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Indonesia plans to deport labour consultant

Indonesia plans to deport labour consultant By Pip Hinman Roger Smith, an Australian who works for the American Centre for International Labor Solidarity, which is funded by the US government and the AFL-CIO, has been threatened with deportation

New Zimbabwean party is 'a half-way house'

New party is 'a half-way house' Patrick Bond spoke with MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai in Johannesburg. Question: How can the MDC's industrial worker and urban community activists persuade the rural folk to abandon Mugabe's "nationalism". We're

PUK attacks human rights in Iraqi Kurdistan

By Moayad Ahmed Serious events are taking place in the areas of southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) where the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), led by Jalal Talabani, is imposing its rule. The PUK has violated the political freedoms and human

Democrats give succour to Howard

By Sue Boland When the Coalition government announced that it was introducing the "Timor tax" in November, Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly warned that it could be used as a precedent for introducing other "special purpose" levies. It was quite likely, we argued,

Looking out: Past and present?

Past and present? By Brandon Astor Jones "Doctors [in America] ... are treating more and more patients for back problems related to carrying too much weight on their backs. Furthermore, the patients reporting pain are quite young. A study

China increases war spending while its economy sags

By Eva Cheng Under the Communist Party's tight control, the annual session of China's parliament — the National People's Congress (NPC) — has traditionally been a staged event. It often is, however, a useful gauge of Beijing's prevailing

Student actions succeed

By Bronwyn Powell Three hundred students rallied at the Southern Cross University in Lismore on March 15 to protest against a $50 late enrolment fee which was levied on 1000 students. The university failed to give adequate notification that the due

Grassroots action needed against mandatory sentencing

Grassroots action needed against mandatory sentencing By Edward Johnstone BRISBANE — Two hundred people attending a meeting against mandatory sentencing at City Hall here on March 17 were told, "If we let politicians introduce these laws, the

Building workers on the verge of victory

By Michael Bull MELBOURNE — Three thousand construction workers marched through the streets of Melbourne on March 17 in support of their unions' claim for a shorter working week, confident that they are close to winning their demands for a

And ain't i a woman: Equal opportunity in cyberspace?

Equal opportunity in cyberspace?  In 1995, academic Dale Spender wrote a book called Nattering on the Net: Women, Power and Cyberspace. In it she urged women to join the cyberspace race and avoid being left behind in the multimedia

Is a timber worker-environmentalist alliance possible?

By Marcel Cameron MELBOURNE — On February 21, the longest running blockade of logging operations in East Gippsland was brutally attacked by 50 men wielding axes, sawn timber and iron bars. The camp at Goolengook was destroyed and 13

Howard's agenda: forcing women out of the work force

By Jenny Long With the release of unemployment figures late last year, John Howard remarked approvingly on an apparent fall in "second income earners" in the work force. There's obviously no doubt in the PM's mind that women should be safely at