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Now is the time

Due to popular demand, the special South Africa celebration subscription offer to Green Left has been extended by two weeks. For a further two weeks, you can subscribe to Green Left Weekly for six months (22 issues) for only $20, one-third less than

Ok Tedi: PNG and BHP run scared

Ok Tedi: PNG and BHP run scared By Frank Enright The Papua New Guinea government will attempt to legislate retrospectively to protect itself and the Australian mining company BHP from a $4 million environmental lawsuit being brought by

Ramos blocks guests at Timor conference

By Jon Land The Philippines government is under pressure from Indonesia to prevent the first Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) from taking place in Manila. The conference, scheduled at the University of the Philippines May 31-June 3

New Zealand Greens reaffirm Alliance strategy

By Tom Kelly WELLINGTON — The question whether the New Zealand Greens should go it alone or remain within the five-party Alliance was the key focus of debate at the Greens' annual conference, held here on the weekend of May 14-15. After

What Washington is aiming for in Haiti

The United Nations Security Council, at US direction, has announced an economic embargo of Haiti. President Bill Clinton has hinted broadly at military invasion if the embargo is not sufficient to force withdrawal of the military rulers who overthrew

Filipino socialists call for peace between leftists

By Max Lane Carlos Forte, secretary of the Manila Rizal branch of the underground Communist Party of the Philippines, released a statement on May 9 "fully supporting the call of comrades and concerned progressive sectors for a peaceful

Water supply workers strike

Water supply workers strike By Chris Spindler ADELAIDE — A mass meeting of more than 700 Engineering and Water Supply (E&WS) workers on May 20 voted to strike from Friday May 20 to Monday against the government's audit commission report,

Sydney Peace Squadron

Members of the Sydney Peace Squadron and other solidarity groups held a vigil of support on May 20 for Robert Samsa, on trial for a protest action he was involved with on October 24 against visiting Indonesian warships. Sydney Peace Squadron used the

Producing the alternative media

By Frank Noakes Rupert Murdoch's News Limited (more accurately Limited News) is one of the biggest media empires the world has known. Its Australian chief executive, Ken Cowley, told the parliamentary inquiry into the print media: "We take the

Kidnapping of Aboriginal youths

SAM WATSON of the Aboriginal Legal Service in Brisbane was interviewed for Green Left Weekly by John Nebauer on May 20. Can you outline what happened on the night in question? On Tuesday, May 10, between 3 and 4am, three Aboriginal

PSU incumbents force agency bargains on members

By Steve Rogers CANBERRA — As Public Sector Union members across Australia start voting in national elections, incumbent officials are out in force. But only some are doing so under the election banner. Most are out campaigning for the

... and ain't i a woman?: Not Monty Python, unfortunately

Not Monty Python, unfortunately If you thought the days of beauty contests were over, think again. On Saturday, May 21, 77 contestants in the 1994 Miss Universe Pageant lined up in Manila in what women's rights activist Nelia Sancho calls a