By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — After eight months in prison, Russian anti-nuclear activist Aleksandr Nikitin has now had formal charges brought against him. On October 2, the Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that it had completed its
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On October 9, the Suharto dictatorship began the trials of 60 people arrested during rioting in Jakarta on July 27. At least another 60 are due to be put on trial shortly, along with 24 leaders and members of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and
Fear strikes Kiev as Chernobyl heats up
MOSCOW — In the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, the scenes recalled those during April 1986, when rumours were flying of a massive accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, 100 kilometres to the north.
By Francisco T. Sobrino
BUENOS AIRES — In some provinces, the economic and social deterioration of life has pushed workers to resist and fight. Carlos Ménem's government has replied with harsh repression. Around the country, there are more
Good housekeepers, unite!
"Labour will be the party of sound finance and good housekeeping." — British Labour Party leader Tony Blair, summoning the faithful to electoral battle.
Doing things
"A number of examples have come to my attention
BRISBANE — ERROL O'NEILL is well known in theatre circles here. As well as being an actor, he has established himself as a playwright for main stage theatre. After working with the well-known touring company Popular Theatre Troupe until its demise
Tasrail threatened
By Natalie Woodlock
HOBART — The federal government has recommended handing the management of Tasmania's railway system back to the state government, raising the prospect of part-privatisation and more than 200 job losses.
By Paul Howes
SYDNEY — The recently formed United Secondary Students Union of NSW is calling on high school students across Sydney to walk out of school on October 22 to protest against the state government's "street safety" legislation. The
The Controversy of Zion: How Zionism tried to Resolve the Jewish QuestionBy Geoffrey WheatcroftSinclair-Stevenson, 1996. 396 pp., $39.95 (hb)Reviewed by Phil Shannon Israel is at the heart of Zionist politics, but the attempt to realise Jewish
By Peter Boyle
Australian Labor Party in governments in the 1980s and 1990s — state or federal — were decidedly conservative. Like all other old social democratic parties, the ALP has moved to the right and adopted the capitalists' neo-liberal
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