By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — If you hadn't had a pay packet in months, would you be holding off from protest action in order to avoid embarrassing the ruling authorities before the next elections? Probably not, and workers in Russia aren't doing so
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By Norm Dixon
The African National Congress narrowed the gap between it and the National Party in the Western Cape local elections held May 29. Despite the ANC gains, the NP's continuing support from members of Cape Town's predominantly
By Lisa Macdonald
The Students and Sustainability conference will be held in one of the environment movement's earliest home bases this year. From July 1 to 5, Lismore in northern NSW, will be hosting the national gathering of environmentalists,
By Graham Matthews and Karen Fletcher
On May 5, 1996, the people of the east German states of Brandenburg and Berlin soundly rejected by referendum a treaty to unify those two states. The treaty was defeated even though almost every major party
By James Hutchings
SYDNEY — About 350 people turned out to a street party, held in the plaza near the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre on Saturday, May 25, to protest against the "yuppification" of Newtown. The event was organised by the Newtown
Jeff Kennett's private prison industry
By Ben Alterman
CASTLEMAINE — With a minimum of publicity or questioning about the tendering process, the Liberal Kennett government has implemented its plans for the widespread privatisation of the
By Sean Healy
Talks supposedly aimed at delivering peace in northern Ireland began on June 10. Initially supposed to be genuinely all party, the talks have been threatened by the British government's refusal to allow representatives of the
By Arun Pradhan
PERTH — A National Union of Students (NUS) state executive meeting on June 14 voted to slash $2500 from the NUS West women's campaign budget. The meeting was attended by 20 students who opposed the move because it would mean a
If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?By Cynthia HeimelPicador, 181 pp., $14.95 (pb)Reviewed by Dave Riley It's true that the US of A isn't short of columnists. Name your preference, and there is sure to be some self-righteous wag claiming a few column
[The following is the text of a petition, addressed to the governor of the US state of Georgia and initiated by Amnesty International in Germany. It should be sent to: The Honorable Zell Miller, Governor of Georgia, 203 State Capitol, Atlanta, GA,
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