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VW washes hands of slave labour By Norm Dixon Giant German-based multinational car company Volkswagen is refusing to pay back wages and compensation to people forced to work in its factories as slaves during the second world war. Similar
Protests continue in East Timor By Jon Land The people of East Timor continue to demand the right to self-determination and reject Habibie government's offer of "special status". Mobilisations of thousands of students and young people, which have
By Barry Sheppard On June 18, 6000 members of the Independent Union of Telephone Employees (UIET), which represents technicians and phone repair workers, and the Independent Brotherhood of Telephone Employees (HIETEL), which organises office
Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) released the following statement on June 25. The recent success of Pauline Hanson's racist One Nation party in the Queensland elections presents new challenges for the progressive movement.
Editorial: Unions can't keep ignoring Hanson The large vote for the racist One Nation organisation in the Queensland election, and the outfit's rise in national opinion polls, should be seen as a threat by the entire union movement. The
Why the South African revolution stalled The ANC and the Liberation Struggle: A Critical Political Biography By Dale T. McKinley Pluto Press, 1997 175 pp., $34.95 (pb) Available at Resistance Bookshops (see page 2)  
Behind the Ethiopia-Eritrea clash By James Thomson Instead of spearheading “Africa's renaissance”, two of Africa's poorest countries — Ethiopia and Eritrea — have been launching rockets, artillery shells and air strikes at each
MUA members speak out against the Patrick deal Each week 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly sponsors the Friday breakfast show on community radio 3CR in Melbourne. The June 26 show covered the MUA-Patrick settlement, which was adopted against some opposition at MUA
By Lara Pullin CANBERRA — The Residential Tenancies Act 1997 has recently come into effect, but there has been very little publicity given to the changes, particularly for public housing tenants. The act specifies such things as fair process for
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Serious faults with a new computer system, the Newstart Common Platform (NCP), dealing with unemployment and related benefits has caused chaos at Centrelink, the federal agency responsible for delivering social security
Habibie gets an unwanted birthday present By Helen Jarvis JAKARTA — Tensions are high throughout Indonesia one month after Suharto stepped down from the presidency, in the wake of massive demonstrations, handing over to his vice-president, B.J.