Labour Party formed in Sindh
By Sean Healy
KARACHI — The struggles of workers and peasants in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh have taken a big step forward with the formation of the Labour Party of Pakistan in the province. The Labour
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Fact and fantasy
In recent weeks, the establishment media across the world have focused their attention on the private exploits of US President Bill Clinton and his testimony before the grand jury. Did he have an affair in the hallowed halls of the
Liberals clutching at straws
By Tony Iltis
HOBART — The Liberal state government is desperately trying to convince an increasingly sceptical Tasmanian population that privatising the Hydro Electric Corporation will benefit the community.
Nurses strike at Prince Alfred Hospital
By Shane Bentley
SYDNEY — More than 500 nurses from the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) at Camperdown held a 24-hour strike on August 18 against staff and service cuts. The strike and rally were held
By Nick Everett
Members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) in the federal government's agency Centrelink served a log of claims on their employer on August 14. Ninety-seven per cent of CPSU members in the agency voted in support of the
By Peter Boyle
Trades and Labor Councils in WA, SA, NSW South Coast and the ACT have adopted resolutions of support for the August 28 student walkout against racism, organised by the socialist youth organisation Resistance. The SA United Trades and
Democracy in Cuba
By Barry Sheppard
In early August, my companion Caroline Lund and I visited Cuba as part of the Eighth US-Cuba Friendshipment, organised by Pastors for Peace. As with all Friendshipments, this one openly defied Washington's
Police want open access to schools
By Chris Latham
PERTH — The WA Crown Solicitor's Office has advised a parliamentary enquiry that: "A principal should permit police officers to enter school premises for the purpose of conducting a search of
China and Che
In GLW #328, Bob Saltis is critical of Eva Cheng's support for "workers' democracy" in GLW #315. It is a pity that Bob, who is president of the Cuba Friendship Society in SA, has not taken Fidel's advice to study the economic
Insincere apologies from Indonesian government
By Max Lane
On August 15, President B.J. Habibie promised that the Indonesian parliament — the one "elected" under the rigged laws of the Suharto dictatorship — would now respect human rights.
By Dave Riley
Internment without trial was used against nationalists in the north of Ireland in the 1970s. Many hundreds were incarcerated in Long Kesh prison between 1972 and 1976. While internment was dropped from the British statute book only
By Sue Boland
The federal government's campaign to convince us that we'll all be winners under its tax package (code for the goods and services tax) has suffered setbacks from criticism by lobby groups representing people on low incomes. After
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