Three Tamil prisoners in Colombo were killed and seven injured on December 1 in an attack by Sinhala prisoners allegedly incited by prison officials. "The latest attack on Tamil political prisoners had a political motive and was quite clearly
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No compromise
On January 22, 25 years ago, abortion was made legal in the United States. On the anniversary of that important victory, feminists must confront the grim fact that, since then, the struggle for women's reproductive rights has
By Chow Wei Cheng
There are two misnomers regarding the Asian currency crisis. The first is that it is an Asian crisis and the second that it is a currency crisis. This is a global, not a regional, crisis. It is not a currency crisis but an
South Korean workers fight jobs threat
By Eva Cheng
Seizing on the current economic crisis, South Korean bosses succeeded in pushing through the National Assembly on January 12 a new labour law that further erodes working conditions and makes
Native title: Labor's real role
By Jennifer Thompson
In the flurry over John Howard's Wik bill attacking native title rights, it is easy to forget that Paul Keating's 1993 Native Title Act was intended to restrict the native title rights
I am sorry
By Brandon Astor Jones
"In the expression of the emotions originality merits the first consideration ... The words used, however, should be old ones." — Fujiwara no Teika (1162-1241)
While the jury was still out, during my
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Access News — Melbourne community
By Marina Carman
The federal government has clearly signalled its intention of making 1998 a crucial year for its plans to restructure higher education. The final report of the West review of higher education, due for release in March, will outline
1998 fighting fund
1998 is already shaping up as an eventful year in Australian and world politics.
Across Asia, the capitalist "miracle" is looking decidedly dodgy; the negotiations in Ireland and the Middle East are fast approaching crunch
From Wounded Knee to Chiapas
By Darrin Wood
According to the Mexican secretary of foreign relations, US President Bill Clinton has "interfered in Mexican internal affairs" by demanding an investigation into the massacre which occurred in
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