By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — On the night of August 25, unknown assailants fired more than 100 bullets into the country house of Yuri Gekht, a business leader and head of the Industrial Union faction of the Russian parliament. Gekht, who has
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The Greens and the budget
Just before Prime Minister Paul Keating flew off to Washington, he dismissed the attacks on his budget in the Senate as "sport" preventing him from governing in the national interest. But the Green and Democrat
Teacher unions call off industrial action
By Norrian Rundle
MELBOURNE — Despite a Saulwick Age poll showing 57% support for teacher strikes against further cuts to education, the two Victorian teacher unions called off their proposed
Secondary students strike
By Elle Morrell
MELBOURNE — Students from Epping Secondary organised a strike on September 7 against cuts to education. Amidst a sea of anti-Kennett and "No cuts to schools" placards, three-quarters of the school
Returned from a visit to Guatemala, ERIC EARLEY reports on the situation of that country's indigenous people.
The indigenous people of Guatemala and the Aborigines of Australia have many things in common. The colonial legacy in both countries is
Boycott Mitsubishi campaign
By Paul Woods
BRISBANE — The Boycott Mitsubishi Campaign to save the world's rainforests from destruction continued here on September 10 with banner drops at three consecutive overpasses of Brisbane's major
ADELAIDE — Alice, one of the protesters on trial from the Nurrungar demonstration at Easter, has been fined $125, plus $64 court costs and an additional $750 which are deemed to be "prosecution costs". The rest of the 32 cases have had their
The sounds of sexism
What does sexism sound like in America? Well, according to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), on audio tape, "... a gong sounds every 10 seconds for a woman being battered in the US, a whistle
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — In a world where only 1% of property is owned by women, there are very few places for women which are safe and accessible. For lesbians, the situation is even more bleak. But a group of Sydney women are about to change
By Julie Brown
PERTH— Greens (WA) Senators Dee Margetts and Christabel Chamarette declared on September 10 that, "As it stands, the federal budget is not one which anyone with a concern for social justice could support, and the government's
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