Issue 107

Community protests killing of Somalis By Sue Bolton MELBOURNE — "We are demonstrating to show Australian people and the international community how angry and upset we are with the continual killings of Somalians by the UN troops in

International green left meeting set By Claudine Holt After the very successful 1990 and 1991 Socialist Scholars Conferences, plans are now under way to hold an International Green Left Conference in 1994. The gathering will be in Sydney

By Jeremy Smith MELBOURNE — Members of the AMEU at the Isuzu plant in Dandenong have gone out in protest at the company's refusal to negotiate adequate redundancy packages. Upon news of the plant's closure and Isuzu's shoddy proposals for

By Melanie Sjoberg ADELAIDE — Public sector workers have been the first victims of the state Labor government's attempts to solve its economic problems. The government announced in its April economic statement that 3000 jobs would be cut

'You eat pesticides' On June 29, the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released its long-awaited report — "Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children". The NAS concluded that testing procedures for measuring

By Max Lane Supporters and observers of the independence struggle in East Timor have for some time been watching for signs of differences between the Indonesian regime's two main factions: the Suharto clique and the armed forces (ABRI)

By Norm Dixon Moves are under way to begin negotiations between leaders of the independence-seeking Bougainville Interim Government, which controls much of the island, and Bougainvilleans representing those areas under PNG Defence Force

A campaign has begun in several Asian countries to oppose deployment of Japanese military forces outside Japan. Both in Japan and in the Philippines, Malaysia, Nepal and India, there has been increasing opposition to any revival of Japan's

By Arun Pradhan MELBOURNE — A highlight of the Resistance conference earlier this month was Didit T, a student activist from Indonesia. Her eyewitness reports gave a rare insight into conditions there. Didit became politically active when

Sinn Fein still barred from talks By Catherine Brown Since the Irish elections at the end of 1992 there has been growing concern in the nationalist community in the north of Ireland that the incoming coalition of the Labour Party and

Bombing cover-up charged By Frank Noakes LONDON — A program aired on British television on July 7 claims that suspects in the bombing of Dublin and Monaghan in 1974 were never interviewed despite being known to the police. The two

Worker dried in sun Three hundred workers in a garment factory in Jakarta protested recently after the factory management forced a worker to stand several hours in midday sun as punishment. The worker, Muhana, a woman in her 20s, had

For many Australians, Africa conjures up images of famine, war, poverty and helplessness. But now a campaign aims to show Africa's other face — its many achievements and the superhuman efforts that Africans are making to improve their lives.

Changing the world? By Lieszel Plumbe A small, conservative country town. A young woman viciously raped at gunpoint. The headline "RAPE HUNT!" screaming out on the front page of the local paper. And so begins what may be the last will

Old and new, both good Second Wind The Best of the '80s Judy Small Larrikin Records Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg Judy Small's latest album, produced as she turns 40, reflects a shift in focus for her musical style. In 1992,