World

  • Growing opposition to sanctions against Libya

    In response to US State Department criticism of his visit to Libya on October 23, South African President Nelson Mandela has accused the US administration of racism and condemned its "arrogance to dictate" where South African

  • Zimbabwe farm workers strike

    Zimbabwe's impoverished farm workers have won a hefty wage increase as a result of their first organised national strike against the country's 4000 wealthy, predominantly white, commercial farmers. Farm workers, who walked out at the

  • Indonesia: anti-Suharto protests grow

    Indonesia: anti-Suharto protests grow A few Australian foreign correspondents in Jakarta, such as the Sydney Morning Herald's Louise Williams, are writing about "the mood turning" in Indonesia. Green Left Weekly asked MAX LANE, national

  • South African union appeals for solidarity

    The South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) has appealed for international support in its struggle against the privatisation of basic services. The union has been waging a bitter fight against the privatisation of water and

  • International campaign to free Nigerian unionists

    International campaign to free Nigerian unionists The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions launched a campaign of "targeted action" on October 20 against Nigerian oil exports to win the release of detained

  • Refounded Communists fumble

    Italy's Refounded Communist Party (PRC) has retreated from opposition to the 1998 budget. LIVIO MAITAN, a member of the party's national leadership, warns that, until it elaborates a strategic alternative to the centre-left ("Olive Tree") government,

  • Asian currency crisis: rescuing the rich

    Massive, dumping of the Thai baht, Philippine peso, Indonesian rupiah and Malaysian ringgit have forced these countries to float their currencies, ending their link with US dollars and slashing their purchasing power by 20-50%. Prices

  • Mexican hurricane spotlights social inequalities

    MEXICO CITY — A week after Mexico's worst storm in recorded history, the country's Pacific coast has barely started picking itself out of the rubble and destruction left in the wake of Hurricane Paulina. The hurricane lashed the

  • US calls Tamil Tigers terrorists

    US calls Tamil Tigers terroristsOn October 8, the United States announced moves to make it illegal to give money or other material support to 30 foreign groups designated as terrorist. Visas will also be denied to members or

  • Cuban Communist Party congress evaluates special period

    HAVANA — "Revolutionary ideas will live on as long as there are revolutionaries, patriots and noble hearts, as long as there are people who carry within them the finest human virtues", Cuban President Fidel Castro told the

  • New US waste strategy: plow it in

    A new strategy for disposal of hazardous materials is emerging in the US. After years of unsuccessful efforts to gain public acceptance of waste disposal in the oceans, in landfills and in incinerators, frustrated federal and

  • Truce signed in Bougainville war

    The second round of peace talks in New Zealand has resulted in a truce between the pro-independence Bougainville Interim Government (BIG), the Port Moresby-appointed Bougainville Transitional Government (BTG) and the Papua New Guinea