By Sharon Pereira
Rumours have been circulating for several months of a split in the Manila-Rizal Regional Party Committee (MRRPC) of the Communist Party of the Philippines. The split between the underground and legal leaderships of the party
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Ratbags in the ranks: Hanson, the Coalition and the far right
The rise of the virulently racist and xenophobic Pauline Hanson has provided Australia's small and divided — sometimes warring — far-right organisations the opportunity to
NUS National Education Conference
By Ray Fulcher
BRISBANE — More than 100 people attended the NUS National Education Conference here July 5-6. The conference was organised around seminars featuring talks on aspects of the attack on higher
By Gina Neff
"If we can come up with a system which allows everybody access to credit while ensuring excellent repayment — I can give you a guarantee that poverty will not last long", proclaims Mohammed Yunis, guru to market partisans seeking
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm.
Access News — Melbourne
By Barry Sheppard
One of America's longest-standing political prisoners was finally released on US$25,000 bail on June 10, when a judge found that his conviction on a murder charge was seriously tainted. The frame-up of Geronimo Pratt was part
Resistance solidarity
@box text intro = [The following message to striking coal miners was sent by the Resistance 26th National Conference, meeting in Melbourne, on July 5.]
We read today of your success [preventing Rio Tinto from moving
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — This is "a great day for Australia in terms of civil rights", visiting US former Black Panther Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin told a media conference here on July 11, after his release from jail. Earlier that day, the
By Susan Laszlo and Bernadette Mullholland
The federal government's 1996 and 1997 budget cuts to community child-care make clear its intention to dismantle the not-for-profit sector, now in its 25th year. The attack is accompanied by the lie
By June McKay
CANBERRA — Simon Jarman, the secretary of the ACT branch of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), announced his resignation on July 1. Jarman had been elected in November 1996, narrowly defeating the incumbent, Cath
Editorial: A dishonest response
A dishonest response
@box text intro = Prime Minister John Howard, speaking on Thursday Island on July 9, responded to criticism of his government's record on race issues by thumping the nationalist tub. "...
Bougainville solidarity
@box text intro = [The following is from a letter to Hunter coal strikers from the Bougainville Freedom Movement.]
We wish to congratulate you and extend our solidarity with you in your fight against Rio Tinto
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