The Chris Hani memorial tour visited Australia from September 26 to October 6 to give a first-hand account of developments in South Africa. The delegation consisted of Charles Nqakula, general secretary of the South African Communist Party and member
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Corrective Services imprisoned
By Janet Parker
SYDNEY — Employees of the Department of Corrective Services here were imprisoned for an hour by demonstrators barring the entrance to their offices on September 30. The protest,
US blockade causes $1 billion loss to Cuba
HAVANA — Speaking at the Mexico-Cuba mixed commission meeting on September 19, Cuban foreign minister Roberto Robaina said US pressures caused close to $US1 billion in losses for the Cuban
Comment by Alison Dellit
At the ALP national conference, a series of motions was passed condemning the proposal of up-front fees for undergraduate students, and calling for a review of the charging of fees for postgraduate courses, which
By Pip Hunter
SYDNEY — "Historically, it has been easy to discuss class and race in the South African context. But the discussion on gender has been undermined or subsumed", Thenjiwe Mthintso, an African National Congress member of
Ignoring lessons
By Sid Spindler
The Kennett government is ignoring the lessons of overseas countries in building more roads at the expense of public transport.
In Los Angeles, drivers inch along 12-lane expressways.
Illegal logging on Indonesian island
On the Indonesian island of Siberut, about 100 km west of Sumatra, all logging concessions were withdrawn and logging was supposed to be stopped half a year ago. But despite the government decision to
At the International Â鶹´«Ã½ Conference in Sydney at Easter, Peter Camejo identified the key problem for the socialist movement as being the isolation of socialists from the necessary agency of socialism — the working class.
Looking out: If not, why not?
By Brandon Astor Jones
Recently I listened to a radio broadcast out of Atlanta, Georgia. The talk show What's Going On? is hosted by Ryan Cameron. It is a good social and civic forum for
By Dave Riley
BRISBANE — Anti-freeway mobilisations here have shaken the state Labor government. In the series of rallies generated from among anti-freeway activists, more than 12,000 people have registered their active opposition to the
By Kelly O'Callaghan
MELBOURNE — Public transport unions plan to stop work for 24 hours on October 14 in support of a 6% wage claim which they have been pursuing for 12 months. The claim arises from last year's "reform" agreement between
Wholly positive
"You sense, as I very strongly do, that the underlying momentum is wholly positive." — Foreign minister Gareth Evans, commenting on an Amnesty International report which says that the Indonesian government is shooting alleged
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