Madrid arrests Basque leaders
By Norm Dixon
The Spanish government has begun arresting leaders of the Basque Country's militant, legal nationalist party, Herri Batasuna. Six members of the organisation's executive were detained on February 18,
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High school students' magazine launched
By Tessha Mearing
WOLLONGONG — On February 12, high school student members of Resistance launched Revolt — Student Underground. Revolt will be produced twice every term. It aims to inform high school
James Vassilopoulos
"What you've got on the waterfront are people who are earning $100,000 a year ... it's a bit like the reverse Robin Hood, the rich stealing from the poor and keeping it for themselves", John Sharp, minister of transport, said on
By Marina Cameron
The Liberal federal government has launched a vicious attack on public education, building on the groundwork laid by previous state and federal Labor governments. The government plans to accelerate the privatisation of higher
@columhead = Very clean
"It is a very clean deal. There is no payment, no nothing." — Businessman and Suharto crony Mohamad Hasan, confirming that the Indonesian government has given him, free, an additional $1 billion share in the Busang gold
Last year Scottish Militant Labour combined with other forces on the left to create a new, broader vehicle for socialism in Scotland — the Scottish Socialist Alliance. National secretary of the alliance ALLAN GREEN explains why socialists in
Rock Against Racism
BRISBANE — An impressive line-up of Brisbane bands swung their support behind a benefit to raise funds for the Anti-Racism Campaign on February 15. Around 300 people attended, with 100 more having to be turned away for lack of
Hackers modify Indonesian government home page
On February 10, and again on February 15, a group of Portuguese hackers (Portuguese Hackers Against Indonesia) modified the home page of the Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry.
The altered home page
A question of priorities
In New Zealand last week for talks on trade and "defence" links, PM John Howard took on the job of trying to persuade New Zealanders that it really is in their interests to spend millions more dollars on defence — and in
20 years' jail for possession of a leaflet
By Karen Fredericks
BRISBANE — The Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) candidate in the Mundingburra by-election, Billy Tate, was charged on February 20 with possession of drug law reform literature.
By Norm Dixon
As the ADFL sweeps through eastern Zaire, opposition to Mobutu and the war, and sympathy for rebel leader Laurent Kabila, are being openly expressed on the streets of the capital, Kinshasa. A general strike on February 10, called by
In February 1994, 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's Johannesburg-based correspondent, Norm Dixon, attended a meeting to launch a branch of South Africa's fledging Environmental Justice Networking Forum (EJNF). The meeting was held at Vista University in Soweto
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