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Indonesia's 'elite politik' plots to control elections

BY MAX LANE JAKARTA — Any analysis of Indonesian politics during the last year three years, especially since the downfall of President Abdurrahman Wahid, has to take account of the steady rise in the masses’ alienation from the

Proposed ACT 'anti-terror' laws may threaten civil liberties

BY JAMES CAULFIELD CANBERRA — People in the ACT could soon be faced with attacks on their civil liberties in the form of new "anti-terror" laws being put to the ACT Legislative Assembly. On December 10, a new bill will be debated by the

Unions should support an alternative to Labor

COMMENT BY TIM GOODEN GEELONG — As a Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union steward and activist, I am concerned with the decision by the CFMEU and the Victorian Trades Hall Council (VTHC) to become so identified with a “Vote 1

Brunswick Socialist Alliance campaign launched

BY GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — Around 30 people attended the campaign launch for Judy McVey, the Socialist Alliance candidate for Brunswick district, on November 27 at Cafe Mingo. Speaking with the candidate were Construction, Forestry, Mining

HONG KONG: Protest organisers convicted

BY DOUG LORIMER HONG KONG — On November 25, a Kowloon City magistrate found three political activists — Leung Kwok-hung of the April 5 Action Group and Hong Kong Federation of Students members Christopher Fung and Chris Lo — guilty of

NT Socialist Alliance gears up for 2003

BY CHRIS ATKINSON DARWIN — The Socialist Alliance here are gearing up for a big year in 2003. That was the conclusion after a discussion by members and supporters over a dinner on November 23. Seven of the 14 people attending were members of

Civil liberties will be key election issue

BY LISA MACDONALD SYDNEY — A December 14 conference of the nine NSW branches of Socialist Alliance will preselect at least eight more candidates to complete its Legislative Council (upper house) ticket for the March 22 state election. The

Socialist Alternative proposes unity to ISO

BY PETER BOYLE As the possibilities for deeper left unity is being debated within the Socialist Alliance, the Socialist Alternative (SAlt) group has written to the International Socialist Organisation (ISO) to suggest unity talks between the two

Write On: Letters to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly

'Balaclava-clad lemmings' In an article in the November 19 Byron Shire Echo, Greens NSW MLC Ian Cohen attacks the NSW Labor government for vilifying anti-WTO protestors, stating that there was an "avalanche of propaganda dehumanising the

There is an urgent need for left unity

BY LALITHA CHELLIAH I have followed the Socialist Alliance unity debate. As a member of the Socialist Alliance — but not a member of either the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) or the International Socialist Organisation (ISO) — it has

PAKISTAN: A feudal lord becomes prime minister

BY FAROOQ TARIQ Mir Zafarulah Jamali, a feudal lord from Baluchistan, was elected as prime minister on November 21 by Pakistan's national assembly. After months of attempts to install a puppet "civilian" government, General Pervez Musharraf's

Forum discusses Sri Lanka peace process

BY CHRIS SLEE MELBOURNE — About 40 people attended a forum on the peace process in Sri Lanka, held at Monash University on November 24. It was organised by supporters of the Uthayam Tamil newspaper and Radio Shakthi, a Sri Lankan radio program on