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ACEH: Abducted civil rights leaders released

BY JAMES BALOWSKI On September 25, two leaders of the Acehnese civil rights movement — Muhammad Nasir Azis and Kautsar bin Muhammad Yus — who were abducted on September 22 by the Indonesian military (TNI) in the northern Acehnese city of

Maralinga: govt covers-up nuclear contamination

BY JIM GREEN "What was done at Maralinga was a cheap and nasty solution that wouldn't be adopted on white-fellas land." This comment was made by nuclear engineer and Maralinga whistle-blower Alan Parkinson on ABC radio on August 5. Parkinson was

'No justification for new war'

BY SUE BULL& GRAHAM MATTHEWS MELBOURNE — A public meeting against war on Iraq on September 26 attracted 250 people. The meeting was organised by the Victorian Peace Network. Featured speakers at the meeting were Dr Scott Burchill from Deakin

Strike against workplace deaths

BY RUSSELL PICKERING PERTH — Two thousand building workers rallied on the steps of Parliament House on September 24 to protest another death in the construction industry. Five days earlier, Des Walsh, a 47-year-old rigger with three

West Papua's struggle revealed

Paradise Betrayed: West Papua's Struggle for IndependenceBy John MartinkusQuarterly Essay, issue 7Black IncOrder at <http://www.blackincbooks.com> REVIEW BY VANNESSA HEARMAN The latest issue of Quarterly Essay features an essay by

Speeches of a good Samaritan

Questions from the Asylum: An Analysis of Australia's Asylum and Detention Issues By Susan Connelly Otford Press, 2002 66 pages, $5.95 Send cheque or money order to PO Box 299 St Marys NSW 1790. REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN

PHILIPPINES: Left resists Arroyo's War on Terror hysteria

In early August, three revolutionary socialist organisations in the Philippines — the Partido ng Manggagawang Pilipino (Workers Party of the Philippines, PMP), the Sosyalistang Partido ng Paggawa (Socialist Party of Labour, SPP) and the Partido

and ain't i a woman?: Scarlet classifieds

and ain't i a woman?: Scarlet classifieds In late August, a classified ad was printed in the Florida-based Tallahassee Democrat. After listing the name of the author, along with her age, height, hair and eye colour, weight and race, it

Socialist Alliance Dandenong candidate

BY PAUL ROBERTS MELBOURNE — The Socialist Alliance's Melbourne South-East branch has preselected Josephine Cox as a candidate for the seat of Dandenong in the Victorian state election, expected before December. Cox, a TAFE student, ran for the

Write on: Letters to the editor

Commendation As a former United States Marine, Korean War era, I want to commend you on your stand against Bush's war. It is plain that he wants to rush into war before the November congressional elections so as to keep voters' minds off our many

BRITAIN: 350,000 join anti-war march in London

BY BOB WING LONDON, September 28 — British Prime Minister Tony Blair may be President George Bush's only European ally in his drive for war on Iraq. But the people of the United Kingdom today forcibly demonstrated their opposition to forcible

Loose cannons

Santa's little helpers "The HIH royal commission has heard the company threw extravagant Christmas parties for staff a little over a year before the company collapsed. The commission has been told HIH spent almost $1.2 million on Christmas parties