KURDISTAN: 'The PKK is threatened with decay'
On February 16, 1999, Abdullah Ocalan, the chairperson of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), was kidnapped by Turkish intelligence in Nairobi, Kenya, and taken to the prison island of Imrali. Twelve
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Kakadu crunch time
BY JIM GREEN
The future of the Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory may become clearer following meetings in coming weeks between Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) and its parent company, North Limited. The main
Cartoons from out of Leftfield, and on the web
By Rani Singh
More than 2000 people have already visited a new web site which features political cartoons by Arun Pradhan. The cartoons include the fortnightly feature in Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly, "From out
A wake for the Brisbane Resistance Centre
By Coral Wynter
BRISBANE — On April 1, Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) and Resistance members and supporters held a wake for the Resistance Centre in Terrace Street, New Farm, in which the
UNITED STATES: 'Hurricane' speaks out for Mumia
The International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal held a press conference on March 25 in Pittsburgh. A featured speaker was Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the former middleweight boxer who
Fitting farewell to committed socialist
BY MARG PERROTT
WOLLONGONG — Socialists, trade unionists, union singers, environmental activists, friends, comrades, relatives and workers filled Heineiger Hall in Dapto here on April 1 to farewell George
Review by Stuart Munckton
SchwerpunktBombscareAvailable at gigs for $5 or contact <oibombscare@hotmail.com> Punk rock has come a long way. The pop-punk, like that of Blink 182, which dominates the airwaves these days has little in common
'Mandatory sentencing is a crime'
BY ANGELA LUVERA
BRISBANE — Forty people picketed the Northern Territory Tourist Bureau here on April 3. Aboriginal rights activist Sam Watson spoke of the need for more people to join the campaign to overturn
Networker: Mobile computing
Mobile computing
The rise of the internet as a means of mass communication has made the
requirement for interconnection between personal computers almost universal.
The primary means is through the
Icebergs provide new global warming alert
Two massive icebergs — one as large as Jamaica — have broken away from Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf, again drawing attention to warnings that human-induced global warming and its potentially catastrophic
Mozambique, a country of 20 million inhabitants, has just suffered its worst floods for 30 years. The government estimates the cost of reconstruction at US$250 million. While governments of the industrialised countries point to the emergency aid they
Members First to contest CPSU national elections
BY MELANIE SJOBERG
Arguing that the current leaders of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) have not stood up to challenge massive job losses and outsourcing in the Australian Public
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