Picket calls for Burma boycott
By Liam Mitchell
SYDNEY — A picket by 20 Burmese activists and their supporters on March 25 asked Australians not to travel to Burma to protest the Burmese junta's poor human rights record. The picket, called by
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By Jim McIlroy
One of the central tenets of the Communist Manifesto states: "Of all the classes that stand face to face with the bourgeoisie today, the proletariat alone is a really revolutionary class". This fundamental proposition of Marx and
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Truly free theserighteous captives.Pathfinders of freedom,peaceful warriors,held hostageby a tyrant State.
Democracy of thedungeonSocialism of thecells.
Friends of libertyfighting onbehind the wire,the bars, the chains.Leading
Mutual obligation
Fees for beds in nursing homes,Schemes for working for the dole,Price hikes for child-care services and universities ... Cuts to hospitals and schools,Are really good for one and all,Once you understand our government's
Patrick 'to sack all maritime workers'
By James Vassilopoulos
There is growing evidence that Patrick Stevedores, the company on the offensive against the Maritime Union of Australia, plans to sack its entire work force in Brisbane, Sydney and
By Sue Bull
CANBERRA — On April 3, representatives from ACT universities and the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union joined Sutarji, a student leader from Indonesia recently arrived in Australia, to condemn the arrest and disappearance
Shrewd pragmatists
"This would have to be the greatest own goal in the history of the NSW right." — ALP assistant secretary Damien O'Connor on the NSW electoral distribution, carefully engineered by the ALP head office to give Labor an advantage;
Wik and the politics of compromise
By Jennifer Thompson
Secretive negotiations between the Coalition government, Labor opposition and independent Senator Brian Harradine have been taking place over the passage of the government's Wik bill.
Fears for captured Timorese fighter
By John Martinkus
Amnesty International has called for urgent international action pressing the Indonesian government to confirm the whereabouts of East Timorese freedom fighter Jose Antonio Belo, who it
By James Balowski
On March 28, Andi Arief, the chairperson of Student Solidarity for Indonesian Democracy (SMID), was abducted at gunpoint from his brother's home in Lampung, South Sumatra. He has not been seen or heard from since. Arief was taken
By Eva Cheng
Unemployment has tripled, wages are increasingly not paid and workers are facing new attacks on their rights in South Korea since the International Monetary Fund's austerity program was forced on the country in December. From 556,000
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