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Russian workers force government to pay up

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — A new surge of labour protests swept across Russia during the first half of February, as wage payments to millions of workers remained months in arrears. The most militant struggles were by workers in the coal

Borden recalls toxic shipment to South Africa

NEW YORK — Borden Chemicals and Plastics, a limited partnership affiliated with the dairy products conglomerate, on February 18 ordered a shipment of toxic mercury waste returned from South Africa to the Louisiana plant where it was generated,

... and ain't i a woman?: 'Things always worked this way'

'Things always worked this way' You've arrived on campus and you're wondering which progressive club to join. You're a feminist, concerned about the federal government's cuts to education and wondering how you'll be able to move out of home and

Day of Action for Innu

Day of Action for Innu March 26 is the second annual International day of Action for the Innu and the Earth. The Innu, aboriginal people who live in a portion of the Quebec-Labrador peninsula known as Nitassinan, have endured low-level

Apartheid prisoners to launch mass action

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Prisoners will launch a campaign of peaceful mass action to win the right to vote in the April elections, it was announced here on February 22. The campaign, to be spearheaded by members of the South African

Right threatens civil war in South Africa

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — The misnamed Freedom Alliance of right-wing parties opposed to South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections on April 26-28 is preparing to plunge this country into civil war, Tokyo Sexwale, has warned. The

Bid to mine Starcke

The Wilderness Society revealed on February 23 that the Queensland Department of Minerals and Energy is pushing for 10,000 hectares of Starcke to be gazetted as a mining reserve. The 225,000 hectare wilderness area was acquired the day before from

Hazardous waste flowing into Philippines

Hazardous waste flowing into Philippines MANILA — Hazardous waste from industrialised countries is still flowing into the Philippines despite a national law banning waste imports into the country, Greenpeace has revealed. The February 17

Action updates

ADELAIDE — EYA held a loud and energetic demonstration against uranium mining on February 25. It began outside the Department of Mines and Energy and ended with a march through the streets into Rundle Mall. The demonstrators chanted against the

Tourism against the blockade

About Us: Socialism or Death SBS TV Wednesday, March 9, 8:30pm (8 Adelaide) Reviewed by Roberto Jorquera No-one can deny that the situation the Cuban people face is extremely difficult. But one must put the difficulty into a political

3000 Water Board jobs threatened

By Jill Hickson SYDNEY — The Sydney Water Board is planning to axe 3000 jobs over the next two years. On February 17, the Water and Maritime Industry Union released a document from the board which proposed a restructuring that would involve

Pot 'decriminalised in Queensland by 1995'

Pot 'decriminalised in Queensland by 1995' By Geoffrey Nicholson BRISBANE — Marijuana could be decriminalised in Queensland by 1995 if enough political pressure is placed upon the Goss Labor government, according to HEMP (Help End