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Widespread oppression of women workers in Indonesia

Widespread oppression of women workers in Indonesia By Becky Ellis The rapid development of export industries in Indonesia since the 1970s has significantly increased women's participation in the industrial work force. Indonesian women are

Eighty years later, Russians want socialism

Eighty years later, Russians want socialism By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Eighty years ago, on November 7, Petrograd workers and soldiers under the leadership of the Bolshevik Party swept into oblivion a government whose continued

'Who wants to live near a nuclear dump?'

'Who wants to live near a nuclear dump?' By Andy Gianniotis SYDNEY — More than 150 people crammed into the Sutherland Shire council chambers on November 10 for a special meeting of the shire's environment and health committee. The meeting

The power of words to destroy

TranslationsBy Brian FrielNew Theatre, Sydney, until 20 December Review by Brendan Doyle Set in 1833 in the Irish-speaking rural community of Baile Beag in County Donegal, this fine play tells the story of what happens when a foreign power (the

Feminists discuss how to fight back

Feminists discuss how to fight back By Zanny Begg BRISBANE — Thirty women attended a meeting of the International Women's Day Collective on November 10 to hear several speakers and to formulate demands for the 1998 IWD rally. Shannon

Construction in Progress comes to Melbourne

Construction in Progress comes to Melbourne Melbourne will host Construction in Progress VI — The Bridge next March. The project, initiated by the International Artists' Museum, is an event of international significance in which some 90

Pastoralist speaks in favour of native title

By Nikki Ulasowski CANBERRA — On November 14, 65 people attended a meeting to discuss native title organised by the YWCA. The meeting was addressed by Camilla Cowley and Sean Brennan. Cowley is a Queensland pastoralist who has a native title

UN resolution backs end to US blockade of Cuba

UN resolution backs end to US blockade of Cuba By Deepa Fernandes HAVANA — For the sixth time in six years, the United Nations General Assembly on November 5 overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for the end to Washington's more than

Howard's policies: 'worst attack on the environment in 30 years'

Dr TIM DOYLE is a founding member of the Environment Institute of Australia, founding president of the Ecopolitics Society, a founding member and current secretary of the Ecopolitical Association of Australasia and a member of the Political Studies

Protests against forest agreement

Protests against forest agreement By Tony Iltis HOBART — The signing of the Tasmanian Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) on November 8 provoked a week of angry protests by environmentalists. The RFA gives $70 million to the logging industry;

Debate on post-Kernot politics

Debate on post-Kernot politics BRISBANE — Thirty people gathered at the Resistance Centre on October 29 to hear a discussion about how to build a progressive alternative to the two-party system in the wake of Cheryl Kernot's defection to the

Exposing the myth that migrants take 'our' jobs

Exposing the myth that migrants take 'our' jobs By Chris Slee The idea that immigration contributes to unemployment is very widespread. Pauline Hanson blames migrants for unemployment (along with crime, drugs, disease and just about every