After his capture in the attack on Moncada, FIDEL CASTRO was held, mostly in solitary confinement, and finally placed on trial in October. Castro defended himself. His defence speech is known to history by its concluding line, "History will
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I went to Sarajevo last December with a peace demonstration organised by the Italian pacifist group Beati i Costruttori di Pace (Blessed are the peacemakers — BCP). The peace caravan, consisting of about 500 people,
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Three years ago the Australian government put a moratorium on food irradiation and on the import of irradiated food. Today, serious and unresolved questions about the issue remain. The government commissioned the World
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On July 26, 1953, 131 young Cubans attacked the Moncada military garrison in Santiago de Cuba, while a smaller group attacked army headquarters at Bayamo. The events were the beginning of a mass movement that would end of the
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Every night television is flooded with ads for Telecom and Optus, part of the $150 million advertising war between the two telecommunications giants. Will all the hoopla lead to a better telecommunications system? 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ asked Col Cooper,
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The retail giant Coles Myer is pioneering a novel recruiting technique to deal with the flood of applicants for its new chain of toy stores. Job seekers will queue via their telephones, waiting on line for a preliminary
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Two million Bosnians have been driven from their homes, and hundreds of thousands are dead. Ninety per cent of Bosnia is under occupation by militias sponsored by Serbia and Croatia which openly aim to split the
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As mining companies and reactionary politicians seek to portray Aborigines as threats to the "backyards" of home owners, the sad truth is that too many of Australia's traditional owners do not even have a roof over their heads. In Brisbane's
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Disputes surround proposed ocean outfalls at Coffs Harbour and Lennox Head. The authorities claim "there is no alternative". Opposition to new dam proposals is deep seated within many communities. Pacific Power has
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Australians care Capital punishment is flourishing in many countries today. The United States of America is one of those countries. More than half of the states in the US are killing their citizens. America's death rows are morbid,
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Institute of Criminology I refer to your column headed "Another reason to ditch the G-G" (91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳, June 23). In this column Karen Fredericks made the following claims — "The Institute of Criminology is bitterly regretting its
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"Booney" comes from Cherbourg. He did schooling to grade 10, but decided that was enough and didn't want to do any more. After rows with his family came to a head in 1991, he left home for the bright lights of Brisbane. He was 16. He slept where
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Women, courts and media In June the British Court of Appeal quashed the life sentences for murder of two sisters. In July 1992 Michelle Taylor, 22, and her younger sister, Lisa, were convicted of murdering Michelle's former lover's wife,
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WA rail jobs to be cutPERTH — Westrail announced on July 13 that a further 460 jobs will be cut, in addition to the 750 to be lost with the planned closure of the Midland railway workshops. The 460 jobs will be
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Community protests killing of SomalisMELBOURNE — "We are demonstrating to show Australian people and the international community how angry and upset we are with the continual killings of Somalians by the UN troops in
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SYDNEY — A mass meeting of cleaners from the NSW Cleaning Service (a state government department), on a 24-hour strike, filled the Sydney Town Hall to capacity on July 16. Numerous simultaneous meetings in country centres
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Opposition to Mt Wellington planHOBART — A proposal to construct a cable car, revolving restaurant and artificial ski field on Mt Wellington — the beautiful, largely untouched, backdrop to the city — has state
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WA compensation campaignPERTH — Unions here have endorsed a proposal to organise protests culminating in a rally on August 19 in response to state government changes to workers compensation. TLC assistant
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BRISBANE — Organisers of this year's Network of Women Students Australia (NOWSA) conference in Brisbane expected 250 women, but 500 arrived — double the number who attended NOWSA '92 in Adelaide. Many
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ADELAIDE — Public sector workers have been the first victims of the state Labor government's attempts to solve its economic problems. The government announced in its April economic statement that 3000 jobs would be cut
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International green left meeting setAfter the very successful 1990 and 1991 Socialist Scholars Conferences, plans are now under way to hold an International 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Conference in 1994. The gathering will be in Sydney
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Rally for peace in Bosnia Story and photo by Jon Lamb SYDNEY — More than 800 people rallied and marched here on July 17 to protest against the continuing acts of violence and aggression towards women and children in
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Persuasion "Charm, persuasion, the telephone and supplies of Scotch." — A British government source listing the tools available to ensure a desired vote from hereditary members of the House of Lords. (The government later won the vote.)
