NSW health crisis highlighted in the Illawarra
By Marg Perrott
WOLLONGONG — The crisis in the NSW health system was addressed at a meeting here on November 17 called by "nurses caring for the health of the Illawarra". One hundred and twenty
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Dubliners demand: 'Share the wealth!'
By Carol Mitchell
DUBLIN — On October 20, 1000 people marched to Parliament House to demonstrate against the Fianna Fail government's austerity policies. Under the slogan "Share the Wealth", the march was
Rats that might teach us something
By Brandon Astor Jones
"If we liken humanity to the forest and humanity's laws to the trees therein, then most Americans — especially posturing politicians — will not see the forest for the trees. Ever."
Students protest in Burkino Faso
OUAGADOUGOU — Hundreds of students demonstrated on November 16 to demand the reinstatement of their colleagues who where expelled from Sabou and Koudougou high schools, 100 km outside the capital.
The angry
The Liverpool dockers put their case
Review by Allen Myers
Dockers: Writing the Wrongs and DockersABC-TV, Wednesday, December 1, 8.30 and 9.30pm The story of the Liverpool dockers' heroic two-and-a-half-year struggle to regain their jobs — and
Democracy and direct elections
By Allen Myers
According to numerous polls, a major reason for the defeat of the republic referendum was the desire of many voters for a republic in which the president is directly elected. The referendum
Casuals strike in Land Titles Office
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — Casual workers at the Victorian Land Titles Office held four-hour strikes at the beginning of each of their shifts on November 14 and 15. The workers, members of the Australian
Newcastle art attack
NEWCASTLE — Artists for East Timor and Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor commemorated the 1991 Dili massacre by launching an "art attack" on the city square, Wheeler Place on November 12. Thirty people,
By Sean Jacobs
CAPE TOWN — The powerful ruling alliance of South African President Thabo Mbeki's African National Congress and the 3 million-strong Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is under strain. In August, thousands of public
By Nick Soudakoff
Since the January 1, 1994, Chiapas uprising, the Zapatistas have been a major factor in Mexican politics and an inspiration for struggles in Latin America and around the world. Their example has been used by many, including
By Sean Healy
A videotape smuggled out of Burma by Thai drug investigators has provided further evidence of the close links between Burma's military regime and heroin traffickers. The videotape shows an October 1 meeting between intelligence chief
Who Paid the Piper? The CIA and the Cultural Cold WarBy Frances SaundersGranta, 1999509 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon
For an organisation which has spied on citizens, manipulated elections, overthrown governments, supported dictatorships,
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