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Networker: Control freaks

Networker: Control freaks Shock! Horror! Racism has been found on the internet. Searchers have discovered web sites encouraging race hatred. Of course, all other vestiges of racism have been eradicated. Governments have ensured that racial

Tuckiar's trial

By Jo Ellis and Robert Milne DARWIN — The play Tuckiar's Trial was performed in Darwin's now unused Fannie Bay Gaol on May 19 and 20. It was presented by the Criminal Lawyers Association. There are many stories that could be told about Fannie Bay

Socialist seminar discusses racism

Socialist seminar discusses racism BY SAM WAINWRIGHT SYDNEY — Mandatory sentencing laws and "zero tolerance" policing were part of a deliberate attempt to catch indigenous people in the criminal justice system, Aboriginal activist Kim Bullimore

Log of claims campaign launched on La Trobe

Log of claims campaign launched on La Trobe BY CHRIS ATKINSON MELBOURNE — Drawing inspiration from student campaigns at the University of Western Sydney, Bankstown, and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, students at La Trobe

BRITAIN/USA: Debates in International Socialists

Debates in International Socialists A factional debate has broken out within the International Socialist Tendency, the political current led by the British Socialist Workers Party (SWP) with which the Australian International Socialist Organisation

ZIMBABWE: Can the MDC solve the crisis?

ZIMBABWE: Can the MDC solve the crisis? The popular trade union-backed Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) poses the greatest threat that President Robert Mugabe's corrupt and authoritarian Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)

Truck owner-drivers blockade over pay rates

Truck owner-drivers blockade over pay rates BY JIM McILROY BRISBANE — Truck owner-drivers blockaded the Cunningham Highway between Brisbane and Toowoomba as part of a national Transport Workers Union campaign for improved cartage rates. TWU

Corroboree 2000: How we ruined John Howard's day

BY KIM BULLIMORE SYDNEY — While Prime Minister John Howard was preparing to speak at the handover of the Document of Reconciliation at the Sydney Opera House on May 27, a group of protesters from the Indigenous Students Network (ISN) and their

Nike: How transnationals profit from human misery

Nike: How transnationals profit from human misery BY LINDA WALDRON MELBOURNE — On June 6, footwear and sports clothes giant Nike will appear in the Federal Court here, charged with breaches of Australian labour laws. This is a result of a

EAST TIMOR: Fretilin conference plans for the future

EAST TIMOR: Fretilin conference plans for the future From May 15 to 20, the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin) held a conference in Dili, East Timor. It was the first Fretilin conference in East Timor since the end of the

UNITED STATES: Sixteen years for a Snickers bar

In early April, a Texas jury recommended that Kenneth Payne, 29, spend 16 years in jail. Payne's crime?: stealing a Snickers bar from a Tyler grocery store on December 17. When Smith county assistant district attorney Jodi Brown was asked by the

Edith Cowan students reject fees for courses

Edith Cowan students reject fees for courses BY MAUREEN BAKER PERTH — Students at Edith Cowan University here have established an education action group to reverse a decision by the university's council to establish an upfront fee-paying