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Solidarity with Indonesia

Thursday May 28-Saturday May 30 Adelaide Thursday, 1pm: speak-out, Plaza, Flinders University. Saturday, 11am: demonstration, Victoria Square, march to the Indonesian consulate. Brisbane Saturday, 10am: demonstration, King George Square,

PRD representative in Melbourne

PRD representative in Melbourne By John Nebauer MELBOURNE — About 70 people attended an emergency public meeting called by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor on May 21. The meeting, held at the Resistance Centre, was addressed

...and ain't i a woman?: East Timor

East Timor May 20 was the 20th anniversary of the formation of Fretilin. There could have been few more appropriate events to mark Fretilin's struggle for freedom and justice in East Timor than the forced resignation of Indonesian dictator

What kind of transitional government?

By Edwin Gozal Before Suharto resigned on May 21, Amien Rais, the head of Muhammadiyah, said that the new 50-person People's Council he helped form was considering creating a collective leadership to replace the president. Despite the People's

ASIET gears up for post-Suharto solidarity

ASIET gears up for post-Suharto solidarity By Karen Fletcher BRISBANE — "This morning when I wrote this speech, I wrote 'Suharto must go'. Tonight I can say 'Suharto is gone'", East Timorese exile Alfonso Corte Real told a forum organised by

Campaign against library cuts

Campaign against library cuts By Tony Iltis HOBART — On May 21, 50 people rallied at the University of Tasmania to protest against plans to amalgamate the two science libraries. The university administration wants to close down the bio-med

Fuel for the backlash?

Big WomenWritten by Fay WeldonProduced by Tariq AliFour-part series on ABC TVSundays at 8.30pmMay 24 to June 14 Review by Lisa Macdonald Fay Weldon, the much-loved feminist writer, says of this series: "The world is full of little women. I am

Joke of the week

Joke of the week Modern management practice has just added new insight to an age-old question: When we have a half glass of water, is it half empty or half full? Down the ages it was answered thus: half empty if you were a pessimist; half full if

'Suharto regime is still in power'

[The following is slightly abridged from a statement issued by the People's Democratic Party (PRD) after the resignation of Suharto.] President Suharto has resigned, but the Suharto regime is still in power. Because of pressure from the masses,

Students debate how to win democracy

By Max Lane Over the last two weeks, the Indonesian New Order regime has been forced into emergency measures to try to stop the momentum of the massive street demonstrations initiated by the student movement. First came the panic statement by a

Pilger reveals the 'new' South Africa

Apartheid Did Not Die: a Special Report by John PilgerABC-TVTuesday, June 2, 8.30pm. Preview by Norm Dixon John Pilger's documentaries have the uncanny ability to provoke howls of outrage and indignation from the defenders of the status quo because

Scab ship stopped from unloading in US

Scab ship stopped from unloading in US By James Vassilopoulos International solidarity, has stopped the Columbus Canada, one of 23 ships loaded by non-union labour during the wharves dispute, from unloading its cargo in Los Angeles.