The recent industrial action and the demonstrations in France are part of a campaign against the Chirac government's plans to cut welfare benefits and impose a tax under the pretext of trying to reduce France's Social Security deficit. Among the
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A soft heart ...? "It's always anathema to me to have writs out against our own employees. I don't think that's a good way to win the hearts and minds of our people." — CRA's chief executive, Leon Davis, on Comalco's legal action against the
Haiti: Dangerous Crossroads
Edited by NACLA
South End Press, 1995
256 pp., US$15.00 (pb)
Edited by NACLA
South End Press, 1995
256 pp., US$15.00 (pb)
Programs of interest on Sydney Community TV (UHF 31) — Perleeka, indigenous Australians' program, nightly, 7pm. Art Experimenta, Mondays, 8pm and 11.30pm, and Tuesdays, 3am and 6.30am. Bent TV, Gay and lesbian program, Thursdays, 10.30pm and
Profiting from the 'casino culture' in Victoria By Dave Holmes MELBOURNE — Since its 1992 landslide election win, Jeff Kennett's Coalition government has made an indelible impact on Victoria as it has sought to increase corporate profits at the
By Ben Alterman CASTLEMAINE — Jeff Kennett's economic rationalism has seen some repugnant transformations: hospitals turned into market squares, public co-ed schools into elite private girls' colleges, public parkland into private race tracks,
By Ana Pararajasingham The media would have us believe that by capturing Jaffna town, the Sri Lankan armed forces have paved the way for the armed uprising of the Tamil people to be crushed once and for all. The expected "fall of Jaffna" is portrayed
By Norm Dixon The decision of the Iowa Board of Parole to release US socialist Mark Curtis is being celebrated by his supporters. "This is a tremendous victory", said an ecstatic Curtis, who will be freed sometime after December 7. Curtis has spent
Conference calls for cuts to greenhouse gases By Pip Hinman The world's leading body on climate change confirmed at a Madrid conference on November 30 that the world is warming up, and that there could be dangerous climate changes unless the
By Leslie Williams CANBERRA — On November 29, workplace delegates in ACT government services voted unanimously to call an all-unions stop work meeting for December 8. The meeting was convened by the ACT Trades and Labor Council (TLC) to discuss the
Save native forests! By Graham Matthews On December 1, the federal government released final details of the forest areas to be protected by the Deferred Forest Assessment (DFA) process. The package, supposedly the culmination of months of "scientific
By Alice Dellar Despite recent controversy over the environmental damage caused by their mines at Ok Tedi and Bougainville, giant mining corporation RTZ (recently amalgamated with CRA), has started constructing a new gold mine in Papua New Guinea.
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