By Tony Iltis
HOBART — Hobart Town Hall was filled to capacity for a meeting organised by the Denison branch of the Tasmanian Greens to oppose the proposed Oceanport retail and residential development at Princes Wharf. The proposed six-story
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By Norm Dixon
The Danish parliament voted on May 7 to impose a settlement to bring the country's private sector general strike, which began on April 27, to an end. Social Democrat prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen said the strike for a shorter
By Ben Reid and Michael Walker
MELBOURNE — More than 100,000 people rallied against the Howard government's Workplace Relations Act (WRA) and attack on the maritime workers here on May 6. The rally was part of a day of action adopted by
Burmese dictatorship targets students
By Jon Land
The military dictatorship in Burma announced on April 29 that it had sentenced six student activists to death. A statement released by the ruling State Peace and Development Council claimed that
By Linda Kaucher
The news that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) will use $10 million from AusAID for a famine relief program in West Papua (Irian Jaya) is welcome. Such an effort has been needed for many months. Ninety defence personnel, three
Second national day of action called
By Sean Healy
Student organisations, activist groups and the National Union of Students have called a second national day of action against education cuts and attacks on students. The day is scheduled for May
On May 3, a 21-year-old man became the 26th person to die while in a NSW prison since July 1, 1997. The apparent suicide by hanging at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre was the fourth prison death in NSW in the last three weeks. "Members
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Voice of Guatemala — An interview with Josi Solis Jordan who has been charged by the US government with "conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States" and faces 25 years in a federal prison if convicted. At
The growing protests throughout Indonesia against the Suharto dictatorship are worrying for the imperialist powers.
Due to the failure of the IMF package, foreign investors are leaving Indonesia in droves. The May 7 Financial Review editorial
One-eyed coverage of waterfront dispute
By Peter Reid
Truth was the first casualty in the waterfront dispute, embattled wharfies being outgunned by the propaganda clout of Patrick Stevedores, backed to the hilt by the Howard government, the
People suffer from IMF 'medicine'
By Edwin Gozal
Foreign minister Alexander Downer has made it clear that Australian government approaches to the IMF and World Bank have been designed to ensure that the situation in Indonesia remains "as
Free speech attacked
ADELAIDE — Green Left Weekly sellers on May 8 were ordered to stop selling the paper at the Adelaide Central Markets. Since its inception, Green Left has had a presence at the markets. Distributors were given no convincing
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