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Education protests a blow to Howard

By Sean Healy On April 1, more than 20,000 students and staff took part in protests against the Howard government's education cutbacks and the privatisation of tertiary and technical education. The large turnout, and the militancy of the

Beazley silent on pension wait for migrants

By Lisa Macdonald In a cynical attempt to woo the migrant vote, Labor leader Kim Beazley told the Federation of Ethnic Communities Councils of Australia annual conference in Sydney on March 28 that the ALP unequivocally supported multiculturalism

Wik and the politics of compromise

Wik and the politics of compromise By Jennifer Thompson Secretive negotiations between the Coalition government, Labor opposition and independent Senator Brian Harradine have been taking place over the passage of the government's Wik bill.

Secret US training for Indonesia's killers

By Allan Nairn JAKARTA — Activists and observers here speculate that the country — reeling from hunger and mass lay-offs promoted by the IMF — is moving toward social upheaval and perhaps a change of regime. At the dumps in Bantar Gebang, the

For student occupations, not stunts

Comment by Ray Fulcher and Marcel Cameron MELBOURNE — Around 5000 students and staff took to the streets here on April 1. It was the largest student mobilisation in Melbourne for some time and shows the potential for organised opposition to the

Poem: Dita Sari

Dita Sari Truly free theserighteous captives.Pathfinders of freedom,peaceful warriors,held hostageby a tyrant State. Democracy of thedungeonSocialism of thecells. Friends of libertyfighting onbehind the wire,the bars, the chains.Leading

Philippines: new left discussion forum launched

By Reihana Mohideen "In our experience, the newspaper is an instrument ... [which] serves as a mechanism to unite the people and to become a spark for collective action ... Progresibo is an attempt to open a forum for discussion of progressive

Bradbury promotes alternative media

Bradbury promotes alternative media By Adam Leeman NEWCASTLE — More than 100 people turned out to celebrate alternative media and hear David Bradbury speak about his films Jabiluka and Loggerheads on March 29. The event was organised by

Loose cannons

Shrewd pragmatists "This would have to be the greatest own goal in the history of the NSW right." — ALP assistant secretary Damien O'Connor on the NSW electoral distribution, carefully engineered by the ALP head office to give Labor an advantage;

Poem: The ten point scam

Poem: The ten point scam

Why Australia props up the Suharto regime

By Pip Hinman As international pressure mounts against the Suharto regime, spurred on by the growing protest movement inside Indonesia, the Australian Coalition government and Labor opposition have gone in to bat for Indonesia's corrupt ruling

Fears for captured Timorese fighter

Fears for captured Timorese fighter By John Martinkus Amnesty International has called for urgent international action pressing the Indonesian government to confirm the whereabouts of East Timorese freedom fighter Jose Antonio Belo, who it