PERTH — WA's State School Teachers Union (SSTU) has been locked in a fierce battle with the Court Liberal government since December 1994. It has conducted strikes and work bans, held mass rallies and has been threatened with deregistration. JULIA
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By Lisa Macdonald On August 29 the World Bank and the Papua New Guinea government finalised a structural adjustment loan. In return for agreeing to adopt a series of rigid economic reforms — a structural adjustment program (SAP) — PNG will
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Fiesta '95, the migrant fiesta held annually here, is set for Sunday November 5 at Musgrave Park, South Brisbane. According to fiesta organiser Penny Glass, this year's event will be based on a "return to the community."
By James Balowski Over the last 18 months, Indonesia's repressive press laws have been used to ban leading newspapers and jail independent press activists. While this type of "information control" is commonly practiced by repressive regimes, the
Castro: Democratise the UN Cuban President Fidel Castro addressed the XI Summit of the Non-aligned Movement at Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on October 18. Below is an abridged version of his speech. Our reason d'etre may have sustained changes but
LUIS O. GALVEZ TAUPIER, director of Cuban Institute for the Research of Sugar Cane By-products (ICIDCA) and member of the national parliament and the central committee of the Cuban Communist Party, was in Sydney recently where he was interviewed for
By Lisa Macdonald In an unprecedented coalition, 20 leaders of the Anglican, Uniting and Catholic churches sent a letter on October 22 calling on the Labor Party and the Coalition to end logging of Australia's old growth forests. The open letter
By Lisa Macdonald The results of the Berlin City Parliament and Berlin Borough Councils elections held on October 22 mark a significant shift to the left in German politics. Despite a concerted smear campaign by the right wing which attempted to
By Susan Price GEELONG — John Pilger, renowned journalist, author and film-maker, gave the Edward Wilson Memorial Lecture in Geelong on October 26, to an auditorium of over 400 people. Pilger gave an engaging talk on the history and development of
Fate of a Free People: A Radical Re-examination of the Tasmanian WarsBy Henry ReynoldsPenguin, 1995 $16.95 (pb)Reviewed by Chris Martin With his new book Fate of a Free People, author and historian Henry Reynolds makes a solid addition to his
High school students take action against nuclear tests In the week leading up to the third underground nuclear test exploded on October 28 at Moruroa atoll, high school students across Australia were busy organising actions to show their opposition,
By John Percy The Communist Party of Australia experienced its most rapid growth in the years 1930-1934, going from 300 to 3000 members. The misery and desperation of the depression years, with up to one third of the work force unemployed, pushed
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