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Belo supporters under attack

Throughout January, the Indonesian regime has been on a campaign of harassment in the streets of Dili in East Timor. Many locals have been shot at by thugs, and several young East Timorese have been arrested and are still missing. BEN WEBSTER was in

Queensland act 'legitimises' low wages

Queensland act 'legitimises' low wages By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Unions claimed on January 30 that the passage of the Borbidge government's industrial relations legislation that day had "legitimised" Queensland's position as the nation's

Bloody Sunday remembered

By Julia Bale Last week was the 25th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland. On January 30, 1972, troops from the First Parachute Regiment of the British Army opened fire on peaceful civil rights protesters in Derry. The 10,000-strong

Building the student movement in 1997

[This is an abridged version of a discussion paper put forward by the socialist youth organisation Resistance for discussion in the student movement.] This will be a crunch year for tertiary education in this country, one in which the student

Population and politics

By Lisa Macdonald The debate about the impact of population, and therefore immigration, on Australia's environment is a crucial one for all progressive people. The position that we take defines on which side of the human rights divide we stand, and

Only one solution

Only one solution The federal government's mid-year budget review, released on January 28, will certainly be used to justify another savage budget in May. The review projects a budget deficit for 1996-97 of $8.49 billion, $2.84 billion more than

Army planning attack on rebels?

Army planning attack on rebels? Elements of the Mexican government and several state governments have been stepping up repressive measures against opposition groups. On January 11, Morelos state police arrested three members of the Tepozteco Unity

Michael Collins and Ireland's struggle

Comment by Michael Heaney One good thing to come out of Neil Jordan's movie Michael Collins is a re-examination of the historical Michael Collins. I found the film captivating and inspirational. There are historical inaccuracies in it, but I have

Ennui and muffed kicks

Off SideBy Manuel Vazquez MontalbanSerpent's Tail, 1996. 275 pp. Review by Phil Shannon In the hands of a writer of critical social awareness, the detective novel can be an effective window on the greed, hypocrisy, violence and related vices of

Report prepares ABC privatisation

By Pip Hinman There's a perception that the ABC has been spared because the Mansfield inquiry did not recommend further budget cuts and opposed the introduction of sponsorship and advertising. This is dead wrong. The ABC is facing the biggest

Closing Radio Australia 'an attack on free speech'

By Norm Dixon "The closure of Radio Australia would in effect be an intensification of the media blockade that has been placed on Bougainville by PNG for the past eight years", an angry Moses Havini, spokesperson in Australia for the

Careers with what?

Careers with what? By Emma Webb ADELAIDE — The appropriately named daily newspaper, the Advertiser, managed to fill a quarter of a page last week reporting that federal and state ministers for employment and education, Amanda Vanstone and