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Strike at National Bookstore By Ray Fulcher and Rachel Evans MANILA — Workers at the Philippines' largest book and stationery chain, the National Bookstore (NBS), have been on strike for over a month. Of the 1800 people employed in
By Jolyon Campbell MELBOURNE— Members of the Bosnian, Croatian, Albanian, Macedonian and other communities rallied here on Friday April 22 and Sunday the 24th to protest against the continuing atrocities of the Bosnian war and the failure of
By Ray Fulcher and Rachel Evans MANILA — 3000 leaders of urban poor communities in Metro Manila met on April 25 at Trinity College, Quezon City, to declare their unity in demanding full employment and decent housing. The meeting is the
NZ child-care scam exposed By Ian Powell WELLINGTON — Child-care has not been immune to the drive from the mid-1980s towards deregulation and privatisation in New Zealand. Private child-care facilities are able to receive government

The tradition of marking May Day as an international day of workers' struggle began in Australia as early as 1856 in the effort to win the eight-hour workday.

By Craig Cormick Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. In an effort to
By Frank Enright Unemployment is growing in all the advanced industrial countries despite several of these economies coming out of recession. In March, ministers from the Group of Seven (G-7), the most powerful industrial countries, met in
By Dave Wright MELBOURNE — 800 to 1000 students attended a march and rally on April 28 to protest against the Kennett Liberal government's introduction on Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) legislation. The Tertiary Education Amendment Bill
By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — At 9.50am on Sunday, April 24, central Johannesburg was rocked by a massive car bomb aimed at the African National Congress's national and regional headquarters. The blast was clearly audible from Green Left
This week Green Left Weekly devotes eight pages to reports and analysis of the historic first democratic election in South Africa. The eight pages will give you background, history and interviews that you won't read anywhere else. The victory of
Melbourne singer/songwriter Penelope Swayles, after blitzing the Adelaide Fringe Festival with the Melbourne Indi Women's Gang, is now on her first formal tour. One of Australia's best new political musicians promises east coast dwellers
By Tim E. Stewart DARWIN — With Northern Territory elections to be held later this year, the campaign against excessive military aircraft noise has become a hot issue for local politicians. Recent meetings of the Aircraft Noise Abatement