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'No interest in ethnic politics': Rwandan rebels

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — The Rwandan Patriotic Front's assistant director of international relations for Asia and Africa, Dr Ben Rugangazi, firmly rejected the international media's "simplistic" claims that the RPF represents the Tutsi

Strong campaign defends Indonesian media

Strong campaign defends Indonesian media By Max Lane Giving evidence to a parliamentary committee in Jakarta on June 29, information minister Harmoko showed the first signs of a possible weakening in the regime's resolve over the banning of

Next issue

Next issue Because many of the people who help to produce and distribute 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ will be busy attending the Resistance conference next weekend, we are skipping the July 9 issue of the paper. Issue number 151 will be dated July 16.

Refinery workers fight for jobs

Refinery workers fight for jobs By Dave Mizon Workers at Caltex's Kurnell refinery voted on June 30 to take industrial action against the company if it moves against the remaining laboratory workers at the plant, members of the Australian

Community development manual

Community development manual Resource Manual for Facilitators in Community Development By Jeremy McArdle Reviewed by Chris Slee This loose-leaf manual is intended to help community groups gain the skills they need to organise

This sporting week

By Frank Enright Xanana Gusmao trophy A soccer tournament in Bourges, France, on June 11-12 featured a "Xanana Gusmao Challenge". Gusmao is the jailed leader of Fretilin, the East Timor resistance. The trophy, a statue featuring a

Greenhouse effect: business adds to the hot air

By Phil Shannon To listen to the Business Council of Australia (BCA), one could be forgiven for thinking that the greenhouse effect is just a load of hot air. At the high profile summit meeting on June 16 between representatives from

Improving Shakespeare's sexual politics

The Taming of the Shrew By William Shakespeare Bell Shakespeare Company Directed by John Bell Footbridge Theatre, Sydney, to July 30 Reviewed by Peter Boyle Bell Shakespeare Company is touring Australia with a version of The Taming of

South African budget: transformation postponed?

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Hopes that the African National Congress-dominated government of national unity (GNU) will rapidly move to redistribute wealth and economic power have begun to fade with the presentation of its first budget in Cape

Worries over Yeltsin's 'anti-gangster' decree

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Responding to pleas from terrified business people and urgent demands from Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, Russian President Boris Yeltsin on June 14 issued a decree permitting tough action against Russia's vast and

Action updates

ADELAIDE — More than 100 information technology workers, members of the Public Service Association, struck for one day on June 30 to protest against the proposed privatisation of the state government's computer networks. Computer giants IBM and EDS

150 issues of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly

It's been three and a half years since 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly hit the streets during the anti-Gulf War protest movement. Our first issue demanded: "Stop the War!". By the third, the war had ended, but GLW didn't stop its coverage of the war's aftermath.