Strikes across Indonesia
JAKARTA — Protests were held in cities across Indonesia on April 1, most demanding that the government's planned fuel and electricity price increases be cancelled, not merely postponed. In Makassar, the capital of South
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ALP won't decriminalise marijuana
BY ALEX BAINBRIDGE
HOBART — The ALP government has reneged on an election campaign promise to decriminalise marijuana use in Tasmania. Instead, minor violations of the laws against marijuana use will result in
Russia: Everyone loses in 2000 election
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — The official results of the March 26 Russian presidential election were no surprise. Former president Boris Yeltsin's handpicked successor, Vladimir Putin, won in the first
Socialists condemn deportations of Kosovars
The Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) has added its voice to those of refugee advocates demanding that the 500 Kosovar refugees still in Australia be allowed to stay for as long as they wish. The DSP's
Stolen children protest
CANBERRA — Three hundred members of the stolen generations, and their supporters, rallied here on April 6 to condemn statements by PM John Howard and Aboriginal affairs minister John Herron. The rally marched from the
ILO condemns Australia on labour laws
The federal government has again come under international scrutiny and criticism, this time for its record on labour rights. The International Labor Organisation (ILO) has condemned the Workplace Relations Act
Indonesia: Opposition grows to IMF plan
Mounting pressure has forced the Indonesian government to delay implementing key elements of an economic restructuring package negotiated with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The April 1 budget did not
Three Somalis wish to stay
Three Somali asylum seekers, held in Port Hedland detention centre since 1997, have reversed their attempt to withdraw their application for a protection visa.
The three had said they were so weighed down with years in
ENGLAND: Blair stumbles in mayoral grab
By Greg Harris
LONDON — Following a monumental effort to pre-select the least winnable candidate for London's new mayoral office, the British Labour Party continues to stumble towards defeat in the May 4
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Here's to science
The Right to Life organisation has found a new reason for its state of
perpetual “moral” indignation. An article in the latest issue of the international
science journal Nature Biotechnology reported that
DARWIN — There seems to be a movement by stealth to dispossess many small, remote Aboriginal communities by a heartless application of laws set up to control large business corporations. It is targeting communities who struggled for years to get
UNITED STATES: A dozen reasons to protest on April 16
The next citizen showdown against corporate globalisation will be on April 16 and 17, when thousands of people come to Washington, D.C., to protest — through legal demonstrations and/or civil
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