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Indonesian forum SYDNEY — About 100 people attended a forum presented by the Indonesian Welfare Association here on October 16. Speakers from the NSW Rape Crisis Centre spoke of their visit to meet with volunteers working with the ethnic Chinese

Write on: letters to the editor

Indigenous whaling An article from Hour magazine reproduced in 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly #336 has raised the issue of indigenous whaling rights and the part they play in the wider struggle for indigenous autonomy and emancipation. The Makah Indians in

Rio Tinto sacks Hunter Valley miners

Rio Tinto sacks Hunter Valley miners By James Vassilopoulos Rio Tinto, the giant Anglo-Australian transnational, announced on October 20 the sacking of 115 coalminers at its Hunter Valley No. 1 open-cut mine. The retrenchments are aimed at

NZ spy agency fights for secrecy over bungled break-in

By Leigh Cookson AUCKLAND — With less than a year to go before the 1999 APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders' summit here, a high-profile civil court case against the New Zealand spy agency, the Security Intelligence Service (SIS),

Religious right takes lynching in its stride

uth = By Barry Sheppard Two bicyclists were riding in the evening in Laramie, Wyoming, when they saw what appeared to be a scarecrow tied to a fence along a ranch, its arms outstretched. On getting closer, they saw it was a human being,

... and ain't I a woman?: Violence: a growing scandal

... and ain't I a woman?: Violence: a growing scandal The annual Reclaim the Night march and rally celebrates its 20th anniversary in Australia this year. Arising out of the women's movement in the '70s, the first marches in Sydney, Adelaide

Mixed results in Wollongong SRC elections

Mixed results in Wollongong SRC elections By Justin Randell WOLLONGONG — Wollongong University Student Representative Council elections were held on October 13-15. There were mixed outcomes for the left, with good results for the SRC and some

PRD holds congress

By Max Lane The People's Democratic Party (PRD) announced on October 22 that it had held a national congress in Yogyakarta October 9-11. Eighty-five delegates representing 23 branches, the national leadership and the affiliated mass organisations

International day of action against Jabiluka mine

International day of action against Jabiluka mine International day of action against Jabiluka mine Protests against the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine took place in Madrid, Paris, Cologne, Bonn and Osaka on October 20. In Madrid, representatives

Kosovo betrayed: What NATO is really up to

By Michael Karadjis Just who is kidding whom about Kosovo? NATO is ready to bomb Serbia "to force it to back down". US special envoy Richard Holbrooke holds hours of talks with Serbian dictator Slobodan Milosevic, and comes out saying that

Spot the armed and dangerous fundamentalists

Waco: The Rules of EngagementDirected by William GazeckiFifth Estate Productions Review by Arun Pradhan "Do I really want to spend the next two hours watching a film about mad, Christian fundamentalist Americans?" was the question going through my

Activists storm forestry office

Activists storm forestry office By Nick Fredman LISMORE — Seventy activists from the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA) occupied the Casino office of State Forests on October 20 to highlight the Carr Labor government's failure to put forward an