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• Women fall victim to sharia law in Aceh - By James Balowski. December 25, 2013
• Yudhoyono government says 1965 murders 'saved’ Indonesia - By James Balowski. October 22, 2012
• National strike changing Indonesia's political terrain - By Max Lane. October 22, 2012

Teenage suicide puts spotlight on Indonesia’s sexist laws - By James Balowski. September 26, 2012

Number 40 - November-December 2012

• Indonesian commission urges trials of military rights abusers - By James Balowski
• Australian-funded soldiers policing West Papuan activists
• The Timorese elections and their aftermath
• Teenage suicide puts spotlight on Indonesia’s sexist laws
• Yudhoyono government says 1965 murders ‘saved’ Indonesian
• National strike changing Indonesia's political terrain

Number 39 - May-July 2012

• Militarist party positioning itself in Indonesia - By Jalalludin Ngoko
• Australian-funded military accused of murder in West Papua - By James Balowski
• Tens of thousands rally across Indonesia for May Day - By James Balowski
• Demonstrations start: a first tear in Indonesia's thin fabric of stability? - By Max Lane

• Sexual violence, workplace discrimination dominate Indonesian IWD rallies - By James Balowski
• IWD in Indonesia: A struggle for liberation - By Zely Ariane
• Indonesian faces jail for saying 'God does not exist' on Facebook - By James Balowski
• Punks become latest victim of Aceh's abusive Shariah laws - By James Balowski
• Defend Tamils threatened with deportation - By Andrew Martin

• Don't Deport Tamils to Danger - By Andrew Martin
• Fight against Greed in Papua - By Setyo Budi
• Indonesia: Strikes and protests as discontent rises - By Max Lane
• Philippine Airlines workers continue struggle, support Qantas staff - By Ben Reid
• Monsanto's crimes unpunished! - By John Percy

Number 36 - October-November 2011

• Indonesia's crisis of leadership - By Max Lane
• Indonesian feminists: 'Don't blame the victim!' - By Vivi Widyawati and Zely Ariane
• Philippine Airlines workers fight retrenchment - By Ben Reid

• Jakarta protest over rape statements: don't blame the victim! - By Max Lane
• Currents undermining Indonesian political stability - By Max Lane
• I am here to give solidarity, not as a provocateur - By Paulus Suryanta Ginting
• Timorese socialism today - By Max Lane
• International conference spurs fight for Agent Orange justice - By Hamish Chitts
• The fight for Agent Orange justice in Australia
• Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin: 'Agent Orange in Vietnam was a crime against humanity'

• Malaysia: Socialists at forefront of changing politics - By Max Lane
• Malaysia deal guarantees more refugee misery - By Jon Lamb
• Indonesia's democratic struggle and the fight for socialism - By Zely Ariane
• China's road to capitalist restoration a rocky one for workers - By Doug Lorimer
• Indonesian children in Australian prisons - By Andrew Martin
• Troops out of Afghanistan

• Singapore election shows the times they are a-changing - By Kirat Kaur
• Behind the fighting on the Thai-Cambodian border - By an observer in Phnom Penh
• Motion on Philippine Airlines dispute
• Thousands rally across Indonesia on May Day - By James Balowski
• Agent Orange Justice launched in Sydney - By John Percy
• 'Millions continue to suffer' - Speech at launch of AOJ-AVSN

• Economic challenges on Vietnam’s road to socialism - By Hamish Chitts

• Indonesian government blamed for religious violence - By James Balowski
• Indonesian women struggle against poverty, discrimination and exploitation - Zely Ariane
• Philippines Labor Party sets example of union leadership - By Sam King
• Labor continues to push off-shore asylum processing regime - By Kerry Vernon

• Fighting for women's rights in Indonesia - By Zoe Kenny
• Indonesia: 100 years of women's struggle for liberation - Perempuan Mahardhika Statement
• Vietnam reviews course of socialist construction - By Hamish Chitts

• Letter from Jakarta: Amin's death - By Max Lane
• Australian government complicit in persecution of Sri Lankan Tamils - By Andrew Martin
• US aggression continues against North Korea - By Bayardo Rodrieguiz

Number 28 - November-December 2010

Indonesian workers struggle for basic rights - By Zoe Kenny

Indonesian president's six years of failure - By Zoe Kenny

Merapi disaster: when the government fails, the people must act

Burmese military regime organises fraudulent election - By Win Padauk Wah Han

Action needed on Agent Orange - By John Percy

Philippine Airlines dispute tests government's labour policy - By Ben Reid

Asia Solidarity website: A gold mine of information on struggles - By Max Lane

Indonesian rights groups call for truth about murder of Munir - By James Balowski

Indonesia: where do we go from here? - By Zely Ariane

Indonesian rightists try to stop LGBT film festival - JNPM Statement

Indonesian left group launches revamped English language website - By Max Lane

Indian left takes steps towards realignment - By Dipankar Bhattacharya

Vietnam's long fight for liberation and socialism - By Hamish Chitts

US restores military ties with Indonesia's Kopassus killers - By James Balowski

Electricity rate hikes unite Indonesian opposition - By Vivi Widyawati

Struggle for land rights in Yogyakarta - By Zoe Kenny

Burmese military sets date for sham elections - By Myo Nyunt and Win Padauk Wah Han

