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SOUTH AFRICA: Students killed at uni protest

SOUTH AFRICA: Students killed at uni protest Police killed one student and injured scores during a protest at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) in Durban on May 14. Witnesses believe that another student was also killed. Students were

Support for teachers urged

Support for teachers urged BY GAIL LORD SYDNEY — One hundred and seventy people, angry at the diversion of federal and state funds from public to private schools, were urged to support the NSW teachers' industrial campaign and calls for

Government 'generates anti-refugee feeling'

BY SEAN HEALY Refugee advocates have condemned as "a policy to manufacture xenophobia" federal government withholding of welfare services to refugees released from the Woomera detention centre in South Australia. Ninety percent of the 1300 held at

Dishonest advertising

Dishonest advertising BY JONATHAN SINGER "It is hard to accept that the federal government's latest GST advertisements are anything more than political propaganda ... the television campaign is devoid of any information that could plausibly be

ACEH: a history of repression and resistance

ACEH: a history of repression and resistance Aceh has a long and proud history of struggle and has a special place in Indonesian history. Resource rich and devoutly Muslim, it is located 700 kilometres north west of Jakarta at the northern end of

Reith helps bosses fight pattern bargaining

BY MELANIE SJOBERG "The manufacturing industry campaign, which is already underway and escalating in Victoria ... presents a serious threat to the workplace relations system", minister for workplace relations Peter Reith told parliament on May 11,

SOUTH AFRICA: Land reform blocked

SOUTH AFRICA: Land reform blocked JOHANNESBURG — The Zimbabwean land crisis presents South African activists with an opportunity to honestly review their country's land reform program to date. South Africa's post-apartheid land reform program was

Write on: letters to the editor

Road genocide There's a growing disparity between the haves and the have-nots in our society, and you don't have to look much further than the family car. While many low-income families get around in 20-year-old Fords or Holdens, the well-heeled

Stolen

Stolen Belvoir St Theatre's production of Stolen, written by Jane Harrison about the stolen generations of indigenous Australians, has been described as "Inventive, moving and powerful". Try to get along before the season ends on June 4. 25 Belvoir

and ain't a woman: Sex(ism) and the city

and ain't a woman: Sex(ism) and the city In May, the Finance Sector Union (FSU) lodged a complaint with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission against the ANZ bank because it had decided to cut the hours of its part-time workers. The

NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT JUSTICE!

NO RECONCILIATION WITHOUT JUSTICE! Sunday, March 28 Join the "No reconciliation without justice" contingent in the Corroboree 2000 walk across Sydney Harbour Bridge. Rally at 10am, Clark Park, Lavender St, Milson Point to demand: A treaty and

Poem: For a teacher in a remote area

For a teacher in a remote area This poem was written by an urban poor member of the People's Democratic Party and JAKER (see accompanying article). Don't careA speck of rainBody and bones freezing. An old black bicyclePeddled by old feetHardly