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Pakistan trade union offices attacked

According to a statement circulated by the Rubina Jamil Working Women's Organisation (WWO) last week, on April 16 the All Pakistan Trade Union Federation offices in Kashmir Road, Guberg in Lahore were attacked without warning and demolished by

Looking out: Experience, not rhetoric

Experience, not rhetoric By Brandon Astor Jones "Forty-four percent of Black teens who date said they [have] dated a White. Thirty-eight percent said they [have] dated a Hispanic, although, in this country, Whites overwhelmingly outnumber

Philippines workers support wharfies

Philippines workers support wharfies By Reihana Mohideen MANILA — More than 100 workers demonstrated outside the Australian embassy on April 24 in support of the sacked Patrick workers and demanding their immediate reinstatement with no loss in

A film of mesmerising power

A film of mesmerising power WalkaboutRestored original cutDirected by Nicholas RoegStarring David Gulpilil, Jenny Agutter, Lucien JohnScreening at Trak, Toorak, in Melbourne and Chauvel, Paddington, in Sydney this month. Then at Electric Shadows,

Hunger strike shines light on prison problems

By Edward Johnston BRISBANE — Seventeen inmates from the 20-cell Maximum Security Unit (MSU) at the Woodford Correctional Centre in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland, refused food from April 4 in protest at conditions in the US-style

More than 50 Indonesian activists disappeared

More than 50 Indonesian activists disappeared By James Balowski According to an April 14 report released at a media conference by the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), 50 Indonesian pro-democracy activists have disappeared since January.

Activist slams 'recolonisation' of Pacific

Activist slams 'recolonisation' of Pacific By Norm Dixon Powes Parkop is general secretary of Melanesian Solidarity (Melsol), an organisation that unites environmental, land rights, student and urban poor community activists throughout Papua New

40,000 strike in Fiji

By Norm Dixon Fiji's trade unions on April 23 staged a widely observed general strike to protest against the government's attempts to impose wage restraint and its refusal to stem the loss of jobs associated with economic "restructuring". More than

Courts, governments attack right to protest

Courts, governments attack right to protest By James Vassilopoulos In a judgment which could have easily come from Jakarta rather than Melbourne, the Victorian Supreme Court on April 20 issued a draconian injunction against picket lines at the