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South African workers continue strike action

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Twenty thousand striking car assembly workers took to streets in different parts of the country last week in support of demands for higher pay and the rapid elimination of race-based wage anomalies. Thousands of

News briefs

ADELAIDE — Major cuts to health, education and housing are set to dominate the state Liberal government's budget on August 25, its first since taking office last November. While cabinet is still in the process of discussing details around proposed

A how-to on saving oiled birds

A how-to on saving oiled birds Rescue and Rehabilitation of Oiled Birds A field manual by Erna Walraven Available from Taronga Zoo PO Box 20, Mosman 2088 $30 pus $8 postage Reviewed by John Tognolini How do you pick up a Wandering

Radio highlights

International Playhouse — The Dog it was that Died — By Tom Stoppard. Rupert Purvis is a British intelligence officer undergoing "a bit of a crisis". Having become a double agent, he has doubled and redoubled the duplicity so often that he has

RU486: extending women's choices

RU486: extending women's choices By Kath Gelber The Catholic church in Australia has called for a halt to current trials of RU486, the so-called "abortion pill". The trials, taking place under the auspices of the World Health Organisation

Call for Burma human rights group

Call for Burma human rights group By Nick Everett BRISBANE — "Burma — Democracy Denied" is the title of an exhibition of photos, information and a video currently on display here. A video, The Burma Deception was screened at a public

Human nature and society

Human nature and society Bad Boy Bubby Directed by Rolf de Heer Screening at Wallis Theatres, Adelaide Reviewed by Anthony Thirlwall Bad Boy Bubby has been in his room for 35 years. He knows only three living things — his mother,

CoC votes for mass workers party

By Barry Sheppard CHICAGO — The founding convention of the Committees of Correspondence (CoC) held here over July 23-24, reflected and registered the progress — and lack of it — the organisation has made in the two years since the Berkeley

Yeltsin's privatisation decree strikes a blow for dictatorship

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Picture the situation. An important economic bill drafted by presidential aides meets with strong opposition in the parliament. Efforts to find a compromise fail, and the bill is rejected by the lawmakers. Then

Left Alliance challenge in Mexican elections

MEXICO — On February 5, 20,000 Mexicans celebrated the founding of the National Democratic Alliance. The Alliance, which will contest the elections on August 21, is the new left electoral body which brings together up to 15 diverse political

Nostradamus' Media Watch

By Craig Cormick Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Blow for

Greed and fear in Moscow

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Some 67% of Russians, a recent survey discovered, have no savings. Those who do have money saved up protect it against inflation through a variety of methods. These include depositing it in savings banks or in the