By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — "The people of South Africa have spoken ... They want change! And change is what they will get. Our plan is to create jobs, promote peace and reconciliation, and to guarantee freedom for all South Africans. We will
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By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — The anxiously awaited Public Service Audit review, released on May 3, has confirmed the worst fears of trade union and community activists. The audit found that the state is in debt to the tune of an additional
By Max Lane
The launch of the People's Democratic Union (PRD) on May 2 has continued to stir controversy in Indonesia.
Soon after the launch of the activist-based pro-democracy movement, Soesilo Soedarman, the minister for politics and
Still on the Journey
Sweet Honey in the Rock's 20th anniversary album
Review by Carla Gorton
"Viva South Africa, Viva!" Hundreds of concert goers were on their feet with their fists in the air. The echo resounded through the Perth Concert
VSU dispute at Tas Uni
By Jen Crothers
HOBART — Voluntary student unionism has recently become a significant issue at the University of Tasmania here. Daniel Muggeridge, a prize-winning student, has been debarred from the University for
By Michael Rafferty
The term "training wage" is a misnomer. We should call it what it really is. It is a below-award youth wage — a pay cut for all young people entering the work force, and potentially also for all young people already in the
By Sam Wainwright and Sarah Stephen
Protests are continuing against the federal government's white paper proposal to remove the under 18 dole and introduce a below award "training wage".
Around Australia more than a thousand people
Looking out: Deadly 'isms'
By Brandon Astor Jones
Brian Head is dead. Many of his classmates attended his funeral, held at the Hillcrest Baptist Church in Acworth, Georgia.
On March 25 the stocky 15-year-old took the family pistol to
By Mara Ochoa
Brasilia — The Brazilian Workers Party (PT) opened its 9th National Meeting on April 29 in the Federal Congress Building.
The participants included 440 delegates elected by municipal PT branches. Invited guests included
By Frank Enright
In March, for no apparent reason, New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger declared for a republic in 2000. Many in his own National Party were taken by surprise, and the opposition Labour Party could only mutter that it would be
By Boris Kagarlitsky
MOSCOW — During this northern spring, a strike wave has rolled across Russia. This has now become a tradition. The problems forcing workers to protest are generally the same: failure to pay wages, declining production and
Khmer Rouge on the march
By Helen Jarvis
Cambodia is once again at a crisis point. The Khmer Rouge are wreaking havoc across a 400 km arc in the north-western provinces, burning schools and hospitals so painfully rebuilt in recent years,
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