The raid by police on the Asia-Pacific Solidarity Conference in Jakarta
on June 8, the brutal militia attack which followed it and the detention
of 32 foreign participants has revealed two disturbing returns to the past.
It has revealed that
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BY STEPHEN MARKS
NEWCASTLE — More than 40 people attended the launch of the Newcastle Socialist Alliance on June 15. Participants included students who had taken part in the M1 stock exchange blockades, trade unionists, Latino workers,
BY SARAH STEPHENÂ
Ten years is the maximum penalty for escaping a detention centre
and being “unlawfully at large” — and it is what faces Parviz Eftekhari,
who escaped from Woomera detention centre on June 9.
The escape followed a
Glowing in the dark is also handy
"If you set aside Three Mile Island and Chernobyl, the safety record of nuclear is really very good." — US Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill, quoted in the June 12 New York Times.
No snuggles for Little Johnnie
BY STEVE MYERS
For some years now, Russian presidents, Yeltsin and now Putin, have been unable to push a new labour code through the Duma, due to opposition by workers and fears within the Kremlin of a backlash. Putin failed in his last attempt
BY VIV MILEY & SUSAN PRICE
Progressive forces from around the world spoke out and took action as soon as news of the police and militia raid on the international solidarity conference spread.
In Canada, snap protests were organised across the
BY MARIA VOUKELATOS
SYDNEY — "What's disgusting? Union busting! What's outrageous? Sweatshop wages!", has been one of the lively chants ringing outside Nike's main Sydney store on George Street every Friday night.
The Sydney pickets are
BY KERRYN WILLIAMS
JAKARTA — "Since the police first arrived there was an increasing [number] of [militia] members and we predicted that after the police left, they would attack", said Yahgun, a member of the People's Democratic Party and one of
BY ALAN McCOMBES
GLASGOW — It was the most spectacular vote for socialism in any Westminster election in the last 50 years. As hundreds of thousands of voters deserted New Labour, the Scottish National Party and the Conservatives, tens of
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9pm. Ph 9565 5522. Visit <http://www.channel31.org> for
BY SAM WAINWRIGHT
SYDNEY — Striking workers picketing the production plant of Metroshelf, which builds supermarket shelving, were sacked en masse on June 15 — but have vowed to fight on.
The strike, at the plant in Revesby, in Sydney's west,
BY CHRIS CHAPLIN
At its inaugural meeting on June 4, the O3 To CHOGM Alliance agreed to the following call to action, for distribution through all progressive, activist and community networks. The alliance meets weekly on Monday nights at 6.30pm in
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