Thousands of women took part in Germany's first national women's strike on International Women's day. From Bochum, MARY MERKENICH reports on the activities of the German women's movement.
On May 28, 1993, the Constitutional Court, the highest
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By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — New powers to allow police and security guards to forcibly move on "trouble-makers" at Brisbane South Bank were a return to the "police state tactics of the Bjelke-Petersen era", Susan Price and Ana Kailis said on May
Here, slightly abridged, we reprint the text of the victory speech of South African president-elect Nelson Mandela, delivered in Johannesburg on May 2.
Fellow South Africans, this is indeed a joyous night. We are delighted by the overwhelming
No help to industry — Democrats
The white paper fails almost totally to mention, let alone address Australia's structural problems, according to the Democrats.
"It started life as an industry statement, but a sandwich shop got in the way
Socialists oppose $10 a week jobs
"The government's white paper does not create any permanent jobs. Instead, it hands billions of dollars to business. This is a direct transfer of social security payments into the pockets of employers", says
If you bought this issue of Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly on the street, outside a cinema or perhaps at a pub, chances are you bought it from a member of the Democratic Socialist Party or Resistance. The DSP and Resistance are currently undertaking a campaign to
By Tom Kelly
The campaign to restore Tasmania's Lake Pedder to its original condition is gathering momentum in Australia and overseas.
The original Lake Pedder was a shallow glacial lake covering about 10 square kilometres and situated 320
By John Pilger
Last month Prime Minister Paul Keating launched a "trade and cultural promotion" with Indonesia. Surrounded by businessmen and representatives of the arts, Keating made an extraordinary speech that was praised in the Australian
Claudine Holt
For abortion law repeal
Justice Newman's April 18 ruling that abortion is still illegal in NSW is a dangerous threat to the limited legal access to abortion rights in the state. Unless we take up the struggle to decriminalise
By M. Bandung in Jakarta
and Max Lane
One hundred students, workers and farmers crowded into the offices of the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) on May 2 for the launch of Indonesia's first campaigning democratic organisation, the People's
By Pat Brewer
The current factional brawls in NSW and Victoria are an all too familiar scenario in a party which lacks real democracy. Party members of branches and affiliated unions have little real influence over policy formation, and no
By Steve Rogers
CANBERRA — Incumbent national officials in the Public Sector Union have embarked on a campaign of red-baiting and dirty tricks prior to national union elections in mid-May. The cause of their concern is a campaign being run by
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