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  • Pakistan trade union offices attacked

    According to a statement circulated by the Rubina Jamil Working Women's Organisation (WWO) last week, on April 16 the All Pakistan Trade Union Federation offices in Kashmir Road, Guberg in Lahore were attacked without warning and demolished by

  • Activist slams 'recolonisation' of Pacific

    Activist slams 'recolonisation' of PacificPowes Parkop is general secretary of Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol), an organisation that unites environmental, land rights, student and urban poor community activists throughout Papua New

  • Britain lets Indonesia off the hook

    At the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) in Geneva, the British government — backed by the Australian and other governments — has been manoeuvring to prevent a strong resolution on East Timor from being adopted. On

  • 40,000 strike in Fiji

    Fiji's trade unions on April 23 staged a widely observed general strike to protest against the government's attempts to impose wage restraint and its refusal to stem the loss of jobs associated with economic "restructuring". More than

  • PNG plans privatisation spree

    PNG plans privatisation spree The Papua New Guinea government plans to sell many of its assets to reduce a 3.5 billion kina ($US 1.7 billion) debt. Prime Minister Bill Skate told Parliament last week the government would move to divest state-owned

  • Iraqi Communists assassinated

    Iraqi Communists assassinated Two leaders of the Worker-Communist Party of Iraq (WCPI) — Shapoor Abdul-Kadir, a politburo member, and Kabil Adil, a member of the leadership committee of the party's Kurdistan organisation — were assassinated on

  • Andi Arief in police custody

    On April 24, the Indonesian daily Kompas confirmed that Andi Arief, chairperson of Student Solidarity for Indonesian Democracy, which is affiliated to the outlawed People's Democratic Party, is now in police custody. Arief was

  • Progressive party planned in South Korea

    Progressive party planned in South Korea In the face of escalating attacks against jobs and workers' rights following the International Monetary Fund bail-out last November, progressive forces in South Korea have come together to plan the creation

  • Kazak leader on hunger strike

    Kazak leader on hunger strikeIn the last seven years in Kazakhstan, thousands of factories and state-owned enterprises have been closed, and unemployment has reached unprecedented levels. Those who are lucky enough to have a job

  • More than 50 Indonesian activists disappeared

    More than 50 Indonesian activists disappearedAccording to an April 14 report released at a media conference by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), 50 Indonesian pro-democracy activists have disappeared since January.

  • Sweeping privatisation — where is it taking China?

    In recent years, many countries have been trying to denationalise a significant part of their public assets. Imperialist countries have been doing it, as have Russia, China and a number of Third World countries. That process speeded up

  • Last bastion of free speech under threat

    Last bastion of free speech under threatAnyone who has taken a taxi in Indonesia will tell you that taxi drivers are an endless source of information and the latest political gossip, and are a general "barometer" of public