LONDON — 1992 marked the closing of one chapter and the opening of another in European politics. The former, developing from the early '80s, reached its pinnacle in 1989 with the collapse of walls and
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"A major new effort to develop jobs which protect the environment", was how the January 18 joint statement by the Australian Council of Trade Unions and the Australian Conservation Foundation described their joint Green Jobs
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SYDNEY — The Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance Activist Education conference, held here January 2-6, attracted 275 people from around Australia and overseas. Under the banner "Socialism Now More Than Ever",
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LONDON — As Prime Minister John Major celebrates two years in number 10 Downing Street, his government is beset by recurring crises. Not the least of these is an economy plunging towards depression, with the government doing
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Socialist campaign launchedSYDNEY — The Democratic Socialist Electoral League 1993 federal election campaign was launched here on January 3 with a panel of candidates outlining some of the basic issues central to
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LONDON — Shattered glass underfoot, the muffled explosion of another car igniting, the sound of running feet, the smashing of a Molotov cocktail; more fire; shouts and the smell of fear; the baton charge. Next night, the same.
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PERTH — No longer on the fringes of Scottish politics the Scottish National Party, is projecting itself as a party preparing for government. The SNP is a party that takes its task and itself seriously, and is gaining in influence
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LONDON — English Heritage is set to hive off half of its ancient monuments and properties and sack 25% of its workforce in a move prompted by the Tory government. In three years time all remaining 300 Heritage craftspersons will go
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LONDON — "It is a serious national evil that any class of His Majesty's subjects should receive less than a living wage in return for their utmost exertions." So said Winston Churchill on introducing wages councils in 1909.
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More Britons face hardshipLONDON — The sign outside the church proclaims: "Only Jesus saves". This is a lamentable truth in Britain today: no-one else can afford to. Recent statistics highlight the depth of misery in the
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Mass rally for miners and jobsLONDON — Up to 250,000 people from around Britain marched through central London in appalling weather on Sunday, October 25, to show their anger at continuing job cuts and in particular the
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"There is not a little bit of cancer or a little bit of malnutrition or a little bit of death or a little bit of social injustice or a little bit of torture. It does not help us in any way if we begin accepting lower and safer