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AUSTRIA: Government on an anti-worker offensive

VIENNA — Austria's government — a coalition of the conservative People's Party (VP) and the extreme right-wing, racist Freedom Party (FP) — is showing its true colours. The FP managed to overtake the VP at last October's federal election by a

Pay rises: how they became a burden on workers

BY JONATHAN SINGER A payroll worker in the banking industry recently told me, "We're well-paid, but we're not paid for overtime. We work until the job's done." That's become a common experience over the 1990s. In the 1980s, real earnings fell but,

INDONESIA: Situation explosive as economic and political crisis deepens

INDONESIA: Situation explosive as economic and political crisis deepens The 10 years to 1998 was a decade of escalating mass protest in Indonesia, climaxing in the 1998 mobilisations of hundreds of thousands of people across the archipelago which

Protests grow against Gold Coast cableway

BY BILL MASON BRISBANE — Residents of Springbrook, in the Gold Coast hinterland, have vowed to fight tooth and nail against a proposed Naturelink tourist cableway in the region. Thirty of them protested outside a June 18 meeting attended by

Community workers demand 'quality services, quality pay'

Community workers demand 'quality services, quality pay' BY NICK EVERETT & TRISH CORCORAN SYDNEY — In the largest mobilisation of community and welfare workers in years, 1000 workers went on strike and marched through Sydney's central

Kosovars offer solidarity to indigenous struggle

Kosovars offer solidarity to indigenous struggle BY LESLIE WILLIAMS CANBERRA — A smoke ceremony was held by Aboriginal Tent Embassy activists here on June 23 to welcome members of the Kosova Freedom Network (KFN). The Kosova Freedom Embassy, a

The 'radical black edge'

BY KATE CARR SYDNEY — The march for reconciliation across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on May 28, and the series of protests against the racism of the federal government which came before and after it, introduced many people to the newly formed

ASIO stalks Burmese activists

ASIO stalks Burmese activists BY SEAN HEALY SYDNEY — The Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has been following Burmese refugees in Australia and phoning them every day to check up on their activities, Maung Maung Than,

Homophobia and Pride WA

Homophobia and Pride WA BY ELENA JEFFREYS PERTH — For 15 years the Pride WA parade has been based in Northbridge, which falls under the municipality of the City of Perth. It has been a successful event, with a steady increase in the number of

UNITED STATES/CUBA: Ruling may mean Elian can finally go home

Around half a million jubilant Cubans marched in the eastern city of Holguin on June 24 to celebrate a US federal appeals court in Atlanta statement the day before that it would not reconsider its decision not to grant a political asylum

BRITAIN: New success for London Socialist Alliance

Following its strong showing in the May London Assembly election, the London Socialist Alliance (LSA) scored well in the June 22 parliamentary by-election in the north London seat of Tottenham. LSA candidate Weyman Bennett won 885 votes, or

Bondi tenants fight back

Bondi tenants fight back BY DANIEL JARDINE SYDNEY — Rent increases of 20-30% in the Bondi area in the last two years prompted 100 local residents to attend the June 21 launch of a new video from the Eastern Area Tenants Service (EATS), Against