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By Nilotpal Basu
A massive popular struggle is rocking Nepal. The struggle is reviving the memories of the huge people's movement for the restoration of democracy in 1990-91.
But the political forces that fought the struggle for
By Sara Ford
KUWAIT — The first word any Westerner ever picks up in Kuwait is "Inshalah". Its literal meaning is "with God's will or help". But having heard it most often when coupled with unfruitful requests for supplies, assistance,
By Larry Douglas
On July 26, 1993 the San Francisco Labor Council voted to oppose the US blockade of Cuba and endorsed the US Cuba Friendship Caravan which is delivering supplies to Cuba.
The council, which represents trade unions
These hands
Neil Murray
Aurora Records through Festival
Reviewed by Ignatius Kim
It must be firm evidence of the anarchic nature of the market oriented recording industry when a singer-composer like Neil Murray has difficulty obtaining
By Hugh Williamson
Japan's economic boom of the late 1980s has run into trouble. Workers are the first to bear the burden — lower wages, higher unemployment, worsening working conditions, and so on.
Wage increases agreed to late March
July 31 marked the 72nd anniversary of the South African Communist Party. After it had been outlawed for 40 years, 50,000 people attended the public launch of the SACP as a legal party, outside Soweto in July 1990. Since then its membership has
By Anthony Brown
A Brisbane solicitor specialising in immigration law has called on the federal government to replace its policy of detaining undocumented boat arrivals with a supervised release program.
South Brisbane Immigration and
The Australian Medical Association and the Colleges of Paediatricians and Obstetricians have commissioned an "Inquiry into Foetal Welfare" by the Faculty of Law at the Australian National University. The primary aim is to determine guidelines of
Call to 'ground Garuda'
By Chris Spindler
ADELAIDE — On August 6 the Campaign for an Independent East Timor (CIET) held a protest vigil outside Garuda airlines highlighting the gross human rights violations of the Indonesian
Old sexism: new perspective
In the United States, about a year ago, the prisoners at the Georgia Women's Correctional Institute, in Hardwick, Georgia, brought a civil suit against that institution. The prisoners allege that the institute's
Unemployment and NESB
Unemployment, especially for mature aged people who have always had a job, is particularly difficult to cope with; but if you come from a Non-English Speaking Background (NESB) and find it difficult to communicate and
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