By Michael Karadjis
While the victory of the "new image" PASOK (Panhellenic Socialist Movement) of Costas Simitis in the September 22 elections confirmed and deepened Greeces capitalist integration into Europe and the Maastricht Treaty, the
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International news briefs
Worldwide attacks on unionists rise
Hundreds of trade union members were murdered and thousands of others injured or arrested across the world in 1995 according to a report released by the International Confederation of
By Philippa Stanford
According to Scientific American in 1994, between 20-50% of women in the world are physically abused. In the USA, a woman is beaten every 18 minutes and between 22-35% of visits to emergency rooms are for injuries caused by
By Roberto Jorquera
BRISBANE — Forty-five anti-racist activists met at the Metro Arts centre here on October 14. Meeting participants included Aboriginal pastor Reg Yates, representatives from the Chinese Forum, the Murri community, the
By Barry Healy
SYDNEY — In a major victory for local residents Waterloo incinerator will close on November 23. The announcement brings to a close 31 years of controversy about the plant. Waverley and Woollahra councils, the incinerators owners,
QLD Police assault concert
BRISBANE — On October 19, police brutally cleared the crowd from a 4ZZZ fundraising concert in Musgrave Park. "The police, some on horseback and others equipped with riot gear and batons and shields, began picking off
Green Left Weekly's MAX LANE interviewed JOSE RAMOS HORTA after Horta, along with Bishop Carlos Belo, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Question: What impact will the award of the Nobel Peace Prize have?
First of all, the Nobel Peace Prize has
Picket against Telstra sell-off
BRISBANE — Members of the Community and Public Sector Union gathered in the mall on October 16 to protest the Howard government's plans to privatise Telstra and slash 23,000 jobs. The unionists picketed a Telstra
Towards a Sustainable Economy: The need for fundamental changeBy Ted TrainerEnvironbook, 1996. 182 pp., $24.95 (pb)Reviewed by Pip Hinman "Our most worrying global problems are directly due to an economy driven by market forces, the freedom of
and ain't i a woman?: Women and family law
In 1994, The Australian Law Reform Commission Report on Equality Before the Law: Women's Access to the Legal System was released. In 600 written and oral submissions, women documented their desperate
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