World

  • Bougainville to be discussed by UN body

    The war against the people of Bougainville has been accepted on the agenda of the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) for this year in Geneva. The Bougainville interim government representative to the UN, Mike

  • Trade and US foreign policy

    PETER CAMEJO is chairperson of Earth Trade, a San Francisco-based import/export company specialising in environmentally sustainable development. He will be a featured guest speaker at the International Green Left Conference from March 31 to April 4

  • Russia's democratic left starts to organise

    MOSCOW — "'The Union of Labour' — that is the name chosen by a trade union social and political movement formed in Krasnoyarsk region. The founders include the trade unions of workers in education and science, culture and

  • White workers join COSATU

    White workers join COSATU More than 1000 white workers in the transport giant Transnet — some of them members of the right-wing Conservative Party — have joined the COSATU [Council of South African Unions] affiliate, the SA Railways and

  • US airline workers debate ownership plan

    By mid-year the largest airline in the country, United Airlines, could be "controlled" by its union employees. Leaders of the machinists' and pilots' unions say an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is the best

  • Australian observers for Salvadoran elections

    On February 25 a delegation of five women will depart Australia to observe the Salvadoran elections. "We have been invited by the FMLN to join with other international representatives to observe the March 20 elections", explained

  • Panama since the invasion

    By Lamoin Werlein-Jan The December 20, 1989 US invasion of Panama was not about Manuel Noriega's involvement with the drug trade, protecting US lives or restoring democracy. These were only the excuses used to justify Washington's gross

  • Boycott over whaling

    Boycott over whalingGreenpeace Australia is urging a boycott of Norwegian products because of the Norwegian government's defiance of an international moratorium on whaling established in 1986. In recent months

  • Settlements threaten Middle East peace

    Settlements threaten Middle East peace On December 20, three countries voted against the UN General Assembly resolution which expressed support for the Middle East peace process and called for a final settlement under which Israel would withdraw

  • Sport in the new South Africa

    "The role of sport in our country has become a priority because it is the first phase of unifying the youth in our country. We see sport as the beginning to implement all of our policies, through the youth and other organs in

  • Secret trial of Russian scientist

    MOSCOW — How democratic is a country in which a person who reveals breaches of an international agreement can be put on trial in a closed court, under secret laws and in violation of the constitution? That is the question

  • Ramos forced to suspend oil price rise

    In the face of escalating protests, the Ramos government of the Philippines was forced to suspend an unpopular oil price rise on February 7. This followed a week of militant protests and the formation of the