Three legal experts appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in February to investigate Jakarta's trials of those responsible for atrocities during East Timor's 1999 independence referendum has described the trials, in which all but two accused
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Graham Matthews, Sydney
On June 22, 70 people attended a "Stand Up and Speak Out" meeting at the Parramatta Town Hall. Organised by the Coalition Against the Howard Government, the meeting involved a broad coalition of unions, the University of
Roger Annis & John Riddell, Toronto
Revelations contained in a federal commission of inquiry, headed by Justice John Gomery, have deeply shaken the stability of capitalist politics in Canada, and placed the issue of Quebec independence again at the
Dave Holmes
Radical publisher Resistance Books has launched a new online bookshop — <http://www.resistancebooks.com>. Its old website at this address has been given an extreme makeover and now lists over 330 books, pamphlets and other
On June 21, communities across the Niger Delta, supported by Friends of the Earth Nigeria, filed legal action in Nigeria's High Court against Shell, Chevron-Texaco and Nigerian oil companies, to stop the flaring (burning off) of associated gas. While
Linda Seaborn
When the Whitlam Labor government introduced the single mother's benefit in 1973, it brought hope to women trapped in violent and abusive relationships. What had formed the steel in their trap was the poverty that is a consequence of
Casual readers of the newspaper headlines could be forgiven for believing that the leaders of the richest and most powerful countries have had a miraculous change of heart. If the papers are to be believed, the key decades-long demand of the global
Chris Slee and James Vassilopoulos, Melbourne
A dispute at Kemalex Plastics' Dandenong South site, now in its ninth week, has become a flashpoint in a wider fight between unions and the federal Coalition government. If the government's proposed
The federal Coalition government's refugee detention policy is in crisis, and there is a feeling in the refugee-rights movement that we are at last making some headway. That was certainly the mood at this year's World Refugee Day rallies.
The
Kiraz Janicke
Sydney-based human rights activist Donna Mulhearn has made three separate visits to Iraq in the last 18 months. She first visited Iraq during the US invasion in March 2003, serving as a "human shield".
Mulhearn was in Fallujah
Sheikh Taj Eldin Al Hilaly went to Iraq to help secure the release of Australian hostage Douglas Wood. He spent more than a month there, working with the Australian emergency response team. Wood was released on June 15 after Iraqi and US forces
Ben Reid
There is growing political turmoil in the Philippines as the government of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has become increasingly besieged by critics. Broad coalitions of political forces are beginning to emerge calling for her ouster
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