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Solidarity with Russian workers

Solidarity with Russian workers A protest vigil called by International Solidarity with Workers in Russia outside the venue of the Russia 2000 Expo in London on April 19. Two days earlier, ISWoR supporters demonstrated against President Vladimir

Red flags fly in Canberra

Red flags fly in Canberra BY ANDREW HALL CANBERRA — With prominent contingents from the Australian Education Union, the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance, and Members First, the rank-and-file group in the Community and Public Sector

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne community TV,

Kakadu destruction 'world's best practice'

BY JIM GREEN The federal government submitted a report on the proposed Jabiluka uranium mine in the Northern Territory to the United Nations' World Heritage Committee (WHC) on April 15. The government was called on to explain what progress it had

Adelaide bus services go private

BY ERICA HAINES ADELAIDE — The South Australian Liberal government hoped to have Adelaide's bus services driving smoothly on the privatisation highway from April 23. Instead, the venture only shuddered along. The government chose the Easter

RUSSIA: Supreme Court upholds Nikitin acquittal

MOSCOW — The Russian Supreme Court on April 13 confirmed the St Petersburg City Court's December 29 acquittal of Aleksandr Nikitin, accused of espionage for writing about the dangers of Russian nuclear submarines. The appeal by the prosecutor's

'Let us correct the history of West Papua'

'Let us correct the history of West Papua' BY MARK ABBERTON SYDNEY — Representatives of the West Papuan freedom movement, meeting at a conference here on April 19, expressed hope about new openings for greater unity and organisation in their

Looking out: Without my ID

Without my ID BY BRANDON ASTOR JONES Regular readers will know that once a year I share this space with a fellow prisoner. Last year the poet was an Anglo-American who cited how many families abandon their relatives in prison.

Campaign targets Nike

Campaign targets Nike BY MARGARITA WINDISCH MELBOURNE — Activists unfurled a banner with the message "Nike slavery: Just stop it" over busy Hoddle Street here on April 18, launching a planned eight-week campaign against the clothing and

Loose cannons

Healthy choice "There will be a variety of food, [it] will include McDonald's." — SOCOG on why only ticket holders with an explanatory medical certificate will be allowed to take food or drink not bought from a sponsor into Olympics venues. Also

PAKISTAN: Labour Party congress a historic moment

PAKISTAN: Labour Party congress a historic moment LAHORE — There was a tangible political confidence in the hall of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan as 138 delegates and 28 observers from around Pakistan worked hard through four days of

UNITED STATES: A new spirit in labour

SAN FRANCISCO — At a time when the United States' labour movement is in the doldrums, a union of low-paid, largely foreign-born workers is reviving the militancy, imagination, and high morale of the great strikes of the 1930s. On April 3, 8500