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Jakarta puppet union attacks May Day actions

By Max Lane Twenty-one people were detained for several days following demonstrations on May 1 in Jakarta and Semarang. The demonstrations involved at least 1500 workers and students organised by the Centre for Working Class Struggle (PPBI) and

No Fees campaign plans national link-up

By Nikki Ulasowski To initiate discussion about what direction the No Fees campaign should take, and to exchange information about campaign experiences, the Education Action Network in Perth has initiated a national phone link-up on June 2. Arun

Solidarity actions in Brisbane

Solidarity actions in Brisbane By Jim McIlroy BRISBANE — Support for the Mt Isa workers has continued to grow in the week since the May 12 lockout by MIM, around Queensland and nationally. A public forum at the Resistance Centre here

A cut above many

A cut above many Come Taste the Beast Taurus Run (Distributed by Disculture) Reviewed by Rob Graham This self-financed four track CD is the debut album from Taurus Run, and it's a great effort. Come Taste the Beast opens strongly

... and ain't i a woman?: The joke's on you

The joke's on you "How feminism can help you get laid." "Get off my back; finally the male perspective." "Things you need to know #1. Definition. Husband: What is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted." Plus lots of photos of

Tarkine Tigers arrested

Tarkine Tigers arrested By Ben Courtice HOBART — On May 16 police arrested seven more activists involved in a vigil on Parliament House lawns to protest against the road being built through the Tarkine wilderness. The vigil had been

The Chieftains do it again

The Long Black Veil The Chieftains RCA Reviewed by Bernie Brian The Chieftains were bringing Irish traditional music to world audiences long before the recent upsurge in interest in Irish music and certainly before WOMAD existed. They have

Beijing admits holding democracy activist

Beijing admits holding democracy activist By Eva Cheng Chinese officials have at long last indirectly confirmed that veteran pro-democracy activist Wei Jiangsheng is in their custody, a year after he had disappeared into a police van.

Loose cannons

Supportive "Those people, including senior Federal Labor ministers, have all been very supportive, many expressing their disgust at the attacks on me and urging me not to resign as Deputy President [of the Senate]." — Wife-basher Senator Noel

Transport Workers leave the ACTU

MELBOURNE — The National Conference on Local Environmental Action was held here on May 10-12. Organised jointly by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Municipal Association of Victoria, its aim was to link Australian and

'A gross violation of the sovereignty of all states'

In response to a bill which aims to further tighten the United States economic blockade of Cuba and undermine the sovereignty of third countries, the following message by the Department of International Relations of the Communist Party of Cuba was

War an increasing threat to women

War an increasing threat to women By Deirdre Graham Women are increasingly at risk of being victims of human rights abuses because of an increasing number of nationalistic movements worldwide says the human rights group Amnesty