By Mark Cox
South Africa is not a subtle place. On the second day of my work with the South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) in Johannesburg, a white policeman shot dead one innocent pedestrian and injured another
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A jobs levy?
Tax the majority, not the minority of super-wealthy people who live off company profits, dividends, and rent: this is the "solution" to unemployment that the ACTU and the ALP left are rallying behind. They are calling for a
Korean human rights activist arrested
South Korean human rights campaigner Noh Tae-hoon was illegally arrested on July 15 in his lawyer's office. He is being detained under the notorious National Security Law.
When an officer from the
Creating a better 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳
The 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly Equipment and Maintenance Fund was established at the beginning of this year to purchase new equipment for the production of 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly. The idea was to raise $30,000 over and above
See no evil: the Sabra and Shatila massacres
SBS TV's Timewatch series
Monday, August 9, 7.30 p.m. (Adelaide 7.00)
Reviewed by Sean Malloy
"Tell the world. Film it, film it, film it", pleads a Palestinian woman who survived the horrors
British environmentalists jailed
Seven environmentalists, including Simon Fairlie, one of the editors of the Ecologist, were jailed for 28 days on July 23 for breaching a High Court injunction preventing them from protesting against the
Report supports saving Upfield train line
By Vannessa Hearman
MELBOURNE — The Upfield rail line, which links the northern suburbs of Melbourne to the city, is threatened with closure by the Kennett government after years of neglect by
Current affairs with conscience
By Superna Aggarwal
"When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers the most. It's the same when the two elephants make love." — Rakiya Omaar, a Somali woman, on the impact of the Cold War and
Independent union conference banned
On July 29 the Indonesian government barred supporters and members of a recently formed independent trade union from holding its first congress.
Plain-clothes police and military intelligence banned
2NUR radiothon — Newcastle public radio is holding its annual radiothon August 7-15. NUR relies heavily on its listeners for funds to allow it to broadcast programs that the "mainstream" stations in the Hunter region do not. Some lucky
Where is Cambodia headed now that a National Assembly is to adopt a constitution and a coalition government has been formed? Khuon Sundary is the deputy editor of Pracheachun, the daily newspaper of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP). She was
By Max Lane
The largest demonstration of Filipino progressive forces since 1987 took place in Manila on July 26. Between 35,000 and 50,000 workers, students and others marched on the Congress to demonstrate against the Ramos government's
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