World

  • Israel seals off occupied territories

    The Israeli government sealed off Gaza and the West Bank on March 28 and 30, respectively. AMOS WOLLIN is an Israeli commentator in Tel Aviv. MIRIAM TRAMER interviewed him for Green Left about the situation in the occupied territories. What

  • Economy 'at sea'

    Economy 'at sea' In a variety of recent articles in the Chinese press, the term xiahai, or "moonlighting" has recurred. It describes the emerging phenomenon of workers — usually skilled workers or intelligentsia — who, often illegally,

  • New direction for South African unions

    JOHANNESBURG — National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) members are currently discussing a completely new approach to collective bargaining in the metal, motor and auto manufacturing sectors. The essence of the new approach

  • China People's Congress continues 'reforms'

    The Eighth National People's Congress (NPC) opened on March 15 in Beijing. The NPC is China's constitutional equivalent to a "parliament". The agenda includes the approval of a new government line-up and the passing

  • 'No democracy in Tonga without a fight'

    'No democracy in Tonga without a fight' One of Tonga's royal-appointed ministers has warned that it is unrealistic to expect that the South Pacific island kingdom's nobles would hand over power to the people without a fight. Minister

  • Bougainville MP feared killed

    Bougainville MP feared killed Amnesty International has called on its supporters to petition the Papua New Guinea government over what Amnesty fears has been the illegal killing by PNG security forces of a prominent Bougainvillean.

  • French military cooperation with Fiji

    French military cooperation with Fiji Fiji and France have reached agreement on a military training exchange program, Pacnews News Service has reported. Radio Fiji and Radio New Zealand, monitored by Pacnews, reported that the acting

  • ANC demands full truth on nuclear weapons

    South African President F.W. de Klerk admission that South Africa developed six Hiroshima-sized nuclear bombs during the 1970s confirms charges made by the African National Congress and the anti-apartheid movement over the past

  • Referendum new focus for Russian conflict

    MOSCOW, March 30 — Russians will have the chance on April 25 to vote in a referendum on President Boris Yeltsin's "shock therapy" economic policies. In other questions in the parliament-sponsored poll, voters will be asked

  • The killing of Herbert Anaya Sanabria

    Herbert Anaya Sanabria, president of the non-governmental Human Rights Commission of El Salvador (CDHES), was gunned down by "unknown" assassins in the Zacamil neighbourhood in San Salvador on October 26, 1987. The

  • Indigenous peoples organise in Philippines

    On a recent visit to the Philippines, MAX LANE spoke to YUL CARINGAS, secretary general of the Katipunan Ng Mga Katutubang Mamamayan ng Pilipinas or KAMP (Federation of the Indigenous Peoples Association of the Philippines). Could you explain

  • Political prisoner on US death row

    The recent visit to Australia by Amnesty International US chairperson Rick Halperin has focused attention on the death penalty in the United States. The case of radical journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, on death row in Pennsylvania convicted for the