By Jonathan Singer
Federal ALP "policy development" and "rethinking" on welfare shows that the party intends to defend and extend the policy it carried out before the Coalition government was elected in 1996. In a speech to the Evatt Foundation on
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By Norm Dixon
The Fiji Labour Party (FLP), the key partner in Fiji's coalition government deposed almost 12 years ago in a military coup led by Sitiveni Rabuka, scored a big win in Fiji's May 8-15 general election. For the first time, voting was
WA forest campaign goes national
By Jonathan Singer
Following the signing of the Western Australian regional forest agreement (RFA) on May 4, Bunnings hardware stores in Melbourne have been targeted by environmentalists. Actions at the shops,
Stop press: the rich get richer
The London Independent on May 17 reported that the world's richest people are richer than was thought and are getting a lot richer every day.
According to the World Wealth Report by investment bank Merrill Lynch
Churches and solidarity groups demand a free East Timor
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — On May 20, the last of a series of Free East Timor pickets organised by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) was held outside the Indonesian
Colombian revolutionaries protect the people
By Raul and Sulema Cienfuegos
SAN VICENTE DEL CAGUAN, "Liberated Zone", Colombia — The Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) was formed on May 27, 1964, in response to the
By Sean Healy
Two events in May have dealt a blow to forces in the student movement who want to substitute the actions of a hyper-militant minority for the actions of the mass of students. The first occurred at Sydney University on May 5. One
Italian communists' congress confirms left course
By Livio Maitan
ROME — Since its foundation in 1991, Italy's Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) has had a turbulent history. Only two of its seven initial leaders, Bianca Braccitorsi and
Kosovars' rights
At a May 6 Melbourne meeting of the newly formed Coalition to Stop the Bombing, we were outraged to find ourselves alone in arguing for the need to support Kosovar self-determination. Representatives from Committee for
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — After what has happened to thousands of Albanians in Kosova, it is hard to argue that the West has helped them. Washington can put on a brave face while declaring that they anticipated everything and that the
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