BY AARON BENEDEK
MELBOURNE — In Palestine, young people are resisting Israeli tanks
with rocks. In Indonesia, students, workers and peasants are mobilising
daily against rising prices and job losses imposed by the International
Monetary
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BY JONATHAN STRAUSS
Rise Like Lions: The Hijacking of Australian HistoryBy Steve DavisGinninderra Press, 2000138pp., $19.80 (plus $3.30 postage)Order from PO Box 53, Charnwood ACT, 2516.
The cover of Steve Davis' Rise Like Lions: the Hijacking of
BY ROBERT DARCY
SYDNEY — A leaked document that appears to be a management report of a secret meeting between some federal Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) officials and P&O Stevedoring to discuss further retrenchments of workers has caused
This is the last issue of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly for 2000. The next issue — #432 — will be published on January 17.
BY ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ
BUENOS AIRES — When Francis Fukuyama declared the end of history, he was prematurely announcing the triumph of capitalism. The message was that there was no longer any point in resisting and workers around the world should
BY JAMES BALOWSKI
Despite a massive presence by Indonesian troops and stern warnings from Jakarta and local police, thousands of West Papuan's on December 1 peacefully celebrated the 39th anniversary of their self-declared independence from Dutch
BY JAMES SMITH
If federal education minister David Kemp gets his way, by 2004, public schools will receive only an estimated 32% of federal government funds, despite educating 70% of students.
To its credit, the Independent Education Union (IEU)
BY DICK NICHOLS
"This is not Vietnam", US president Bill Clinton announced during a one-day trip to the northern Colombian city of Cartagena in late August. Clinton was launching "Plan Colombia", the goal of which is to tame the country's guerrilla
BY BRONWEN BEECHEY
ADELAIDE — In recent weeks, the Woomera detention centre has been the focus of media attention, following allegations that the centre's management had covered up the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old boy at the centre. There have
BY REIHANA MOHIDEEN
MANILA — In November alone, more than 300,000 demonstrators here have called for the resignation or sacking of President Joseph Estrada (known as Erap). The mass protests have continued to put pressure on the regime and have
AMWU to launch 'Campaign 2001'
Following the success of the Victorian Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's 'Campaign 2000', the national AMWU is planning to lodge a combined claim on manufacturing employers with the aim of improving job
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