Dhyta Caturani: 'Nothing has changed'
JAKARTA — People's Democratic Party (PRD) leader DHYTA CATURANI was seriously injured by a plastic bullet shot into her back at point blank range by police at a July 1 protest outside the electoral commission
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Black pride pop
Rhythm of NatureColoured StoneCAAMA Music<http://www.caama.com.au/music> Review by Barry Healy
Coloured Stone, proud propagandists for Aboriginal consciousness, are back with another poppy release that presents their
By Sean Healy
The federal Labor "opposition" has begun internal policy discussions on solutions to unemployment. It plans to release "Workforce 2010", a report on the labour market by economists, and a discussion paper in early September. Labor is
End military ties with Jakarta, now!
The federal government has made much of its supposed foreign policy "shift" on East Timor. Foreign minister Alexander Downer travelled to Indonesia on July 30 for discussions with Indonesian government and
By Kim Bullimore
The fight to stop uranium mines at Jabiluka, Beverley, Roxby Downs, Honeymoon and the dozens of others proposed, and the fight for land rights are intertwined. For more than 200 years, the racist doctrine of terra nullius was used
By Srini and Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — "Foreign students go AWOL", screamed the headline of the July 14 Australian. Three hundred international students are out of pocket and face the risk of deportation following the collapse of the National
A struggle of heroism and valour
They Spoke Out Pretty GoodBy Elaine DarlingJanoan Media Exchange, 281ppSend $26 to Elaine Darling4 Warattah Court, Wurtulla Qld 4575 Review by Bob Brown
The title of Elaine Darling's book was taken from May
Free market speech isn't free
By Kim Bullimore
Freedom of speech is one of the most treasured ideas in Western democracies, held up as an ideal towards which all nations and governments should strive. The United States has enshrined this right,
Indonesian peasants form people's councils
By Jody Betzien and Ruth Ratcliffe
JAKARTA — Peasants and rural workers, who make up around 60% of Indonesia's population, are potentially a significant force in the nation's democracy movement. Since
By Farooq Sulehria
LAHORE — Cricket is a big craze throughout the Indian subcontinent. Though Pakistan's loss in this year's World Cup left the millions of Pakistanis in tears, for the multinationals it was a windfall. According to an Agence
By Kate Carr
After discussions at the four major student conferences this year, a new student group, the National Broad Left (NBL), was established in Melbourne on July 21. The group will initiate national campaigns, intervene in student unions and
Vote in East Timor delayed again
By Jon Land
On July 28, a spokesperson for United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan announced that the referendum on independence for East Timor will be delayed yet again. August 30 has been scheduled as the
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