Chilean women prisoners
SYDNEY — Seventy people attended an International Women's Day celebration on March 9 organised by the Human rights group ADEPU-Chile. The evening focused on the plight of 17 women political prisoners being held in
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Beijing and US threaten war in Taiwan
By Eva Cheng
Beijing has launched another series of missile "tests" and military exercises near Taiwan, using live ammunition this time and endangering air and sea transport in the area. The US
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Unionists at Comalco's Weipa bauxite mine in far north Queensland are disputing wage rises which the Industrial Relations Commission ruled on March 14 should be paid to 71 award workers. On March 15, Weipa Industrial
OLFAT MAHMOUD is director of the Women's Humanitarian Organisation in the Burj el Barajneh refugee camp in Lebanon, which houses 20,000 Palestinians in a space one kilometre square. She is currently on a speaking tour of Australia, organised by the
Indonesia: fighting for free unions
HERI, a local organiser for the Indonesian Centre for Labour Struggles (PPBI) and LUKMAN HAKIM, a PPBI national coordinator, have both been arrested for participating in strike actions. They are interviewed
Why the media distorts IWD
This year's International Women's Day (IWD) mobilised tens of thousands of women across Australia, mostly in rallies, and also in other public events. This success reinforces the fact that this a significant date for
Write on: letters to the editor
Tamil Tigers
We refer to the article written by Ana Pararajasingham in your paper titled "Behind the War in Sri Lanka". It is clear that the author has presented a one-sided view of the events happening in
By Alison Dellit
MELBOURNE — With the election of a Howard federal government on March 2, most student unions at Victorian universities are left with significantly less funds for 1996. In 1994, the state Liberal government introduced Voluntary
By Chris Spindler
SYDNEY — A meeting of almost 100 people here on March 16 debated the question, "Where to for the ALP — which way for the left?". All speakers and contributions from the floor agreed that there needed to be a united
By Jeremy Smith
MELBOURNE — March 10 always promised to test the nerve of the movement to return Albert Park to the public. Over the last two years, the 1996 Formula One Grand Prix has emerged as one of Victoria's hottest political issues. For
A Royal Omission: A critical summary of the evidence given to the Hindmarsh Island Bridge Royal Commission with an alternative reportBy Greg Mead1995. $15.00Reviewed by Philippa Stanford The controversy around the Hindmarsh Island bridge has received
By Jean-Pierre Lemaire
I would like to make some comments on the recent strike movement, then try to draw some political conclusions that are valid for the present and the future. First, we have witnessed the first phase of a movement that is
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