By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's prisoners again must embark on a campaign of mass action to win their right to vote, Golden Miles Bhudu of the South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) told Green Left Weekly.
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By Kath Gelber
On 18 April Justice Newman of the NSW Supreme Court handed down a judgment which has ramifications Australia-wide. In it, he confirmed that abortion remains illegal in NSW.
Abortion is, in fact, illegal in every state except
By Alex Harmoko in Jakarta
and Max Lane
Tension has spread in Jakarta in the wake of six days of demonstrations and rioting by angry factory workers from the industrial estates around Sumatra's largest city, Medan. In Jakarta, rumours spread
Melbourne rally in solidarity
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — The national day of action against black deaths in custody on April 20 was marked here with a rally at the Queensland government travel centre. More than 100 people gathered to express
'Dear Abby'
By Brandon Astor Jones
While reading one of the USA's most widely read advice columns, I came across a piece entitled "Guidelines for Men." The contents made me happy and sad, both at once. At age 51, I, like most men who have
By Bernie Brian
DARWIN — Hundreds of Aboriginal people and their supporters gathered on April 15 at Raintree Park to protest against moves by the Northern Territory government to withdraw funding from the Danila Dilba Aboriginal Medical
Hospital sales
Mr John Hatton, Independent for the South Coast has tabled a bill titled "Privatisation of Core Government Services 1994".
The object of the Bill is to require the holding of a referendum to determine whether the people
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — One of the things that doesn't vary much from country to country is the speeches record company executives make at album launches. There they stand amongst the music journalists and photographers and musicians,
Grosby workers demand jobs
By Ray Fulcher and Rachel Evans
MANILA — A picket of workers retrenched by the Australian-owned company Grosby GTP Footwear has been encamped outside the factory in southern Manila since losing their jobs on
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Chris White, assistant secretary of the United Trades and Labour Council, has expressed concern at the dramatically increased powers of the industrial relations minister under a bill currently before state
Jervis Bay victory
By Jon Land
The federal government announced on April 20 that it will not go ahead with plans to relocate the East Coast Armament Complex (ECAC) at Jervis Bay on the NSW south coast. The state government has also proposed
By Tyrion Perkins
SYDNEY — "Resource Security Sucks" read the banner over a demonstration against the state government's proposed Timber Industry (Interim Protection) Amendment Bill. About 200 people attended the demonstration, organised by
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