S activist to speak on Malcolm X By Sally Low Malik Miah has been involved in the black movement in the US for more than 20 years. In January he will be a speaker at the Socialist Activists' Education Conference in Sydney. He will present
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SA government attacks WorkCover By Liam Mitchell ADELAIDE — The state government has introduced legislation to reduce workers' entitlements to compensation for injury under the WorkCover system. Currently, employers pay a levy of 3.5% of
Comment by Greg Rose and Sonia Mayers When we first met the executive director of the National SIDS Council, Rob Lamb, in 1990, he was sorting some prototype red noses and checking the latest cartoon car logo. Being a little silly, he said,
Mitteleuropa Three-part documentary series SBS Television Begins Sunday, November 8, at 7.30 p.m. Part One: From the Balkan Wars to the invasion of Poland Reviewed by Peter Anderson A lot more attention has been focussed on the Central
Mass rally for miners and jobs By Frank Noakes LONDON — Up to 250,000 people from around Britain marched through central London in appalling weather on Sunday, October 25, to show their anger at continuing job cuts and in particular the
'We'll show the Liberals how to fight back!' By Jason Cheng MELBOURNE — A mass meeting of 3000 shop stewards and delegates from all unions affiliated to Trades Hall on October 29 unanimously passed a motion to hold a 24-hour stoppage and
Nicaraguan solidarity conference By Stephen Marks MANAGUA — "We need to have alternatives ready when its failure and mass opposition bring the neo-liberal project down." This was one delegate's comment at an international conference in
Memorial meetings were held last week in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide for Jim Percy, the national president of the Democratic Socialist Party, who died on October 12. A special supplement including details of these meetings and
By Catherine Brown With more than 200,000 members, Germany's Friends of the Earth is one of the largest of any country. Arno Behlau, its international spokesperson, talked with Â鶹´«Ã½ Weekly in Bonn about issues facing the German environmental
Feral Children Shooting Parties em = By Denis Kevans Fortunately, for the jaded international telescope rifle hunter, there are large and increasing numbers of outcast children living a carefree life in the broad expanses of Western Sydney.
Roberto Verzola NGOs explore email Some 53 representatives from 36 non-government organisations (NGOs) gathered recently in Manila, to discuss email and other forms of electronic networking. Judging from the conference discussions, email
By Marcel Garces MADRID — Because of changes to the world climate, some 20 million Spaniards who live along 8000 km of Mediterranean coast are in danger, say environmental organisations and government authorities. Minister of public works
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