Protest at Iraqi embassy CANBERRA — Fifty angry protesters gathered outside the Iraqi embassy here on January 25, chanting "Long live political freedom! No to dictatorship! No to terror!" The demonstrators were cordoned off from the embassy, which
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By Peter Boyle SYDNEY — Democratic Socialist election team leader Max Lane has called on union militants and social movement activists to help get the "People before profits" message out during the federal election campaign. Lane — a leading
By Tom Flanagan DARWIN — East Timor activists believe that the charging of five protesters over the burning of Indonesian flags is politically motivated. The summonses were issued last week, more than a month after activists burned 20 Indonesian
By Norm Dixon The Pan Africanist Congress has been thrown into turmoil by the resignation of general secretary Maxwell Nemadzivhanani. The PAC, long considered South Africa's second most significant liberation movement after the African National
By Jennifer Thompson The January 23 Australian Industrial Relations Commission's decision on the dispute between Comalco and award workers at its bauxite mine and kaolin plant at Weipa received mixed reviews from workers and big business pundits.
By Rachael McGuin It is interesting to note the way the media can use the issue of empowerment of women as a forum for propaganda for free market liberalism. Women at the United Nations Non-Government Forum on Women, in China 1995, were voicing their
The Asbestos Time BombBy George WraggCatalyst Press, 1995, 81 pp., $12 (pb)Reviewed by Kim Linden Publicity about the harmful effects of asbestos reached its peak during the 1980s. Since then, the issue has slipped from public view. Asbestos-related
The pause that depresses "Confronted by a flagging global economy, G7 finance ministers ... described the current slowdown as a 'pause', and not a cause for concern." — Financial Review, January 22. Non-believable "I don't believe in rudeness. I
The Splendid Master Gnawa Musicians of MoroccoVerve through PolygramReviewed by Jenny Long This album, recorded in the La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh, explores the musical aspect of the Gnawa brotherhood of Islam, and the Gnawa's links with their
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