By James Vassilopoulos
People Against Rio Tinto Zinc and Subsidiaries (PARTiZANS) publish a newsletter of the same name. The latest issue contains much useful information. PARTiZANS is the group which produced the book Plunder, detailing the
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By David Bacon
TIJUANA, Baja California — Norberto Cordoba sacrificed his job, trying to end conditions in his factory so dangerous he was afraid someone would die. Cordoba was employed at the Han Young plant in Tijuana, making truck chassis and
Green Left Weekly is very proud to be involved in the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference to be held in Sydney on the Easter weekend, April 10-13. The conference will bring together 66 international guests from many parts of the world.
From its
JAKARTA — From left to right: Jacob (Free West Papua movement, sentenced to 17 years jail); Wimandjaya (on trial for assisting in the publication of banned booklet); Nuku Suleiman (Pijar, sentenced to five years jail); Bungkus (Indonesian Communist
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — On the morning of March 23, no-one in Moscow was expecting anything special to happen. But at 11 o'clock, radio and television reported that President Boris Yeltsin, after meeting with Prime Minister Victor
By Norm Dixon
Soon after US President Bill Clinton departed from the tiny Ugandan town of Mukono, a poor peasant named Paladi surveyed his shattered two-room house and his meagre possessions strewn about the chook yard. A huge wind caused by the US
Thousands mobilise to defend sub-alpine wilderness
By Tony Iltis
KOOPAROONA NIARA, Tasmania — Driving to Kooparoona Niara through the spectacular sub-alpine landscape of the Great Western Tiers reinforces the realisation that making the
By Malik Miah
SAN FRANCISCO — Congressional outrage. Anger from human rights activists. Protests from democratic forces inside Indonesia. That has been the response to the revelation that the Pentagon continues to train Suharto's notorious army.
By Bill Mason
Hospitality workers will keep their penalty rates for after-hours, weekend and holiday work following a landmark decision by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission on March 27. The AIR dismissed an application by the
Painful times
By Brandon Astor Jones
WITH 1 OF 4 AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES IN PRISONWhen times are painful and surely at their worstMany sisters and brothers outside, from us, hide undergroundBehind fame especially when we most, for them,
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