By Dave Wright and Lyndall Barnett
MELBOURNE — In most states around the country, plans are afoot to extend freeways. Building new or extending existing freeways continues the trend to sidestep thorough long-term urban planning and community
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Worker activist arrested in Indonesia
JAKARTA — On August 13, the chairperson of the Indonesian Prosperous Worker Union (SBSI), Dr Muchtar Pakpahan was arrested by 18 Medan police at his home in East Jakarta. Pakpahan is being held at the
Call to increase police powers
By Brent Wish
BRISBANE — The Criminal Justice Commission (CJC) on August 15 recommended that the search powers of police be greatly increased giving them "covert search warrants". These warrants would give
Sea World protest
By Nathan Laurent
BRISBANE — More than 70 people staged a demonstration outside the Gold Coast tourist attraction Sea World, on August 17. This follows the recent capture of two wild dolphins from South Stradbroke
Blues worth collecting
The Blues Collection
CD or cassette
In fortnightly parts
Orbis
$8.95
Reviewed by Graham Matthews
The Blues Collection is a series of CD or cassette recordings of Blues music. Produced in fortnightly parts,
By Richard Startari
As Ernesto Samper takes over the Colombian presidency, Amnesty International has called on him to live up to his election promises and respect international law and human rights.
Successive Colombian governments have
By Irina Glushchenko
MOSCOW — After more than five weeks, a picket placed by environmentalists on one of Russia's worst industrial polluters came to an end on August 7. Defying harassment from local authorities, the protesters outside the
Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal
No 2 July-Sept 1994
Published by New Course Publications Sydney 128 pp., $6.50
Reviewed by Jim McIlroy
If you want to keep a finger on the pulse of the international left and
Labor Party 1
The Democratic Socialist Party review (GLW #154) avoids a rational analysis of the Labour Party — offering a conspiracy theory in its place. The tone is set in the introduction to Max Lane's "daring to win" article: "As the ALP's
By Jon Land
Demonstrations were held across Australia in support of East Timor on August 17, Indonesian Independence Day. East Timor solidarity groups chose the date to highlight the ongoing illegal occupation of East Timor by Indonesia and the
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