Flood-hit Pakistan should stop foreign debt payments - By Farooq Tariq

Wikileaks exposes the real terrorists in Afghanistan - By Nick Everett

South People's Solidarity Network conference - By Vivi Widyawati

Vietnam's Independence Day - By John Percy

Indonesian press, freedom of expression under attack - By James Balowski

Indonesia: New left-wing trade union federation established - By Dian Trisnanti

Agent Orange: US still attacking the people of Vietnam 35 years on - By Hamish Chitts

A Call to Action on Orange Day (August 10, 2010)

Afghanistan war: Let the refugees in! - By Kerry Vernon

Indonesian workers demonstrate on May Day - By James Balowski

Thailand: a bloodbath and afterwards? - By Danielle Sabai

Australian oil company bullies East Timor - By Jon Lamb

Indonesia's January 28 protest actions: Political limitations and potential

Australian mining companies displace thousands of Indonesians - By Sam King

Merak asylum seekers call for just solution to their plight

Book bannings spur Indonesia's struggle for political liberty - By Max Lane

Abdurrahman Wahid: contradictions of an unsuccessful demo - By Max Lane

Burma's generals prepare rigged election - By Hamish Chitts

Rudd ignores war crimes to boost ties with Sri Lanka - By Sam King

Number 18 - December 2009

• New left-wing political organisation formed in Papua - By Hendrik Sorandanya
• East Timor: hydrocarbons, invasions and independence - By Jon Lamb

Outsourcing occupation - By Hamish Chitts

• Street protests greet Yudhoyono's inauguration - By James Balowski
• Indonesian leftist makes Australian speaking tour - By James Crafti
• Agent Orange in Vietnam: Ignoring the crimes before our eyes - By Dave Lindorff

• Indonesia: 'Oppositionists' seek cabinet posts - By Max Lane
• Howard's new lies on East Timor - By Jon Lamb
• Afghanistan occupation quagmire enters ninth year - By Hamish Chitts
• India teeters on the brink of food crisis - By Sukanta Mandal

• Women's liberation and the struggle for socialist politics in Indonesia - By Sam King
• Jusuf Isak (1928-2009): Indonesian socialist journalist and publisher - By Max Lane
• TW.S. Rendra (1935-2009): Dissident in the wind - By Max Lane
• Vietnam: How 'state capitalism' misleads Australian socialists - By Allen Myers

• No surprises in Indonesian presidential election - By Max Lane
• The Indonesian left and Green Left Weekly - By Max Lane
• Ten years since East Timor's vote for freedom - By Jon Lamb
• Crisis in Nepal's capitalist democracy - By Ray Fulcher

• Anti-neoliberal demagogy fails to enliven Indonesian election - By Max Lane
• Afghanistan: Karzai builds warlord alliance - By Hamish Chitts

• Little voter enthusiasm for Indonesian presidential candidates - By Max Lane
• Still waiting for justice in East Timor - By Jon Lamb
• Australian death squads in Afghanistan - By Hamish Chitts
• Sri Lankan Army massacres Tamil civilians - By Kerry Vernon
• Escalating US proxy war in Pakistan - By Ray Fulcher

• Sri Lanka's rulers seek 'final solution' to Tamil resistance - By Kerry Vernon
• Indonesian elections put militarists into the game - By Max Lane

• Afghanistan: Rudd endorses Obama’s war surge - By Hamish Chitts
• Indonesian election campaigns get off to a limp start - By Max Lane
• The Philippines left today - By Max Lane

• Gap between elite and people widens as Indonesian elections approach - By Max Lane
• Papernas leaders sow illusions of radical change through the ballot box - By Zely Ariane
• Where is East Timor heading? - By Jon Lamb
• Labor tiptoes around sending more troops to Afghanistan - By Hamish Chitts

• Thai socialist threatened with jail - By Allen Myers
• Why the US is losing the war in Afghanistan - By Nick Everett

Number 7 - November 2008

• Malaysian socialists host international conference - By Hamish Chitts
• Upturn in Indonesian workers' struggle - By Sam King
• Cambodia and Vietnam: Different endings to US war - By Allen Myers

• 9/11 and the imperial adventure in Afghanistan - By Larry Everest
• Washington escalates Pakistan's civil war - By Linda Waldron

• CPI (ML) builds stronger party in India - By John Percy

• Ten years after Suharto, Indonesians fight 'democratic' neocolonialism - By Sam King

• East Timorese still waiting for justice - By Jon Lamb
• 20,000 Indonesian farmers take on Australian mining company
• Burma’s long struggle for democracy - By Jon Lamb
• Unfinished Nation: Indonesia before and after Suharto - Reviewed by Nick Everett

• New Indonesian alliance fights fuel price rises - By Max Lane
• Another advance for Malaysia’s socialists - By Max Lane
• Revolutionary eye on Pakistan: Interview with Farooq Tariq - By Linda Waldron and Ray Fulcher

• Left collaboration growing in Indonesia - By Max Lane
• New Asia-Pacific solidarity website launched - By Doug Lorimer
• The struggle for a 'political alternative of the poor' in Indonesia - By Zely Ariane
• Slowly, justice approaches for Khmer Rouge killers - Helen Jarvis