By Chris Perkins WOLLONGONG — Throughout the Illawarra region, an estimated 50,000 workers took part in protests against the Greiner government's Industrial Relations Bill on September 17. Participants included public sector, health and welfare
29
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — It was, one of the participants remarked, like a bizarre flashback to the early days of the Russian democratic movement in 1988. Opposite the city soviet building, beneath the outstretched arm of the equestrian statue
Nicky Pirro BRIBIE ISLAND — Before the Labor Party came to power at the last state election, voters were promised that an ALP victory would stop proposals to establish a low-level radioactive dump at Redbank Plains. After the election, the
Cuban women to tour By Bernie Brian A delegation of Cuban women will be visiting Australia from October 18 to November 9. Nieves Alemany is a primary school teacher, a member of the National Secretariat of the Cuban Federation of Women, a
By Michele Lee On August 28, the village of Kijevo (population 1000), a Croat enclave in the middle of the so-called Serb Autonomous Region of Krajina, ceased to exist, having been razed to the ground by the Yugoslav army deploying aircraft, tanks
Greens and pacifism Marit Hegge (GLW #27) contrasts a "green Green" with a "socialist Green" party, one of the contrasts being the status of non-violence as a Green principle. Some socialists have, as Marit says, adopted, from expediency, the
By Norm Dixon Cuba has demanded that the United States government close the Guantánamo Naval Base. The base, opened in 1903, was imposed on Cuba after US troops occupied the island during war with Spain in 1898. There are growing fears
By Neville Spencer An insight into living conditions in Nicaragua after more than a year of the right-wing UNO government was provided at a recent forum in Sydney by Cathy Anderton and George Chambers, who have been living in Nicaragua since the
By Peter Annear PRAGUE — Among all the countries of Eastern Europe, Czechoslovakia has been regarded as the most likely to succeed in the transition to a market economy. Its economy is stronger than others and it is not troubled by a massive
By Norm Dixon The United Nations General Assembly, which convened on September 17, has been asked to put on its agenda the US government's end crippling 30-year economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba. The agenda will be
By Nigel D'Souza The recent storm in a teacup caused by the remarks of minister for the environment Ros Kelly were the first publicly fired shots in the internal debate within the parliamentary ALP about "new federalism". Although this process,
Update on the New World Order Remember the peace and security that were supposed to be brought about by George Bush's New World Order (plus the "death of communism")? In the last few days, two series of events have demonstrated in practice what
- Page 1
- Next page