By Mark Abberton
Following the downfall of the Suharto and Habibie governments, the election of the "reform" president, Abdurrahman Wahid, and the withdrawal of Indonesian troops from East Timor, the Indonesian government has been forced to grant
World
US unions call for amnesty for immigrants
The executive council of the United States' main labour confederation, the AFL-CIO, has called for an amnesty for an estimated 6 million workers who have entered the country illegally. In addition to an
By Michael Karadjis
The death of Croatian president Franjo Tudjman was followed by the crushing defeat of his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) in January's election, losing in nine of 10 electoral districts and receiving only 24% of the vote. The
By Eva Cheng
On March 18, the people of Taiwan will elect a president for the second time in the island's history. Around the time of the last presidential election four years ago, China's government "test fired" missiles near Taiwan to discourage
The following is abridged from an open letter written by Juan Miguel Gonzalez, father of Elian Gonzalez, to US attorney-general Janet Reno and US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) commissioner Doris Meissner on February 14. It was
Protests demand Elian be returned home
Protests occurred across Australia on February 17 to demand that the United States government allow six-year-old Elian Gonzalez to return to his family in Cuba. The protests were sponsored nationally by the
Amnesty backs new trial for Mumia
Amnesty International (AI) on February 17 called for a new trial for US political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal because his original trial was "deeply flawed".
After many years of monitoring the case and an exhaustive
International news briefs
PNG students confront fee increase
The University of Papua New Guinea has charged 32 students with offences relating to protest actions held last October. The students were opposing plans to increase tuition fees by 25%
CPI-ML discusses China's socialism
BALASUBRAMANIAN SIVARAMAN, politburo member of the Communist Party of India-Marxist Leninist (Liberation) (CPI-ML) was in Sydney in January for the Marxism 2000 Asia Pacific Solidarity and Education Conference. He
A hot French winter looms
By Stan Demidjuk
The new millennium in France has begun prophetically. Besides the snow, rain, tempests and storms, a wave of industrial and political action has swept across the country. France is in for a very hot
By Allen Myers
PHNOM PENH — The Cambodian government is now awaiting the arrival of a team of United Nations legal experts to continue discussions on UN participation in a trial of former leaders of the Khmer Rouge (KR). This follows a "positive"
By Wolfgang Pomrehn
KIEL, Germany — Anti-fascist protests hit many European cities on February 12 and 13. Protesters opposed the new Austrian government, formed by the conservative OeVP (Austrian People's Party) and the FPOe (Freedom Party of
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