Troops attack West Papuans
By Linda Kaucher
Indonesian military forces shot protesters trying to prevent them lowering the West Papuan independence flag in the south coast town of Timika on December 1. Approximately 30 people were injured by the
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By Jody Betzien
LONDON — Around 3000 people rallied outside Euston railway station on November 30 as part of worldwide protests against the World Trade Organisation's agenda at its conference in Seattle, USA. The rally here was the culmination of
For the capitalists, Che is a marketing gold mine, his face being used to launch a thousand products:
Wear a Che Swatch watch;
Go to a Che theme night at pubs like Bonaparte's Hotel in Brisbane;
Follow Kate Moss by wearing a designer Che
Left loses in Uruguay
By Neville Spencer
Jorge Batlle of the ruling Colorado Party was elected Uruguay's president in a second round run-off vote on November 28. The vote followed parliamentary and first round presidential elections held on
NZ judge supports asylum seekers
By Murray Addison
AUCKLAND — Asylum seekers at Auckland's Mt Eden Prison have been released after a High Court judge told the Immigration Service on November 30 that the men may have been wrongly jailed. The 16
Scottish socialists see good growing weather
Lisa Young and Pam Currie
GLASGOW — The Scottish Socialist Party exploded onto the political scene in 1999. Tommy Sheridan's election to the Scottish parliament represents a major breakthrough for a
By Russell McGilton
MELBOURNE — Fifty or more armed police lined up outside of the departments of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Industry ready for a surge of angry anti-World Trade Organisation (WTO) demonstrators on November 30. However, the
Review by Tony Iltis
Imperialism, The Highest Stage Of CapitalismBy V.I. Lenin (1916)Resistance Marxist LibrarynResistance Books, Sydney, 1999. 147 pp., $10.95Available at Resistance Bookshops, or send $12.95 (incl. postage) to PO Box 515, Broadway
By Zanny Begg
BRISBANE — The Queensland Art Gallery is currently hosting the Third Asia Pacific Triennial (APT3). The Asia Pacific Triennial began in 1993 as an attempt to bring the art of the Asia-Pacific region into contemporary focus. Up to 77
By Lyn Gerry
LOS ANGELES — Pacifica Radio, also known as "Free Speech Radio", was founded in 1948 by journalist Lewis Hill and a group of anarcho-pacifist war resisters who wanted to counter the rising repression and militarism of the Cold War.
By Allen Myers
What's in a number? Nothing, really: 2000 (or 2001 by some calculations) is no more or less significant than 1997 or 2016. But as the new year approaches, the media are overflowing with stories on the biggest/best/shortest/most
Technology for the new millennium
There is a new technology in the air. It is called CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). It holds huge promise for mobile phones. It is being spoken of as the possible basis for a single international mobile phone
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