Pinochet loses immunity
In an extraordinary session of Chile's Court of Appeals on May 23, the court voted 13 to nine to strip former dictator General Augusto Pinochet of the immunity he enjoys as a senator. The ruling will allow Juan Guzman, the
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WA minister claims Aboriginal people safer in jail
BY ROBERTO JORQUERA
PERTH — The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia has called for the immediate resignation of the state's Aboriginal affairs minister, Kim Hames, after he told a
Networker: What's in a name?
What's in a name?
BY GREG HARRIS
ASP is a term you hear around the information technology, or "IT", circuits these days. But what does it stand for? First, it stands for "application service provider". Think of the
BY JULIA HALDANE
BRISBANE — The Brisbane Feminist Collective held its first public meeting here on May 30, attended by 50 people. The topic of discussion was women and reproductive rights. The collective grew out of the International Women's
BY GEORGIA CLARK
SYDNEY — "The first Mardi Gras in 1978 was a political protest at which many came onto the streets to fight for queer rights, and experienced police brutality and vilification in the media simply for fighting for our right to
UNITED STATES: Appeal from a militant unionist
CALIFORNIA — John Reimann was a member of the Carpenters Union for almost 30 years. He has just been expelled for life from his union. Reimann served as recording secretary for Local 713 of his union
BY ANTHONY BENBOW
PERTH — The local community in the Serpentine-Jarrahdale area 40 kilometres south of Perth has united to oppose planned sand mining in the area and to keep open a hostel for mentally ill men. Two hundred residents and their
Students to converge to save the environment
BY EWAN SAUNDERS
BRISBANE — Students, activists and environmentalists from around the continent will converge on Griffith University here on July 3 for Australia's largest student environment
Voting ended on May 28 in Peru's presidential runoff following a week of confusion and protest during which the opposition candidate withdrew and called a boycott, and all the election monitoring groups refused to observe the vote. President Alberto
Getting to the point
"The young people who used to hang around now move off when police are around. One person was searched 38 times without finding a knife on him so it was getting to a point of harassment." — NSW Police commander Richard
Motives! Chantes de Lutte (Songs of Struggle)TactikollectifLCR-TactikollectifAvailable from Resistance Bookshops (addresses page 2) Review by Stan Demidjuk
Motives!, in French, means to be or become motivated and on this CD it means "Mobilise!".
BY DAVE ANDREWS
FREMANTLE — A new shift roster, introduced on a trial basis for permanent waterside workers employed here by P&O Ports, has angered many in the container division. The workers have been suffering erosion of their working
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