By Keara Courtney
The $64 question for anyone who seriously wants to change society is: how? Is it possible to work within the present system, and out of it create something more just and democratic through peaceful, bit-by-bit reforms? Or is the
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Turkey invades Kurdistan again
Turkey's latest invasion of Kurdish-populated northern Iraq has taken place, ignored by the world's press. About 25,000 Turkish troops, supported by planes and helicopters, crossed the border on November 6.
Turkish
New BHP steel agreement
By Andrew Hall
WOLLONGONG — A small proportion of the 5000 workers at BHP's Port Kembla steelworks met on November 6 and endorsed a new three-year steel agreement. The agreement "reflects a commitment by the company,
Korean workers march against bosses
On November 8, about 20,000 South Korean workers marched around the Seoul headquarters of the Federation of Korean Industries to demand the jailing of the bosses of big businesses, whom they accuse of bringing
Human Rights Commission inquiry into death
An Aboriginal death in Alice Springs in March has attracted the attention of the Human Rights Commission.
It is the first coronial investigation into a case of this kind in which the HRC has sought to
Kurdistan Workers Party leader arrested
Abdullah Ocalan, the general secretary of the left-wing pro-independence Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), was seized by Italian police as he left a plane at Rome airport on November 12. Ocalan had been forced
NATIONAL — Resistance branches across the country held launches of the new Resistance magazine on the weekend of November 14. Stay tuned for more news next week.
SYDNEY — On November 6, the Sydney Resistance branch set an exciting path for
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Russians, like other northern Europeans, tend to be tall if properly fed. "If" is of course the important word here: throughout most of Russia's history, the nutrition of the bulk of the population has been abominable.
Canadian PM in hot water over APEC '97
By Dr James Winter
As the APEC leaders prepare to meet in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 15-18, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien is still battling calls for his resignation following the
By Francesca Davis
Efforts over a decade to stabilise the Earth's rising temperature are on the verge of collapse, Worldwatch Institute researchers announced in a special issue of World Watch magazine in October. Negotiations over the details of
Indigenous rights and the NT constitution
DARWIN — Following the October 3 defeat of the referendum on statehood for the Northern Territory, public discussion has now resumed on a new constitution for the NT. COL FRIEL presents some of the issues
SA public sector pay dispute
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — Industrial action is to disrupt the state public sector over the next few weeks because of workers' dissatisfaction with the state government's enterprise bargaining pay offer. Clerical
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