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Prefer 1880s

Prefer 1880s "He [John Howard] may pick up some extra numbers, but the bulk of the party room is just not interested in revisiting the 1980s." A Liberal MP on Howard's leadership chances, quoted in the Sydney Morning Herald, May 20. Not all

International Abortion Rights Day

International Abortion Rights Day CANBERRA — A public meeting on May 18 was outraged to learn that the ACT still has references to abortion in the Crimes Act 1900 and that a woman could be liable to prosecution and up to 10 years' jail if she

Sweet Honey in the Rock on exhilarating tour

By Anne O'Callaghan Says Bernice Johnson Reagon, founding member of Sweet Honey in the Rock, "The only moment you know you have is the one you occupy. That's the moment you should express yourself." Expressing themselves sums up what these five

Migrant women at a disadvantage

VIVIENNE PORZSOLT of Green Left Weekly spoke with CAROLINE ALCORSO of the Association of Non English Speaking Background Women of Australia. Alcorso is one of the authors of a study, Bargained Away: Enterprise Bargaining and Non English-speaking

Killers in blue

Killers in blue By Jolyon Campbell Victoria has been the scene of an alarming wave of homicides. Two shootings in the past week bring to 24 the number of people shot dead by Victorian police since 1988. In episodes the police persist

90,000 starve in Bougainville camps

90,000 starve in Bougainville camps Papua New Guinea's National newspaper reported on May 10 that more than 90,000 people in 35 "care centres" on Bougainville are at risk of starvation after food ran out on the weekend of May 6-7. These PNG

Big Green vote in Coburg

Big Green vote in Coburg By Chris Slee MELBOURNE — Labor candidate Carlo Carli won the May 14 by-election for the state parliamentary seat of Coburg with 53% of the vote, up 3% from 1992, but the vote was not impressive in a working-class

Khmer Rouge turns back government offensive

By Nick Johnson PHNOM PENH — This year's dry-season offensive has ended disastrously for the government. Aiming to take key Khmer Rouge positions in the far north and west, the four month campaign by the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces has ended

Palestinian authority begins to rebuild

By Reihana Mohideen "Today is a historical day in Palestine", Radwan Abu Ayyash, chair of the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation, told Green Left Weekly on May 19 as the last Israeli troops withdrew from Gaza and Jericho. Under the Oslo

Looking out: How much is that justice in the window?

How much is that justice in the window? By Brandon Astor Jones "I can't say I approve it, but I got all the parties together and they worked out whatever settlement they wanted on the case." — District Attorney Tom Charron, Cobb County

Indonesia 'willing to talk' to East Timorese

Indonesia 'willing to talk' to East Timorese By Jon Land A new development in diplomacy concerning East Timor took place at the fourth round of UN-sponsored negotiations between the foreign ministers of Indonesia and Portugal on May 6 in

Labour Movement Incorporated

Labour Movement Incorporated Bored with the nine to five? Tired of the office or the factory floor? Want more money? Are you looking for an exciting career in business or the media? If you can answer yes to these questions, then we have the