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By Max Lane MANILA — FILEMON, the Free Lagman Movement, was official launched on June 2 at the University of the Philippines. Filemon Lagman, also known as Carlos Forte or Ka [Comrade] "Popoy", was captured by agents of Naval Intelligence in
Status quo "Conservatives and Liberals do not read books. They don't buy books and they're not changers and thinkers. They are there to maintain the status quo." — Tim Curnow, managing director of publishing agents Curtis Brown, on why there is a
World music from Adelaide Mystical Traveller Dya Singh On cassette and CD Reviewed by Vikki Langton and Andrew Hall Anyone interested in world music should take note of Dya Singh, a band that incorporates a unique blend of sounds, in
By John Nebauer For the benefit of those who have contrived somehow to leave the planet for a while, June 6 marked the 50th anniversary of the landing of the western allies on the beaches of Normandy. It has been hailed as "the decisive
By Brandon Astor Jones [African-Americans] ... must not make the mistake of the German Jews, who assumed that if the German nation received some of them as intellectual and social equals, the whole group would be safe. It took only a
By Sam Lazarro "Green, feminist, anti-racist, activist, internationalist: Talking about a Revolution!" is the theme of the 23rd Resistance national conference, to be held at Sydney University from July 8-10. Hundreds of radical young activists
By Craig Cormick Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. US hostage
True Stories: What really happened to Adolf Hitler — Almost 50 years after the death of Hitler, former Soviet intelligence officers break lifetime vows of silence to tell how he came to his end. Hitler and Eva Braun had taken refuge in a
By Stephen Marks MANAGUA — The FSLN congress held here May 20-22 made important advances in strengthening the largest party in Nicaragua and one of the largest left-wing organisations in Latin America. Called last year with the agenda of
By Steve Rogers and June McKay CANBERRA — Despite union claims, an agreement before public servants in the Department of Employment, Education and Training provides no guarantees of job security. The Public Sector Union national leadership had
By Jose Ramos Horta Ninoy Aquino was gunned down on the tarmac of the airport now honouring his name. I first met Ninoy in the early 80s when he addressed a human rights meeting at Colombia University in New York. I was most impressed and
Directed By David Cronenberg Screenplay by David Henry Hwang Featuring Jeremy Irons, John Lone and Ian Richardson Reviewed by L. Pradhan M.Butterfly opens in Beijing in 1964, where Rene Gallimard (Jeremy Irons) is a lowly accountant in