Czech bus drivers strike over budget cuts By Peter Annear PRAGUE — Members of the Independent Public Road Transport Union held a successful one-day strike on February 10 against proposed budget cuts by the government of the Czech Republic.
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By Dan Connell ADI CAIEH, Eritrea — Each afternoon a cold wind howls over the lip of the plateau, some 2500 metres above sea level, sending clouds of thick brown dirt swirling through the empty streets, deserted except for swarms of small,
By Steve Painter As the green movement grapples with problems of economics and sustainable development, it is becoming fashionable in the big business media to dismiss greens as "witch-doctors" and their proposals as economic sorcery. Given the
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse Written and directed by Fax Bahr and George Hickenlooper Documentary footage directed by Eleanor Coppola Winner of the Best Documentary 1991 at the Sydney and Tokyo Film Festivals Showing at
Who is bankrupt? By Robert J. Burrowes Mr Alex Chua Official Receivers Office Insolvency and Trustee Service Australia I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 5 December, 1991, advising that I have been declared bankrupt by the Federal
Kirner bid for federal funds attacked By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — The state government's call for $3 billion to be spent over the next three years on various infrastructure projects in Victoria has been criticised by community activists as
Mines and building unions unite By Steve Painter SYDNEY — On February 10, the building workers' (BWIU) and mineworkers' (UMFA) unions amalgamated to form the Construction, Forestry and Mining Employees Union (CFMEU), with about 96,000
Consumer guide Public Citizen, the US public interest group associated with Ralph Nader, recently estimated that the newly released Lamborghini Diablo is the world's top fuel-wasting car. In a survey of 900 vehicles, the 12 cylinder job managed
Hypocrisy '92 By Tom Jordan A large flotilla from the United States Navy will visit Australia in early May. It will consist of seven Gulf-serving warships including the one of the world's largest aircraft carriers, USS Independence. Also
Not a right-wing plot Calls for cuts to immigration are not some right-wing racist plot as some quasi-leftists assert. There is sound ecological evidence to support the contention that Australia is already overpopulated. Some recent evidence
By Dick Nichols The closer Green parties get to the Treasury benches, the greater the pressure upon them to go beyond Green buzz words — to produce a detailed model of green economy and sustainable development, along with some strategy of
By Sean Malloy If anyone doubts that the New World Order simply means the US and western Europe bullying small countries, they have only to look at the current campaigns against Iraq and Libya. The Bush administration openly admits that it is
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