Open US interference
The undermining of the Cambodian government was carried out in the name of the United Nations and with UN personnel. But it was an operation for the United States, and the US government has not been at all timid about
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The USA has been underwriting or waging war against Vietnam ever since that nation declared its independence in 1945. After the Paris peace agreement in 1973, direct military attacks were replaced by devastating economic
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Union lefts Your editorial on June 2 1993 entirely misses the point when you concentrate on the fact that the NSW trade union right are not serious about moves by the NSW right wing in lodging a claim: for an $8 wage rise. What is more
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Female sexism Picture this urban scene: Two groups divided by gender. The young women, many representing various ethnic groups and cultures, are angry and hurling taunts at an equally angry and culturally diverse group of young men. Verbal
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Loong Wong Human rights are universal In April, Asian governments adopted a common position to be taken to the World Conference on Human Rights currently being held in Vienna. While reaffirming a commitment to the United Nations Charter
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Koori place namesThe restoration of Koori place names in the form of dual names is being jeopardised by the Kennett Liberal-National government of Victoria and local councils. The government has already dropped
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The May 23-28 Cambodian election gave a solid majority of delegates to the opposition bloc of FUNCINPEC and the Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party (BLDP). The governing Cambodian People's Party (CPP) appears to have resigned
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Another reason to ditch the G-G The Institute of Criminology is bitterly regretting its invitation to the governor-general, Bill Hayden, to open its national conference on violence last week. In a few ignorant words, Hayden managed to skew
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By Steven R. Galster The call on Richard Moulton's undercover telephone line was from El Salvador. On the other end was a man known as "Wiseguy", the subject of a federal sting operation that Moulton was conducting from his small sixth-floor
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The night of June 27, 1969, began as a sad one for drag performers and their fans. At the Stonewall Inn in New York's Greenwich Village, many a toast was drunk to mark the death that day of the glamorous and tragic gay
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CHANTHOU BOUA, a member of the executive committee of the US Campaign to Oppose the Return of the Khmer Rouge, was in Cambodia in January and February. This report on the preparation of the elections first appeared in the May 14 issue of the US
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Among the 5000 delegates gathered in Vienna to discuss human rights are non-government organisations (NGOs) lobbying governments to take more principled and concrete stands on human rights. Already the Asia-Pacific NGOs have had
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On June 1, finance minister Ralph Willis responded to the latest national accounts figures, which showed that the slow pace of economic growth (0.5% in the March quarter) would not make a dent in the high unemployment rate.
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The Coming Out Show: The Cult of the Feminist Personality — Susan Faludi, Naomi Wolfe and Camille Paglia represent a new breed of feminist — publicity seeking and media smart. This show explores how these three women "perform" feminism. What
News
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A conference for activistsYoung people from around the country will be attending the Resistance conference in Melbourne July 3-5. The chance to discuss problems such as the environment, sexism and racism with international
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MELBOURNE — Support for the occupation of Richmond Secondary College is gaining ground despite a state Equal Opportunity Board decision to dismiss a claim made by two male students that the Kennett government's decision to close
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Looking to ACTU congressSYDNEY — Forty rank and file trade unionists met in Newtown Community Centre here on June 19 as part of national preparations for the ACTU congress scheduled for later this year. Activists
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Qld farmers confront the banksBRISBANE — Central Queensland farmers George and Stephanie Muirhead were released from jail on June 17 after receiving a six-month suspended sentence for contempt of court, after a battle
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Troops firing on unarmed protesters in Australia? Almost unthinkable, but it is a possibility which is clearly planned for in an official (though secret) Australian army document which was leaked recently. The peace movement got
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Frankly "I was frankly horrified." — NSW Liberal MLA Phillip Smiles, telling the court how he felt when an officer of the Taxation Office told him he had incorrectly claimed as a business expense the wages of a nanny who was no longer working
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"The Resistance national conference is one of the best vehicles for young activists to discuss, plan and think about radical politics. "Young people around the world are becoming increasingly active and organised to change
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PERTH — Rallying at noon on June 17 in Forrest Place, about 9000 unionists protested against the attacks being carried out by the Court state Liberal government. The Trades and Labour Council leadership did not put any
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Seminar slams enterprise bargainingBRISBANE — "The problem of enterprise bargaining is the fault of the whole trade union movement", Queensland Transport Workers Union vice-president Paul Hooper told a 50-strong seminar
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Mary Angeline Morgan Mary Angeline Morgan died on May 29, aged 83. She was the last "full-blood" Koori in Victoria. Born at Carrenderk Aboriginal mission near Healesville, where the Great Dividing Range starts just north of Melbourne, she
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On June 5 more than 3000 young people around Australia made a stand for environmental justice in rallies and festivals organised by the Environmental Youth Alliance. The message of World Environment Day was clear: our environment is still
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Port Macquarie residents challenge hospital secrecySYDNEY — The Hastings Hospital Action Group (HHAG) has lodged an appeal under the NSW Freedom of Information Act against the refusal by the NSW Department of Health
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MELBOURNE — Like others who were in the city on August 20-22, 1991, I vividly remember the huge black smoke plume that rose from the Coode Island chemical storage facility, immediately to the west of the city, and arched
