Eva Cheng
Despite winning 50.11% of the votes cast in Taiwan's March 20 presidential election — a big improvement from the 39.3% that won him the presidency in 2000 — incumbent President Chen Shui-bian's re-election remains in doubt.
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George Samuel
While university students fight the introduction of voluntary student unionism, the effect of management-controlled student organisations has hit home at Ultimo TAFE.
The annual general meeting and board elections for the TAFEs
Sue Bolton, Melbourne
More unionists are adding their names to the campaign to defend Craig Johnston, the former secretary of the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union's Victorian branch. Johnston is facing serious charges resulting from the
John Tomlinson
Beyond the New Paternalism: Basic Security as EqualityBy Guy StandingVerso, London, 2002320 pages
In early December, I finally got around to reading Philippe Van Parijs' 1997 book Real Freedom for All. I needed to read it before
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Public sector shuts down
ADELAIDE — Historic strike action closed down most of the South Australian public service on March 26. For the first time in more than 20 years, members of the Public Service Association walked out en masse in
Paul Oboohov, Canberra
The campaign to save the O'Connor and Bruce Ridge from the Gungahlin Drive extension escalated on March 22, when up to 100 protesters blockaded the work site. Nine people were arrested over two days of protests, organised by
Nidal al Haddad
On March 24, the United Nations Human Rights Commission adopted a resolution condemning Israel's assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin. Thirty-one countries represented on the commission, including UN Security
Chris Slee
The Tamil National Alliance will contest the April 2 Sri Lankan parliamentary elections on a platform calling for the creation of an interim self-governing authority for the north-eastern part of the island. The TNA, an alliance of four
Three days of talks between India and Pakistan in February sought to find a "roadmap to peace" in the disputed territory of Kashmir, but Kashmiri representatives are yet to be involved. Iqbal Khan, a Kashmiri living in Canberra, spoke to 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳
At the beginning of March, there were 153 children in Australian-run immigration detention centres. In addition, there are up to 98 asylum seeker children in foster care, hospital or motel detention.
Most of them, however, are no longer kept in
Poverty I
The Howard government stands condemned for its callous dismissal of the Senate committee's report on poverty in Australia. The government's cynical response displays contempt for the two-year inquiry process and for the 260 organisations
Pip Hinman
Mark Latham's March 23 promise that an ALP government would bring Australian troops out of Iraq — preferably by Christmas — has been welcomed by the peace movement. However, just three days later, in the face of pressure from the US
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