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Nationwide actions for freedom for East Timor

Over the weekend of August 23-25, protests were held calling for an end to Australia's de jure recognition of the Indonesian annexation of East Timor. Actions in Darwin, Newcastle and Hamilton were reported in the last issue of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly. In

Life of Riley: Waiting for Lefty

Waiting for Lefty Here we are together again. It's been a week since we last met. So how's it been? You may be a regular, then again you may not. At least you have the paper within your grasp — now turning the pages to see what catches your

Kaltja conference on cuts to Aboriginal arts

By John Girdham DARWIN — Only two days after the announced budget funding cuts to ATSIC, an indigenous cultural symposium was held at the Northern Territory University to discuss the immediate and long-term position of the Aboriginal and

ALP stands by HECS

ALP stands by HECS By Kathy Newnam BRISBANE — The ALP is up to its old tricks trying to con students that the introduction of HECS in 1987 did not disadvantage students. Sheriff Deen, the presidential candidate on the Labor Club's YOU — Your

and ain't i a woman?: Tough luck for most women

Tough luck for most women On August 27, the NSW Young Labor state conference elected its first all-female leadership. The next day the Sydney Morning Herald ran a story on Liz McNamara and Joanna Woods, the new president and secretary respectively.

Media cops

The role of the establishment press in reporting the August 19 rally in Canberra was a gross display of sensationalism. Not happy to leave it at the level of distorting the news, the Sydney Morning Herald has turned its hand to doing the police's

Defence fund

Defence fund There has been an excellent initial response to the appeal for funds to support the hunted PRD activists and the defence campaign for arrested PRD and other political prisoners. Almost $1500 has been donated, including several hundred

Budget attacks on poor 'harmful to health'

PROFESSOR IAN WEBSTER is the director of the Drug and Alcohol Unit at Liverpool Hospital in the heart of Sydney's west, and president of the Drug and Alcohol Council of Australia. He told 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's JENNIFER THOMPSON that budget cuts

Write on: letters to the editor

Internationalism Recent events in Indonesia cannot be separated from the international struggle for democracy in general and the international working class movement in particular. The arrest of many pro-democracy activists following the July 27

Obsolete pesticide stocks in Africa

Approximately 20,000 tonnes of obsolete pesticides are stored in Africa, often in containers that leak toxic waste into the environment, according to a recent UN Food and Agriculture Organisation report. FAO calls on agrochemical companies to share

From man in tights to dark knight of decay

By Arun Pradhan When times are bad, it's no time for big risks. Movie producers are not going to sink money into untested "potentially" groundbreaking innovations. They go for the guaranteed money — the sequels — or they resurrect past

Democracy activists defy Suharto

By Max Lane Democracy activists defy Suharto Budiman Sujatmiko, president of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and 13 other PRD prisoners held in Jakarta have refused to sign the reports on their interrogation. This is the first time political