Seizing on Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president Chen Shui-bian's pledge to stop the construction of Taiwan's controversial fourth nuclear power plant, the former ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party is leading a major drive to unseat Chen from the
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BY JIM MCILROY
DILI — Street stallholders selling food and drinks on the seafront near the centre of the city here faced an attempt to forcibly evict them from their established positions on November 3, as the United Nations Transitional
Bougainville struggle marked
CANBERRA — An enjoyable and informative "politics in the pub" was held at the Old Canberra Inn on November 5 (Guy Fawkes Day) to commemorate the 1989 blowing up of pylons carrying power lines to the Bougainville
BY JIM GREEN
The federal Coalition government is planning a wrecking operation at an international climate change conference at the Hague from November 13-24.
The conference — formally known as the Sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the
Some 400,000 people converged on the capital of Indonesia's nothernmost province of Aceh, Banda Aceh, on November 10 for a two-day independence rally, despite scores of killings by security forces trying to prevent demonstrators attending.
The
Richest man is the poor's best hope
Odd as it may seem, it took the richest man in the world to remind us that when most of the world's population lives on the edge of extinction, it mocks the rosy predictions for our common future on a wired
BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
SYDNEY — Around 200 Transport Workers Union (TWU) members and their families attended a combined protest and service of remembrance outside NSW parliament on November 3. The action was to highlight the number of deaths in the
 Self-determination for West Papua now!
[The following statement was issued by Action in Solidarity with
Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) on November 8 in response to the Indonesian
troops build-up in West Papua.]
Action in
More than 100 people gathered at Granville Town Hall in Sydney's western suburbs on November 10 to celebrate the 83rd anniversary of the Russian October 1917 Revolution. The event was organised by the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) and the
BY MARGARITA WINDISCH
SYDNEY — On November 6, the International Women's Day (IWD) Collective commenced meetings here to organise the annual IWD march scheduled for March 10. IWD is recognised as a day of unity, solidarity and action for women's
Promise of a Dream: Remembering the SixtiesBy Sheila RowbothamAllen Lane/Penguin, 2000262 pp, $40.00 (hb)
REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON
"Dreams have gone out of fashion" and the dreams of the 1960s generation, veterans from a tumultuous decade when
As the people of East Timor struggle for their independence under the weight of the consequences of the Machiavellian machinations of successive Australian governments, another resource rich country in the region is calling its independence.
The
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