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Campaign to Free Vanunu launched

Campaign to Free Vanunu launched By Linda Kaucher SYDNEY — An Australian campaign to free Mordechai Vanunu, the Israeli anti-nuclear whistle-blower, was launched here last week. Vanunu was kidnapped from Italy, convicted of treason in a

Disappointment at ANC budget

By Norm Dixon The African National Congress (ANC) government's 1997-98 budget has disappointed its working-class supporters with its emphasis on cutting government spending and its unwillingness to begin the massive redistribution of wealth

The man Suharto finds 'intolerable'

By James Balowski In a statement released by Human Rights Watch/Asia dated March 10, executive director Sidney Jones described Sri Bintang Pamungkas as "a man the president finds intolerable". Jones went on to say: "He's everything that good

Solidarity with students in East Timor

Solidarity with students in East Timor By Minh Tan MELBOURNE — Last month I travelled to East Timor as part of a six-member student delegation, which had the support of the National Union of Students, solidarity groups and East Timorese

Macquarie students organise against cuts

Macquarie students organise against cuts By Lachlan Malloch More than 200 Macquarie University students at a general student meeting on March 18 voted to condemn proposals to charge fees for basic services. Planned fees include $25 to have

Totally rocked by women's bands

Totally rocked by women's bands By Corinne Glenn PERTH — "Totally Frocked" on March 15 was a special night for West Australian women in rock. Sixteen performances by woman-fronted or all-women bands were held in three rooms at the

Homeless Aborigines take to the streets

Homeless Aborigines take to the streets By Bill Day DARWIN — Homeless Aboriginal people in Darwin have grown impatient with NT government inaction. Since the chief minister has called the chairperson of the Northern Land Council,

Russian unions begin to fight back

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Driven by increasing rank and file ferment, Russia's trade union bodies have united around a call for a day of work stoppages and demonstrations to force the government and employers to pay spiralling wage debts. Set

Clinton: more arms to Indonesia

Clinton: more arms to Indonesia By Jon Lamb A report recently released in the United States exposes the myth that the Clinton administration has become tougher on the Suharto regime over human rights abuses in Indonesia and East Timor. In

Korea: the unfinished revolution

By Gim Joong-gen In the aftermath of counter-revolution and the 1950-53 war, southern Korea was subjected to massive anticommunist scare campaigns, fervent indoctrination of citizens from childhood and a distorted official history to shore up

Write on: letters to the editor

Unionism in the public service The feature on "Reith's 'compete or perish' plan for the public service" (GLW #264) was spot on in its analysis of the current agenda of both the Howard government and APS management. Many CPSU members see the

and ain't i a woman?: What's in a name?

and ain't i a woman?: What's in a name? Geek girls, tank girls, net chicks, guerilla girls ... these are the new labels for women who, in this "post-feminist era" are self-confident, assertive and independent enough to "do it for themselves".