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  • Call for freedom of Israeli nuclear whistleblower

    In late September, I was one of 16 international activists from Britain, the US, Canada, Belgium and Australia who converged on Israel to draw international attention to the plight of Mordechai Vanunu, who has been in solitary

  • Communist Refoundation after the Italian governmental crisis

    In early October, Italy's Party of Communist Refoundation (PRC) withdrew its support for the ruling Olive Tree coalition government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi because of the cuts contained in the government's draft 1997-98 budget. However, after

  • South Korea: another Asian economy in trouble

    South Korea: another Asian economy in troubleSeoul's November 21 call for assistance from the International Monetary Fund is the latest sign that the South Korean economy, the 11th biggest in the world, is in deep trouble.

  • Dita Sari hospitalised with typhoid

    Dita Sari hospitalised with typhoidOn November 18, the Javanese daily Surya reported that the chair of the Centre for Labour Struggles (PPBI), Dita Indah Sari, had been admitted to the Syaiful Anwar hospital in Malang,

  • Israeli racism murders Palestinian child

    Israeli racism murders Palestinian childWEST BANK — On November 11, a Palestinian child was shot in the head by an Israeli soldier in Bethlehem. He was pronounced dead on November 15 by Israel's Hadassah hospital. Ali

  • Prisoners' group condemns ANC Youth League bid

    Prisoners' group condemns ANC Youth League bidThe SA Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) has expressed "shock and outrage" at the ANC Youth League's involvement in a consortium bidding for a multimillion-rand

  • Corruption scandal hits Russia's 'young reformers'

    Corruption scandal hits Russia's 'young reformers'MOSCOW — During a meeting with Boris Yeltsin on November 4, "young reformers" Anatoly Chubais and Boris Nemtsov reportedly urged the Russian president to sack business

  • Algerian civilians hit from both sides

    NEW YORK — An Amnesty International report released on November 19 documents a spiralling increase in violence in Algeria, which has claimed up to 80,000 lives since 1992. Amnesty called for an international investigation into recent massacres and

  • West Papua: Indonesia's brutal colonialism

    West Papua: Indonesia's brutal colonialismLife in "Irian Jaya" — the name the Indonesian government gives to West Papua — is akin to the colonies of Spain in Latin America, or Europe in Africa. The land and its fruits

  • Suharto blocks East Timorese asylum seekers

    Suharto blocks East Timorese asylum seekersThe Indonesian government is refusing to allow six East Timorese sheltering for more than three months in the Austrian embassy in Jakarta to leave for Portugal. Indonesian authorities

  • Turkey's new left party holds congress

    Turkey's one-year-old Liberty and Solidarity Party's (ODP) annual congress on October 26 was attended by thousands. The ODP brings together various strands of the Turkish left which have fought against repressive regimes for