By Süren Sündergaard
COPENHAGEN — After 36 hours of debate, the Danish parliament on May 7 passed a law to end to the 11-day private sector general strike. The minority government led by the Social Democratic Prime Minister Poul Nyrup
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A tale in two cities
Reviews by Conrad Barrett
Two films dealing with working-class alienation and its symptoms have just been released in major cinemas. One set in London, the other in suburban Australia, both deal with drugs, crime and violence
By Jon Land
The United States Department of Defence announced on May 8 that it was suspending the Joint Combined Exchange and Training (JCET) exercises held with the Indonesian armed forces. A department spokesperson said the suspension was not
Nationalise the wharves!
By Dick Nichols
Imagine that we have just woken up and all of Peter Reith's dreams
about waterfront reform have come true. How much do we average Australians
stand to gain from it all?
'Workers First is not about to disappear'
FRANK FAIRLEY joined the metalworkers' union in the early 1980s while employed at Containers Packaging in West Footscray. Unhappy with the union's inactivity at the workplace, Fairley and other workers
The following statement was issued from Jakarta by the national leadership committee of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) on May 14. It was translated for Green Left Weekly by James Balowski. Today, students and other people rose up in a mass
By Allen Myers
SYDNEY — Well over 200 people crammed into Gleebooks on the evening of May 12 to hear John Pilger read from his new book, Hidden Agendas, and to answer questions posed by ABC journalist Quentin Dempster. The discussion, like the
By Arun Pradhan
If we are to believe self-proclaimed "technology gurus", we have entered a realm where people swim in a sea of free information, interactive entertainment that is better than life and immediate communication with anyone, anywhere at
Canungra protesters on trial
BRISBANE — Protesters arrested last year at the Canungra Land Warfare Centre went on trial at the Brisbane Magistrates Courts on May 12. Sixteen people were arrested for trespass and refusing to obey a lawful
By Ben Reid
MELBOURNE — Trade unions have pledged to oppose construction of the Werribee toxic waste dump. The Australian Workers Union, whose members would build and operate the facility, has indicated that it may black-ban the dump. The
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