By Angela Luvera
BRISBANE — The 1997 Network of Women Students Australia conference, held at the Queensland University of Technology July 7-12, was attended by around 600 women. Plenary panels included Feminisms; Women in Struggle; Women, Work
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Comments of some NOWSA participants
Kylie Moon, 19, member of Resistance, studying at the University of Tasmania, third NOWSA: "The focus has been more on women taking action than compared to previous years. There has been a shift in the
Anti-Hanson campaign meeting called
By Liam Mitchell
SYDNEY — In response to the One Nation party seeking to establish branches in northern and western suburbs, the Campaign Against Racism has called an open meeting to organise opposition
South Africans strike against privatisation
By Norm Dixon
Thousands of workers employed by local government in Johannesburg and Pretoria staged a one-day strike on July 1 to oppose privatisation. The strike was called by the South African
Senegal was a French colony until it became independent in 1960. It contains about 20 distinct ethnic groups in its population of 8 million.The country has been facing a huge economic and social crisis that has its roots in the increase in debt and a structural adjustment program launched in the early 1980s.
By Norm Dixon
Disgust at Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan's plan to use South African mercenaries to crush the people of Bougainville led to his heavy defeat in the general election, held between June 14 and 28. PNG's 2.3 million
By Alex Bainbridge and Reihana Mohideen
The Industrial Relations Commission on July 17 instructed Public Transport Union (PTU) train drivers to cross the striking mineworkers' picket line in the Hunter Valley. However, the IRC ruling also stated
By Allen Myers
In March, much of the world was shocked by the suicides of a group of 39 people in California. The members of a small religious cult, they believed, not that they were ending their lives, but that they were being transported to a
RFAs opposed
CANBERRA — On July 18, about 30 people protested outside Liberal Senator Margaret Reid's Office. The action, organised by the Wilderness Society, was to protest against regional forest agreements, which a TWS spokesperson
Strike wave hits Zimbabwe
By Norm Dixon
Workers in some of Zimbabwe's lowest paying jobs have embarked on a wave of strikes to win wage increases of up to 50%. Employers have responded with intransigence and violence, while the Mugabe
Abstudy cuts decimate Batchelor College
By Marina Cameron
A report from Batchelor College, a university in the Northern Territory, to education minister Amanda Vanstone predicts that budget cuts to Abstudy will lead the institution to
CPSU members vote
Meetings were held around the country last week to vote on the way forward for the campaign by the Community and Public Sector Union to protect jobs and conditions. Paul Oboohov reports from Canberra that on July 17 members
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