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Solidarity with East Timorese and Indonesian people grows

Solidarity with East Timorese and Indonesian people grows Campaigning in solidarity with the East Timorese struggle for independence and the Indonesian people's struggle for democracy heated up around Australia last week, building up to the

Budget aims at education for profit

Budget aims at education for profit By Zanny Begg The May 11 federal budget pushes forward the privatisation of secondary and tertiary education in Australia. Private schools will be handed an extra $561 million over the next four years, in

Welfare only for the rich?

Welfare only for the rich? Comment by Margaret Allum Right-wing commentators and politicians have greeted criticisms of Aboriginal welfare programs by the former chairperson of the Cape York Land Council, Noel Pearson, with roars of approval.

Maps for the CIA

Maps To Director of Central IntelligenceCentral Intelligence AgencyWashington, DC 20505 It has come to my attention that there was a bit of a boo-boo in Belgrade this past week. Apparently the Central Intelligence Agency had some difficulty

Lessons of the Longford gas explosion

Lessons of the Longford gas explosion By Vannessa Hearman MELBOURNE — At the end of April, final submissions were presented to the royal commission into the gas explosion and fire at Esso's Longford facility in the Latrobe Valley. The Victorian

ANC social policy follows World Bank advice

ANC social policy follows World Bank advice By Patrick Bond JOHANNESBURG — Leaders of the African National Congress defend the South African government's lamentable economic record since 1994, which has included the loss of half a million

Students remembered

Students remembered Thousands of students, including 3000 from Trisakti University, rallied on May 12 to remember the four student activists killed by Indonesian soldiers on May 12, 1998. The four were architecture student Elang Mulya

The Kurds' national liberation struggle

By Nurullah Ozbek On May 31, the trial of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan will begin in Turkey. Ocalan faces the death penalty for "treason" — that is, for leading the Kurdish people's struggle for their national rights. The

Who's who in the Indonesian elections

Who's who in the Indonesian elections By Max Lane The official campaign period for the June general elections in Indonesia begins on May 19. However, the struggle for the domination of the next parliament, the composition of the next government

Newcastle Trades Hall endorses Indonesia solidarity

Newcastle Trades Hall endorses Indonesia solidarity NEWCASTLE — Newcastle Trades Hall endorsed the May 22 international day of solidarity with East Timor and Indonesia at its meeting on May 13. The meeting was addressed by Action in Solidarity

Financial deregulation: remember the promises?

By Allen Myers A few weeks ago, the Melbourne Age-Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend magazine ran a feature that described unprecedented levels of dissatisfaction with banks and bankers. Public opinion polls show that bankers are distrusted almost

Profile of a revolutionary

Profile of a revolutionary By Sam King in Indonesia Name: Budiman SujatmikoBorn: 14 March 1970Residence: Cipinang prison, JakartaOccupation: revolutionary Budiman was a student in the economics faculty at the University of Gadjah Mada in