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AIDEX protester arrestedBRISBANE — Jim Dowling, AIDEX protester and Catholic Worker, was arrested and jailed for 10 days on June 11. Police were executing a warrant for his arrest over charges relating to his
Analysis
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The new colonialism As the United Nations holds an international conference on human rights in Vienna, its so-called peacekeeping forces terrorise the population of Mogadishu. In Australia, there has been no angry government
World
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MOSCOW — Threatening to embarrass President Boris Yeltsin with national protest actions on the eve of his Constitutional Assembly, Russian tertiary students on June 3 forced the government to meet a series of unfulfilled
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MOSCOW — With 52 million people, highly developed industries and enormous agricultural riches, the Ukraine might seem destined to become an economic giant. But history, not to speak of international lenders and
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As the cold war continues in Jakarta between President Suharto and the army, the political manoeuvring of the main new player, de facto prime minister Habibie, has provided opportunities for another important opposition group to
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MOSCOW — May was a hot month in Lithuania, as striking teachers headed up the largest wage struggles for many decades in the former Soviet republic. An estimated 4000 teachers began walking off the job on May 13 after
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ZAGREB — A lot of problems in Croatia today are caused directly by war. But they are aggravated by the aggressive nationalist policies of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) government under Franjo Tudjman. The war in
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Guatemala faces uncertain future under new president By Huberto Estrada S. On May 26, José Domingo García, who was then defence minister, stated that Guatemala's vice president, Gustavo Espina, had resigned along with the
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MANAGUA — Ranked among the 25 poorest nations on earth, the small Caribbean country of Haiti elected, in late 1990, a leftist priest as president. Jean Bertrand Aristide received the presidential sash from
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Media put words in Xanana's mouth By Jana D.K. JAKARTA — Two East Javanese newspapers, Surya and Surabaya Pos, both ran articles on June 6 headed "Xanana admits the benefits of East Timorese integration". On the previous day the
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Student-army clash YOGYAKARTA — Students on campus of the Sunan Kalijaga State Institute for Islamic Studies demonstrated on June 14 to demand academic freedom, campus autonomy and the withdrawal of a ban on the student newspaper Arena.
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Dutch youth fight cutbacksTHE HAGUE — The Netherlands government's plans to make youth pay for the recession by slashing f600 million (about $510 million) from student funds and abolishing youth
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OAS evades debate on CubaMANAGUA — Each and every country in the Americas — including the smallest Caribbean island — is a member of the Organisation of American States (OAS). Whether it be St Kitts-Nevis or the
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Strike against labour minister A strike wave continues in Indonesia with strikes occurring in individual factories almost every day. The latest to get into the mainstream media is a by more than 400 women workers from Sarinah Jaya
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"People were running away from the demonstration before the firing even started, including these people here who were hiding behind a pick-up truck, one a small boy. His head was blown off, that's his brain smeared all over the
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MOSCOW — Remarkable events have unfolded in the Ukraine since early June. A huge wave of strikes has forced President Leonid Kravchuk to endorse the call for a vote on confidence in his rule. The country's parliament has
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ABC Television's Foreign Correspondent program on June 12 screened a lengthy report by the ABC's resident Port Moresby correspondent, Sean Dorney, on the situation in the blockaded island of Bougainville. It
Culture
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Harry Bridges: A man and his union Directed and produced by Berry Minott Commentary written by James Hamilton Narrated by Studs Terkel Reviewed by Karen Fredericks In the 1930s Harry Bridges, leader of the US International
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Wild Pumpkins At Midnight"So you wear clothes like a radical and always seem fanatical put shit on society complain it's not pragmatical but you don't do much that's practical to help fight against the
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Kakadu National Park — We had been having trouble with the pump. After a couple of days of not working properly, the first public toilet block you get to when you enter Kakadu via the Northern Entry Station was open for
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Taking time's pulse Sofie Directed by Liv Ullmann Starring Karen-Lise Mynster, Ghita Norby, Erland Josephson, Torban Zeller Palace Brighton Bay Cinemas and Rivoli Cinema Camberwell from June 24 Reviewed by Ulrike Erhardt This is
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Life by accident Waterdance Directed by Neal Jimenez and Michael Steinberg Written by Neal Jimenez Starring Eric Stolz, Helen Hunt, Wesley Snipes, William Forsythe, Elisabeth Pena Begins at KINO, Melbourne, mid-late July Reviewed
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How does a garden grow? The Garden of Granddaughters Written by Stephen Sewell Directed by George Ogilvie Sydney Theatre Production Wharf Theatre until July 31 Reviewed by Mina O'Shea The Garden of Granddaughters is a play
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The Chapultepec Accords, signed on January 16, 1992, put an end to 12 years of civil war in El Salvador. Radio Farabundo Martí and Radio Venceremos, the two radio stations of the Farabundo Martí
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Still going strongEven though they have been playing together for over 3O years, the five members of the Chieftains obviously still enjoy it. I suppose you could excuse them if, like some successful performers, they
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Conceived in America Made in America Starring Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson Directed by Richard Benjamin At Village cinemas Reviewed by Sean Malloy This is a light-hearted comedy with a very relaxed approach to relationships
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Boys' own message School Ties Directed by Robert Mandel Story by Dick Wolf Featuring Brendan Fraser, Chris O'Donnell and Amy Locane Reviewed by Gabrielle Carey In the tradition of Dead Poets Society, School Ties is another
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Voices from the Front A Testing the Limits Production Australian premiere screening with Sex and the Sandinistas Brisbane Resistance Centre, 29 Terrace St, New Farm Sunday, June 27, 7.30 p.m. Tongues Untied A Marlon Riggs film