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An emergency situation continues in the regions of Nicaragua devastated by a tidal wave on September 2, according to reports from the Augusto Cesar Sandino Foundation (FACS). Thirty-seven communities and villages, and 16,913 people, were
British-US tensions over Cuba trade ban By Chris Brogan LONDON — The British government is refusing to cooperate with US attempts to tighten the economic embargo against Cuba. Officials from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Real issues dodged in Queensland poll By Bill Mason BRISBANE — As the Liberals and Nationals desperately thrash around for an issue that can stop the Goss Labor band wagon rolling to victory on September 19, the real issues remain largely
By Norm Dixon Essop Pahad, 54, first became politically active in the Transvaal Indian Congress in the late 1950s and was elected to its executive in the early 1960s, after which he was detained and then banned. He is a member of the Central
A report prepared by the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade has called for greater Australian participation in the economies of Latin America to take advantage of privatisation and other neo-liberal economic reforms
Thousands of Guatemalan refugees in Mexico are thinking of returning home. MIKE KAY reports from Guatemala. In 1981 the military regime of General Lucas Garcia began what was, even by Guatemalan standards, an incredibly brutal counterinsurgency
Investors frightened By Tom Jordan Several Japanese banks and investment houses in Berlin have said they fear attacks against Japanese businessmen and investors, particularly in eastern Germany. Japanese businessmen have been mistaken for
By Norm Dixon The unprovoked massacre of unarmed, peaceful protesters by the Pretoria-backed Ciskei military regime will be met by an intensification of the campaign of mass action for peace and democracy, two senior leaders of the South
The Proceedings of Ecopolitics V Edited by Ronnie Harding University of NSW Centre for Liberal and General Studies $40 ($45 to non-registrants) Reviewed by Carolyn Beecham The proceedings of the Ecopolitics V conference, held at the
The six unions in metal manufacturing have launched a wage claim for pay rises totalling 6% over the next two years. Stronger union shops will also pursue enterprise deals. The claim will affect about 7000 companies. The rises would be in four
In the Mix: The commodification of Malcolm X — In November, Spike Lee's much touted new film on the life of Malcolm X screens in the US. It marks the end point of Malcolm's regeneration in the politics and culture of Black America. Young
A position paper on Aboriginal deaths in custody was prepared by the National Committee to Defend Black Rights and presented in Geneva in July to the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations by Helen Corbett, NCDBR chairperson.