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Unemployment in China has exploded in recent years, with 170 million people, or 28% of its work force, estimated to be out of jobs. Since the 1949 revolution, the government has accepted the responsibility to provide jobs and

Turkish left unitesIn the Turkish capital of Ankara on June 16, 1000 delegates gathered for the first congress of the Unified Socialist Party (BSP). The BSP unites more than 10 groups — the majority of

While the movement against French nuclear testing in the Pacific continues to grow in Australia, the people of Tahiti, who are most directly affected, have staged large demonstrations opposing the resumption of testing at

The Papua New Guinea government has foreshadowed legislation that will not only impose an inadequate settlement on tens of thousands of people demanding compensation for the massive environmental damage caused by the

SYDNEY — David Alley is a quietly spoken church minister from a parish just outside Auckland in New Zealand. To look at him, you would never guess that he could ever pose a threat to the "national security" of any country.

Stay of execution for Mumia Abu-Jamal "I think it is absolutely clear that without the international support coming from all quarters — trade unionists, civil libertarians, authors, writers and students — it would not have been

EDDY JOKOVICH is the editor of VolteFace, a new monthly journal focusing on international politics, and particularly the Balkans. He returned recently from a visit to Macedonia and Croatia. He spoke to Green Left Weekly's JENNIFER THOMPSON about the

On October 1, the 3 million member German metalworkers' union, IG Metall, will achieve the goal it set back in 1977 — the 35-hour week at 40 hours' pay. A strike in 1984 resulted in the first cut, to 38.5 hours, and

The Magsaysay Foundation in Manila on August 7 issued a statement strongly defending its decision to give its 1995 literary award for Pramoedya Ananta Toer, one of Indonesia's foremost authors. The award had been

BORIS KAGARLITSKY, the internationally known writer on Russia and socialist activist, visited Australia at Easter, speaking at the Campaigning for Democratic Socialism conferences. He then visited South Africa before returning to Moscow. The

Women's rights violated in Middle EastOnly weeks before the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, women in the Middle East are paying a heavy price for speaking out for their rights,

Harbury sues CIA US lawyer Jennifer Harbury filed suit on July 31 against the US Central Intelligence Agency for failing to respond to her repeated requests for information about her husband, guerilla leader Efrain Bamaca Velasquez,