By Chow Wei Cheng
Four years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the economic crisis that followed in Cuba, the Cuban economy is starting to grow again. Cuba's real GDP grew 0.7% in 1994, marking what is believed to be the beginning of a
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Student organisation calls for solidarity
According to Mautodok, a representative of RENETIL (National Resistance of Free East Timor Students), who is currently in Australia, "The May 13 demonstrations demanding Australia cut military ties with
4000 march for May Day in Brisbane
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Some four thousand unionists and members of political organisations marched here on May Day from the Trades and Labour Council to Albert Park in the annual Labour Day parade on
Health insurance bill draws criticism
By Jennifer Thompson
Federal health minister Carmen Lawrence's Health Legislation (Private Health Insurance Reform) Amendment Bill has drawn criticism from a wide range of doctors, specialists and
A 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ seller in Sydney reports she was given an anonymous donation last week. While she was selling to another buyer near Town Hall in the centre of the city, the unknown man slipped a $50 note into her hand, took a paper and quickly
HEMP week in Brisbane
By Brent Wish
BRISBANE — Last week at the University of Queensland HEMP (Help End Marijuana Prohibition) and the High Society organised events to highlight the many uses of hemp and its continuing prohibition in
ADELAIDE — Streets were filled with the sound of honking horns at 4:30pm on May 4 as drivers supported the Resistance "Honk for East Timor" which linked up with the activists from the No Fees Tent City. With Resistance placards demanding that the
By Lisa Macdonald
Supporters of the big business parties may grumble about the undermining of democracy and "majority rule" through the election of several small parties to the NSW Legislative Council. But the approximately 130,000 people who
Peace in the Middle East — US style
The US administration's decision to cut off all US trade and investment with Iran is a continuation of its policy to suppress any country in the Middle East with the potential to challenge Western countries'
Book documents abuses on Bougainville
By Roberto Jorquera
SYDNEY — Sixty-five Bougainville solidarity activists gathered at the state parliament theatrette on May 1 for the launch of Human Rights Abuses Against the People of Bougainville
By Fiona Katauskas
MANILA — On May 8, after months of often bizarre pageantry and promises, voters will elect officials for thousands of offices, from town councillors to provincial governors to senators and congresspeople.
Among the
By Pip Hinman
The right to demonstrate is under threat. May 12 is the deadline for submissions to a parliamentary committee investigating "the right to legitimately protest or demonstrate on National Land and in the Parliamentary Zone".
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