World

  • Hyundai workers lead struggle

    On July 23, thousands of workers of South Korea's largest vehicle producer, Hyundai Motors, continued to block production at the company's key plant at Ulsan despite the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions earlier that morning calling

  • Pesticides may impair children's brain function

    Pesticides may impair children's brain function Dramatic deficits in brain function are seen in rural children with long-term exposure to pesticides compared with children not similarly exposed, according to a recent study in the US publication

  • Referendum for East Timor!

    The following is abridged from a statement calling for a referendum on self-determination and independence for East Timor issued by JOSE RAMOS HORTA on behalf of the National Council for Timorese Resistance (CNRT) on July 21. The national political

  • Downer backs Habibie on East Timor

    During the visit of foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer to Indonesia on July 9-11, the federal government's reluctance to make any significant change of policy on East Timor became clearer. Against the trend of other governments

  • Washington interferes in Cambodia's election

    Washington interferes in Cambodia's electionThe Cambodian election campaign concluded on July 24; voting is to be held on Sunday, July 26. The Joint International Observer Group of government representatives — including

  • Maori/non-Maori lives: the widening gap

    A report released this month by Te Puni Kokiri — New Zealand's Ministry of Maori Development — shows that in employment, wealth, health and other areas, the gap between Maori and non-Maori has widened since the late 1980s.

  • US groups urge methyl bromide ban

    US groups urge methyl bromide ban On June 10, the US House of Representatives Agriculture Committee held a hearing on the deadly, ozone-depleting pesticide methyl bromide. Critics charge that the hearing was biased and the committee prevented

  • National strike in Puerto Rico

    By César Ayala GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico Thousands of demonstrators on 150 picket lines across Puerto Rico have popularised the slogan "Puerto Rico no se vende" — "Puerto Rico is not for sale", or "Puerto Rico does not sell out". The slogan

  • SACP reaffirms commitment to ANC alliance

    SACP reaffirms commitment to ANC allianceJOHANNESBURG — The 10th congress of the South African Communist Party (SACP), held here July 1-5 and dedicated to the memory of slain party leader Chris Hani, reaffirmed its commitment

  • Asian crisis threatens to engulf Japan

    Just three years after Mexico's financial disaster, the second great financial crisis of the 1990s exploded in south-east Asia and South Korea. The same imperialist institutions that only a year ago held up the Asian "dragons" and

  • Abiola's death spoils dictatorship's rehabilitation

    The sudden death of Moshood Abiola, the imprisoned winner of Nigeria's 1993 presidential election, has thrown into disarray the west's efforts to rehabilitate the brutal and corrupt military dictatorship. From June 8, when dictator

  • Greek teachers fight neo-liberal attacks

    A dispute between teachers and the government dominated the Greek political scene for some days in June. The trigger was the government's decision to replace the system of teacher placement with one based on an exam.