By Eva Cheng
For the third week, hundreds of thousands of South Korean workers have stood firm against the Kim Young-sam government's sweeping attacks on key democratic rights and working conditions. The workers have made it clear they draw
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Fiddling figures to cut wages
By Barry Sheppard
After last November's elections, the ongoing bipartisan drive to cut the social wage will centre on whittling away at Medicare and Social Security. Exactly how to go about doing this is somewhat
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — As Russian nuclear safety campaigner Aleksandr Nikitin nears the first anniversary of his arrest for espionage, he is able to walk the streets of St Petersburg, more or less a free man. But although Nikitin was released
By Tom Flanagan
Public comment on the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed uranium mine at Jabiluka closed on January 9. Australian Conservation Foundation campaigner Dave Sweeney observed, "The Jabiluka EIS is not a
Comment by Col Friel
Lisa Macdonald (GLW, November 27) is correct when she says that any opposition to immigration on any grounds strengthens the hands of those who oppose immigration on other grounds, but to jump from that to the conclusion that
Struggles mount as Indonesian activists go on trial
By Max Lane
The trials of Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) president Budiman Sujatmiko, PRD secretary-general Petrus Haryanto, Indonesian Centre for Labour Struggles (PPBI) president Dita Sari,
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