi holocaust pushed large numbers of Jews towards Zionism, in particular because wealthy
By Jon Land
More than 1000 East Timorese students held a protest and sit-in in the grounds of the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta on June 12. The students had travelled from across Java and Bali to demand independence for East Timor and the release of
The chickens have come home to roost
While not normally inclined to defer to the other side of the political spectrum, I wish to make a major exception and announce the formation of the David Oldfield Appreciation Society.
Comrade David, as
Supporting Indonesia's human rights movement
Despite the fall of President Suharto in Indonesia, hundreds of political prisoners remain in jail, with countless others still missing. Playworks, Culture Lab, the Actors Centre, Belvoir Street Theatre
National women's conference begins June 29
From June 29 to July 3, hundreds of women will descend on the University of Western Sydney NepeanKingswood campus for an annual conference organised by and for university women. Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly spoke to
By Graham Matthews
Whatever the final seat count in the Queensland election, the June 13 poll was a massive victory for One Nation. The left in Queensland is asking how the apparently spent force that was One Nation was able to establish itself as
A Punch in the FaceWritten by Rainer HachfeldDirected by Nadine HelmiWith Jason Dean, Karren Lewis, Veronica Whelan and Heath WardSurf 'n' Theatre CompanyBondi Pavilion Theatre Review by Brendan Doyle
The Surf 'n' Theatre Company, based in Bondi,
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