By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Five anti-nuclear protesters were hospitalised, and at least 30 more were left bruised and bloodied, after hundreds of thugs on July 29 staged an organised attack on a blockade outside the soon-to-be-completed Rostov
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By Mathew Munro
HOBART — Around 300 people attended a rally on August 6 at the University of Tasmania to protest the administration's move to reduce "swot vac" (the exam study period) from nine days to four, and to hold three exam sessions per
LEO WALLIN works in Telstra's commercial and consumer business unit as a customer sales representative. He spoke to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's JAMES VASSILOPOULOS about Telstra's new work regime and the enterprise bargaining proposal. Wallin says working in
Suharto moves to silence critic
By James Balowski
On August 5, the private secretary of one of Indonesia's best known statespersons was brought to trial for "insulting" President Suharto. Thirty-four-year-old Buyung Rachmat Buchori is being
By Peter Montague
US corporations are successfully pursuing a new strategy to evade environmental laws and regulations. The New York Times describes the strategy: "Urged on by a coalition of big industries, one state after another is adopting
Nurses continue fight for pay and conditions
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE— Victorian nurses voted on August 6 to close 20% of hospital beds as part of their long-running dispute with the state government over pay and staffing. All public
By James Balowski
While attention has been focused on South African President Nelson Mandela's recent meeting with jailed Fretilin leader Xanana Gusmao, and Mandela's offer to "contribute" to UN-sponsored negotiations between Portugal and
All in piecesAll in pieces
By Brandon Astor Jones and Sarah Connor
"First there [is] the children's house of make believe,Some shattered dishes underneath a pine,THe playthings in the playhouse of the children,Weep for what little
High school walk-out called
By Aimee Lipscombe and David Steinberg
MELBOURNE — Resistance is calling on high school students to walk out of class and join the education national day of action rally at the Museum at 1pm on August 20.
By Bronwen Beechey
MELBOURNE — The dispute between electricity supplier Citipower and the Electrical Trades Union has entered its 13th week. ETU members voted on August 5 to stay out until the issue of job security has been resolved. The
By Eva Cheng
After failing to stop the limited democratisation of Hong Kong's political order in the territory's final colonial years, Beijing threatened to roll back those changes after it took control on July 1. It has been doing that over the
Socialists and free speech
By Sean Healy
One of the main controversies in the growing movement against Pauline Hanson's racism surrounds the issue of whether or not the movement should call for restrictions on her legal right to free
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