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Action updates

Latin American Action launched BRISBANE — Australian Aid for El Salvador organised a public meeting on April 12 to acknowledge the success of the FMLN in the March 16 general election in El Salvador and to launch a new organisation.

London march for social justice

London march for social justice By Sam Wainwright LONDON Around 10,000 people marched here on April 12 to call for social justice and to expose the anti-working class pro-big business policies of John Major's Conservatives, the Liberal

Indian United Front government falls

Indian United Front government falls By Sujatha Fernandes Indian parliamentary politics has again entered a situation of uncertainty after the Congress party withdrew its support for Prime Minister Deve Gowda and his United Front

International news briefs

Spratly talks in stalemate China and Vietnam's April 9-11 negotiations in Beijing over the disputed ownership of the Spratly Islands ended in stalemate. Tension rose again after Beijing set up an oil rig in March which Vietnam strongly protested

'Public service needs a fighting union'

By Jen Crothers SYDNEY — National Challenge, the umbrella group embracing rank-and-file activists within the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU), is offering members an alternative leadership in the upcoming national union elections. The

Looking out: Hell no!

Hell no!Hell no! By Brandon Astor Jones "The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." — Steve Biko (1946-1977). BAJ: What is your name? BLD: Bobby Lee Daniels. BAJ: Can you tell

New play by Frank Otis

New play by Frank Otis MELBOURNE—As part of his recovery from a traumatic background of sexual assault and psychiatric illness, Frank Otis wrote his first play, And now I lay me down to sleep, which was produced last year and played to packed

Women workers threatened by industrial laws

Women workers threatened by industrial laws By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — One hundred striking workers at Michaelis Bayley Footwear in Footscray, manufacturers of Homy Ped shoes, have been subjected to police violence and legal threats

Pro-Megawati rally in Jakarta

Between 10,000 and 15,000 PDI supporters massed on the streets of Jakarta outside the parliament on April 15, demanding that the elected leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), Megawati Sukarnoputri, be allowed to participate in the May 29

Suzuki discusses lack of environment progress since Rio

By Shane Hopkinson NEWCASTLE — Well-known environmentalist Dr David Suzuki addressed a packed house here on April 14. Some 1300 people turned up to hear him give the first Citizenship and Governance lecture. Suzuki began with a grim assessment

Pollution law exemption condemned

Pollution law exemption condemned By Bill Mason @box text intro = BRISBANE — Environmentalists have slammed a plan by the Queensland government to exempt the mining giant Mount Isa Mines from stricter national air quality standards to be

Another nuclear accident in Japan

Another nuclear accident in Japan By Eva Cheng Yet another nuclear accident struck Japan on April 14, and the nuclear operating authority once again failed to report it to the central government immediately for possibly crucial emergency