While most of the left and the trade union movement are lining up behind President Clinton's bid for re-election, there are important signs that sectors of the left and even part of the union leadership are beginning to discuss breaking out of the
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About 5000 Aboriginal organisations have been under attack by the federal Coalition government and the establishment media for being given too much money and for the "misuse" of funds. Many of these organisations, like regional councils in the bush,
Basque struggle Web site (http://www.knooppunt.be/~euskadi/) — A site devoted to spreading information about the struggle of the Basque people for self-determination is up and running again after the Swiss internet provider closed the site. This
NINA LANSBURY visited Iran in November. Here she presents some of her observations. I had an eerie feeling of living within my novel. I was reading George Orwell's 1984, and each time I glanced up from the pages of Big Brother, the large and always
A major advance for working people this century was the reduction of the working day from 12 or more hours a day to eight. Yet in recent arbitration hearings in the Industrial Relations Commission the CRA-owned coal mining company, Novacoal, has been
By Nick Fredman
SYDNEY — Teachers from public and Catholic schools, TAFE and the Adult Migrant Education Service resolved at joint meetings across NSW on May 10 to strike for three days in the week following the May 21 state budget unless their
With another gun rampage dominating the mass media, calls have been renewed for censorship of movies and videos depicting violence, with the claim that there is a link between violent images and subsequent anti-social behaviour.
Censorship of the
By Tim E. Stewart
DARWIN — Boosted by a conference of Australian Education Union delegates held here over the May Day long weekend, 1000 NT teachers rallied outside the NT parliament on May 10. The rally marked a turning point for the nine-month
In promoting Windows 95, Microsoft mounted one of the most expensive advertising campaigns in US history. Microsoft failed to mention that some of the company's new software is packed by prison labour. This news comes from Paul Wright and Dan Pens,
Action alert
NEWCASTLE — The Tomago Sandbed Action Group urgently needs support. Sand mining company RZM has resumed bulldozing areas of old growth forest at Tomago sand beds north of Newcastle. Protesters are camped at the site and are
The top pesticide companies all recorded increases in dollar sales in 1995, according to Agrow: World Crop Protection News. Global agrochemical sales rose by 11.9% to almost US$29 billion. Discounting inflation and currency factors, growth in real
Latin America is becoming one of the fastest growing regions for agrochemical sales, according to "Crop Protection in Latin America", a January 1996 publication by Agrow Reports. Latin America accounts for approximately US$2.6 billion, which is 9% of
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