By Mary Merkenich
BOCHUM — A thousand people on April 23 took to the streets here, in the heart of Germany's Ruhr Valley. The demonstrators demanded no deportations of Kurds, an end to the criminalisation of Kurds by the Bonn government,
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Tens of thousands of people are expected to demonstrate in Paris on the weekend of May 28-29 to demand a 35-hour week with no loss of pay. Demonstrations and meetings will be the culmination of five separate marches from different parts of France
Operation Sweep to continue
By Sean Healy
PERTH — On April 27 the state government confirmed that it would be reactivating "Operation Sweep", aimed at getting young people under 18 off the streets of inner city Northbridge and Fremantle.
The Last Whale
Directed by David Bradbury
Available through Youngheart Productions, 187A Whale Beach Road, Whale Beach, Sydney 2107, phone (02) 974 1102, fax (02) 974 1064
Reviewed by Francesca Davidson
The Last Whale is a moving
Agency bargaining in the ATO
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — An agency bargaining agreement for the Australian Taxation Office, endorsed by both management and the Public Sector Union leadership, will be put to PSU members around Australia at a
ADELAIDE — At least 50 people gathered outside the Commonwealth Building on May 6 to protest against the Keating government's white paper on unemployment. The spirited demonstration, organised by Resistance, included speakers from the Young
The Gift of the Gorgon
By Peter Shaffer
Sydney Theatre Company
Reviewed by Helen Jarvis
"Set aside what anyone thinks of the play, it does ask a serious question. Perhaps the most serious question you can ask of a civilisation. Do you
By Pip Hunter
Following a fortnight of factional warfare in which more than 1000 people signed up to the Victorian Labor Party, its leader John "Cleanskin" Brumby said he will introduce a new rule governing what he euphemistically calls
By Max Lane
Following the massive May Day demonstration in Manila, when more than 100,000 workers demonstrated in a series of rallies, the Filipino left faces a serious challenge in an imminent resort to violence by one of its Â鶹´«Ã½.
The
Millions celebrate victory
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — "You can proclaim it from the rooftops: free at last!" Nelson Mandela declared near the end of his historic victory speech. Within minutes, millions of South Africans were doing just
What future does the ANC see for itself after the elections? Will it have two "wings" — one inside parliament and the other in the streets? This edited ANC discussion paper tries to answer a few questions. It was first published in the April/May
By Peter Montague
The American Chemical Society [ACS] recently affirmed (Chemical & Engineering News, January 31, 1994) the following phenomena:
Sperm count in men worldwide has dropped to 50% of what it was 50 years ago.
The
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