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Indonesian protesters clash with military

Indonesian protesters clash with military By James Balowski On August 14, a peaceful protest organised by a new coalition, GRAK, at the Solo National University (UNS) in Central Java, turned into a 10-minute battle with troops

Health workers endorse pay claim

Health workers endorse pay claim By Kim Linden MELBOURNE — Around 2000 members of the Health Services Union of Australia (HSUA) voted on August 17 to endorse an 8% pay claim which allows a possible further 3% to be claimed

Two's a couple, three's drama

Blokes August 16-19, 22-26 One Plus One August 31-September 2, 13-16 When I was A Girl I used to Scream and Shout September 6-9, 19-23 Junction Theatre in conjunction with Ambush, Not So Straight Theatre and Living

Ferguson installed amid ALP factional deals

Ferguson installed amid ALP factional deals By Dave Mizon MELBOURNE — The factional brawls over the ALP national executive's decision to install ACTU president Martin Ferguson in the federal seat of Batman have highlighted,

Radio highlights

Radio highlights The Story of Pop: All that Funky Stuff — "The hardest working man in show business, the Godfather of Soul, Mr Please, Please, Please, Minister of the New, New, Super Heavy Funk: Mr James 'Butane' Brown." James Brown is

Chemical weapons in Chechnya?

Chemical weapons in Chechnya? Reports on the Internet on August 9 said that UN-sponsored humanitarian aid workers have discovered evidence suggesting that chemical weapons, possibly chlorine gas, were used during the Chechen conflict.

The myth of the feminist generation gap

By Nikki Ulasowski and Alana Kerr Another backlash ideology being given plenty of play in the media and explicitly presented by Helen Garner in her book The First Stone concerns a supposed generation gap between feminists.

'You can't build anything without enthusiasm'

By Dave Riley Norma Nord joined the Communist Party of Australia in 1937. "I was a terribly nervous, highly strung, very sick girl because I had suffered from malnutrition and neglect as a child. As I grew older, I had to overcome all

Loose cannons

Loose cannons Appropriate "It's quite appropriate that we should be prosecuted. If these things occur, we should be prosecuted." — A spokesperson for Sydney Water, which accidentally poured more than 100,000 litres of undiluted

Folk festival goes international

By Philippa Stanford The SA State Folk Festival is again being staged by the Folk Federation of SA, from September 29 to October 30 at Victor Harbour.The state's largest community arts festival has thrived in this location and has earned a

Mounting unemployment as China 'reforms'

By Eva Cheng Unemployment in China has exploded in recent years, with 170 million people, or 28% of its work force, estimated to be out of jobs. Since the 1949 revolution, the government has accepted the responsibility to provide jobs and

Kurdish hunger strike gets wide support

By Jennifer Thompson Thousands of Kurdish prisoners of war have been on a hunger strike in prisons across Turkey. Hundreds more Kurds are on hunger strikes in cities around the world to support the prisoners — members of the Kurdistan