By James Balowski
Wherever there have been dictatorships and resistance to them, the tactic of making people disappear has been used, not just to get rid of problematic individuals, but also as a way of terrorising the broader population,
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By Peter Gellert
Mexico City — The Mexican government is waging a major political offensive on several fronts against the Zapatista rebels of Chiapas. At the same time, the situation in the southern Mexican state is marked by a growing
Strength in solidarity
While the Howard government and Patrick Stevedores are doing their best to smash the Maritime Union of Australia in an exercise which threatens the rights and conditions of all workers, the wharfies are receiving widespread
By Sean Healy
The crackdown against student protest by the Suharto regime in Indonesia requires a loud and clear show of solidarity by students in Australia. Suharto sees the current campus upsurge in Indonesia, and the students' commitment to
By Dave Riley
The recently concluded Irish peace deal has not been received enthusiastically — despite media claims to the contrary. The Loyal Orange Lodge has rejected it out of hand, and the main loyalist party, the Ulster Unionists, is
Fremantle wharfies' picket stays strong
By Sean Martin-Iverson
FREMANTLE—Protest action continues on the Fremantle docks despite a brutal paramilitary-style attack by police at 2.30am on April 16. The baton-wielding police outnumbered
By Chris Slee and Ben Courtice
Australian Taxation Office workers have rejected an attempt by management to push through a non-union agency agreement. Some 62% of general employees, (those in the lowest seven levels of the public service
Asia Pacific Women's Solidarity Network launched
By Pip Hinman
SYDNEY — The Asia Pacific Women's Solidarity Network (APWSN) has held its first meeting to help progressive women in the region cement their links. The meeting was attended by women
By Julia Perkins
BURNIE, Tasmania — On April 14, 300 people marched through the streets of Burnie in support of wharfies sacked by Patrick Stevedores. The 13 maritime workers in Bell Bay and the 17 in Burnie who were sacked have been offered
It has come!
BLAAAAH!
This verbal explosion occurred just as I was about to take in my day's surfeit of news. I was the speaker of that BLAAAAH, and my utterance was noted by many of those around me. These same people quickly turned
By Peter Montague
Since 1993, scientists worldwide have been trying to understand why frog populations are reported to be steeply declining in relatively unspoiled environments on several continents. And since 1995 scientists have been struggling
Italian initiative for Australian stolen generations
The municipality of Florence on April 6 approved a motion concerning Australian Aborigines who were forcibly separated from their families in past decades. The motion, proposed by the Italian
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