We received the following e-mail message from a South Korean worker on January 13: "Many of my friends fight the labour law. One man is dead. We need your help. Today socialism is illegal in South Korea. We need international friends. Help!".
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Chilean political prisoners rescued
By Lara Pullin
The mass media in Chile have called it "the escape of the century". On December 30, after a daring helicopter flight by a kidnapped police officer, activists armed with M-16s landed in the
Sparring PartnerWritten and Directed by Bogdan KocaPlaying until February 2, Pilgrim Theatre, Sydney as part of the Sydney Festival Review by Anne O'Callaghan
Sparring Partner, says writer and director Bogdan Koca, "exists within its own structures
@columhead = It worked for Howard
"The NSW Coalition plans to keep its policies hidden from voters until the last month before the 1999 State election ..." — Sydney Morning Herald, January 20.
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"We thought
By James D. Thompson
Sudan's rebel forces are on the offensive and are reported to have seized large areas in the eastern part of the country. Their success may be due in part to covert backing from the United States government, which has its own
DSS unionists vote on agency campaign
By Bill Mason
Union members in the Department of Social Security around the country have been holding meetings to discuss the way forward in their campaign to protect public service jobs and conditions in the
Direct actions to halt logging
By John Fraser
MELBOURNE — One of the most biologically significant forests in the world is being irreparably destroyed this summer.
Along with places like the Amazon and Sarawak, the ancient forests of East
To counter government and big business lies over the ramifications of the Wik judgment — all faithfully reported by the mainstream media — Green Left Weekly has summarised the view of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission,
BHP could profitably keep its Newcastle steelworks open, according to ROY GREEN of the Employment Studies Centre at Newcastle University. Green Left Weekly's ANDREW TSIREPAS and ALEX BAINBRIDGE spoke to him about the implications of BHP's claims that
Punishments that don't fit the crime
By Justin Harman
PERTH — On January 22, Western Australian taxi drivers held a picket outside parliament demanding longer and harsher sentences for people convicted of crime. What it lacked in numbers, it
New albums
RiveresqueWeddings, Parties, AnythingMushroom RecordsWhirligigThings of Stone and WoodShockReviewed by Marcus Greville Weddings, Parties, Anything have, in traditional Weddos style, produced another strong folky album full of emotion and
The Herbal BedBy Peter WhelanDirected by Marion PottsSydney Theatre CompanyWharf Theatre until March 8 Review by Helen Jarvis
Using fragments from the historical record, British playwright Peter Whelan has woven a well-crafted tale of moral dilemma
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