By Norm Dixon
The brutal military dictatorship of General Sani Abacha is stepping up its harassment of labour movement activists. The British Committee of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights (ICTUR) and the London-based Committee for a
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By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — If you hadn't had a pay packet in months, would you be holding off from protest action in order to avoid embarrassing the ruling authorities before the next elections? Probably not, and workers in Russia aren't doing so
Baker's DozenEnda KennyIndependently produced. PO Box 5018, Carlton 3053$30 (includes postage)Reviewed by Alex Bainbridge Enda Kenny is an Australian folk singer on the rise. Baker's Dozen, like its predecessor, 12 Songs, has been widely acclaimed in
By Michael Bramwell and Arun Pradhan
PERTH — Who is Resistance and what are they doing out west? Looking at the media coverage last year starts to give a (distorted) idea. According to Channel 9 news, Resistance was infiltrating Perth high
More than 15,000 people participated in the founding of the new Freedom and Solidarity Party (ODP) in Turkey on January 22. Ertugrul Kurkcu, a founding member of this party, recently visited Australia. He was interviewed for Â鶹ӳ» Weekly by Arty
MrayaAbdel Ali SlimaniReal World through FestivalReviewed by Jenny Long This album is an interesting introduction to the current evolution of Algerian "pop"-rai — the 1980 and '90s version of the bawdy, working-class rai originating from the
By Graham Matthews and Karen Fletcher
On May 5, 1996, the people of the east German states of Brandenburg and Berlin soundly rejected by referendum a treaty to unify those two states. The treaty was defeated even though almost every major party
TrainspottingDirected by Danny Boyle Starring Ewan McGregor, Ewan Bremner, Johnny Lee MillerReviewed by Natalie Woodlock
If you're looking for a happy ending, or for a moralising don't-do-drugs-they're-bad-for-you film, you shouldn't see
Greenhouse: why Howard must set targets
By Pip Hinman
The federal Coalition government, in cahoots with mineral resources industry bosses, is running a scare campaign to convince the public that tens of thousands of jobs and Australia's economy
While fashion designers are demanding size 8 models for the catwalk and Juice magazine promotes "fashion to die for", is it any surprise that eating disorders are on the increase? On June 4, the NSW Health Department released a report stating that
By Alex Bainbridge
It is well worth the trip to Gunnedah to visit the miners who are now 10 months into their strike at CRA's Vickery coal mine. These strikers are a living demonstration of how to build the solidarity that will be needed to defeat
By Sean Healy
Talks supposedly aimed at delivering peace in northern Ireland began on June 10. Initially supposed to be genuinely all party, the talks have been threatened by the British government's refusal to allow representatives of the
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