Washing the blood from their hands
"I think any comment [beyond "understanding and sympathy"] is really intruding a little into the internal affairs of another country", Prime Minister John Howard opined on the outcome of the Indonesian and United
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By Jean Dupont
On December 26, the Revolutionary Workers Party of the Philippines (RPMP) and the government of president Joseph Estrada agreed to peace negotiations. The RPMP controls about one-third of the communist guerillas in the southern
While world attention is focused on the crimes committed by Indonesia's military in East Timor last year, former Indonesian president Suharto is living in peace and comfort, still not charged for the countless crimes against humanity he ordered
1240 asylum seekers on hunger strike in WA
By Sean Healy
91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly has learned that 1240 asylum seekers detained at the Curtin air base in Derby, far-north Western Australia, are on hunger strike to protest against the conditions in which
Networker: Cybersquatters
You can't stand in a public place these days without seeing some sort of internet advertising. Hardly a poster fails to carry the ".com" footnote, inviting web surfers to an particular site. These ".coms" are the
NSW teachers vote to fight
By Tom Flanagan
SYDNEY — At stop-work meetings across the state on February 3, NSW teachers overwhelmingly approved further political and industrial action in support of their demand for a pay rise of 7.5% per year
Theme park
By Rachel Laredni
People, people, masses of people jammed between wrought iron fences and theme park signboards, awaiting their Hollywood fix. The scent of flesh upon flesh and perspiring children coalesce to yield stench. Theme park
Winston
Regular readers of this column may recall Winston — the John Howard look-alike figure we introduced you in 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly #371 in a fit of hopeful passion last year. Winston and I had big plans. Didn't we Winston? We sure did. The
Comment by Michael Bull
The construction division of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and
Energy Union (CFMEU) is in good shape to win a shorter working week. Its
campaign for a 36-hour work week is the next step in the Victorian branch's
The others don't count
"We protected around 4000 foreigners ... staff from the UNAMET stayed in East Timor for four months and no one was killed." — General Wiranto claiming that the Human Rights Commission report on the Indonesian military's
Indonesia's generals may still get away with murder
By Jonathan Singer
The Indonesian and United Nations human rights commissions have released their reports on the massive human rights violations that occurred in East Timor in 1999. The
Regional day of protest against Elian's kidnapping
Socialist parties in the Asian region have called for February 17 to become a day of regionally coordinated protest actions against the kidnapping of six-year-old Elian Gonzalez (see article on
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