Gerard Hopkins
Ireland and violence
Irish Republicans take no satisfaction in tragedies like that which occurred on the Shankill Road on October 23. No matter how many times we reiterate that statement, it will fall on deaf ears. Every
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Amazon peoples take Texaco to court
By Penny Saunders
QUITO — Representatives of several groups of indigenous peoples from the Ecuadorian Amazon region left for New York on November 3 to begin court action against the US oil company
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — For Russian trade unions, the coup d'etat launched and consolidated by President Boris Yeltsin between September 21 and October 4 dramatically increased the difficulties of defending jobs, wages, social benefits and
By Desmond Dawson
Last April the federal government commissioned the Wool Industry Review Committee on sloppy terms of reference; the August reply has been accepted by government, the Australian Wool Industry Commission and, with reservations,
On October 26, Green Left Weekly in Canberra sponsored a forum for all candidates in the current Public Sector Union elections. The following letter was sent in reply to that invitation by PSU Alliance candidate Ross Campbell. Greg Adamson from PSU
By Adam Hanieh
Until now there hasn't been much you can do with a TV: you either sit and watch it, or you turn it off. This is all about to change. Telecommunications is undergoing the most dramatic changes in its history, and the corporate
By John Nebauer
BRISBANE — The death in custody of an 18-year-old youth has sent waves of anger through the Aboriginal community and has raised serious questions about police harassment of Aborigines.
Daniel Yock died in custody on the
By Debbie Brennan
The New South Wales Asbestos Ex-Miners Aboriginal Corporation has waged a five-year fight to take James Hardie Industries to court with a community-based compensation claim for asbestos-related diseases and death. It is now
Hospital workers resist contracting
By Roberto Jorquera
MELBOURNE — Health Services Union (HSUA) members at the Austin Hospital voted on November 11 to "commence a campaign of industrial action" until the hospital management agreed to a
By Reihana Mohideen
MANILA — SANLAKAS (People's Solidarity for Democracy and Freedom), a broad coalition of organisations campaigning for national freedom and democracy, held its inaugural convention here on October 29.
The coalition is
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