Triumph clothing strike ends
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — More than 350 women at Triumph International women's underwear factories at Ipswich and Wynnum ended a nine-day strike on November 3, after gaining some improvement in the redundancy
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By Anthony Brown
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities may be included in a scientific project to collect genetic material from the world's endangered indigenous peoples.
The Human Genome Diversity Project is a five-year plan to
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
SBS Television
November 19, 8.30 p.m. (8 in Adelaide)
Reviewed by Ignatius Kim
One of the most fascinating, yet little-known, phases in US history is the period of Radical Reconstruction, which began two
By Ana Kailis
AUCKLAND — New Zealanders have sent a clear message to the two major parties that neither is trusted to govern in its own right. The November 6 election has resulted in neither Labour nor National having a majority in the new
By Peter Boyle
The establishment press celebrated "middle Australia" on October 30. The Australian Institute of Family Studies, they happily reported, had confirmed that "middle Australia" was alive and well and quite happy with its lot.
QUITO — Schools throughout Ecuador have been closed since October 4 by a strike of more than 100,000 teachers.
The teachers, one of the largest groups of public sector employees, are asking for a 50% pay rise, which the government of Sixto
Soweto Flying Squad
SBS television
Tuesday, November 16, 8.30 p.m. (8 in Adelaide)
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
Soweto Flying Squad, a documentary by Britain's respected Channel 4, is a more sophisticated version of the many, mainly US-made,
By John Helmer
MOSCOW — Russian officials in charge of parliamentary elections due on December 12 have revealed details of procedures that will give significant advantages to supporters of President Boris Yeltsin.
If US Secretary of State
By Sean Healy
BRUSSELS—Plans by Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene for a social pact with the trade unions to enforce austerity suffered a major setback when 100,000 protesting workers took to the streets on October 29.
The
Perth residents fight freeway
By Anne Pavy
PERTH — The City Northern Bypass is a freeway link proposed by the state Liberal government to run across the northern edge of the Perth central area. The government claims that it will help
Action against nuclear submarine
By Rohan Gaiswinkler
HOBART — About 20 activists in kayaks and dinghies braved the wintry conditions on November 4 to protest the arrival of the nuclear-powered and probably nuclear-armed USS New York
By Martin Khor
BANGALORE — Half a million Indian farmers took part in a day-long procession and rally in this south Indian city on October 2 to protest against proposals in the Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
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