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MELBOURNE — Members of the AMEU at the Isuzu plant in Dandenong have gone out in protest at the company's refusal to negotiate adequate redundancy packages. Upon news of the plant's closure and Isuzu's shoddy proposals for
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Young people in the Netherlands have been at the forefront of resistance to the government's austerity program. In Amsterdam two leaders of the Dutch radical youth group Rebel, Barend de Voogd and Wilco Altena, talked with 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly's
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MELBOURNE — The third Students, Science and Sustainability conference was held July 13-15 at the University of Melbourne. Judy Lambert, former adviser to environment minister Ros Kelly, opened the
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'You eat pesticides' On June 29, the United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released its long-awaited report — "Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children". The NAS concluded that testing procedures for measuring
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Matt McCarten is president of the New Zealand NewLabour Party and chair of the Alliance (involving NewLabour, the Greens, the Maori party Mana Motuhake, the Liberals and the Democrats). In April, he visited the United States, speaking on the
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Worker dried in sun Three hundred workers in a garment factory in Jakarta protested recently after the factory management forced a worker to stand several hours in midday sun as punishment. The worker, Muhana, a woman in her 20s, had
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Vanuatu bars entry to unionists The Vanuatu government has come under attack from trade unions for refusing to allow two South Pacific Council of Trade Unions (SPOCTU) officials into the country. The action resulted in the cancellation of
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Supporters and observers of the independence struggle in East Timor have for some time been watching for signs of differences between the Indonesian regime's two main factions: the Suharto clique and the armed forces (ABRI)
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South Korean workers strikeOn July 8 the workers of the nine largest subsidiaries of the largest corporation in South Korea, the Hyundai Group, began to go on strike. The strike is in protest against the company's
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Sinn Fein still barred from talksSince the Irish elections at the end of 1992 there has been growing concern in the nationalist community in the north of Ireland that the incoming coalition of the Labour Party and
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Moves are under way to begin negotiations between leaders of the independence-seeking Bougainville Interim Government, which controls much of the island, and Bougainvilleans representing those areas under PNG Defence Force
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LONDON — Suddenly the lights went out, the crowd stirred. The music, from Jaws, drummed menacingly as smoke filled the platform. A thin beam of light shot out, then another stabbed the darkness. The tension built as the
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Official: Britain is 22nd rateLONDON — Thatcherism, the rule of the market and large scale privatisation have had one major triumph — the rich have gotten richer. Judged by any other standard, Tory ideology has
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A campaign has begun in several Asian countries to oppose deployment of Japanese military forces outside Japan. Both in Japan and in the Philippines, Malaysia, Nepal and India, there has been increasing opposition to any revival of Japan's
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LONDON — Key recommendations of the Royal Commission on Criminal Justice are not only inadequate, but positively harmful to the rights of the accused, according to supporters of civil liberties here. The royal
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Bombing cover-up chargedLONDON — A program aired on British television on July 7 claims that suspects in the bombing of Dublin and Monaghan in 1974 were never interviewed despite being known to the police. The two
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.OJ OFF .CW 13 Sun shines on British economy By Frank Noakes LONDON — Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper slashed its price by 5 pence to 20 pence on July 12 in a bid to win back lost readership. "Well done Sun" it congratulated itself
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MELBOURNE — A highlight of the Resistance conference earlier this month was Didit T, a student activist from Indonesia. Her eyewitness reports gave a rare insight into conditions there. Didit became politically active when
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Land rights issue at WA TLCPERTH — Addressing the Western Australian Trades and Labour Council meeting on July 13, Rob Riley, the executive officer for the Aboriginal Legal Service, told the meeting it was important
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MOSCOW — On July 1, 700 teaching staff at the elite Moscow State University held an unprecedented demonstration demanding prompt payment and indexation of salaries. Similar actions, coordinated by the Moscow Council of
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Deep sea diving machismo Dark Side of the Heart A film by Eliseo Subiela and Roger Frappier Screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival Reviewed by Peter Boyle Argentinean Eliseo Subiela, the producer of the
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Changing the world?A small, conservative country town. A young woman viciously raped at gunpoint. The headline "RAPE HUNT!" screaming out on the front page of the local paper. And so begins what may be the last will
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The dancer who survived The Tenth Dancer A film by Sally Ingleton Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey Most of us are aware of the recent history of Cambodia, and the appalling devastation wreaked on that country by the Pol Pot regime. One
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The Fertile Prison — Fidel Castro in Batista's Jails By Mario MencÃa Melbourne: Ocean Press. 241 pp. $22.95 Reviewed by Sean Malloy Honesty is the vigour with which one defends one's beliefs. — José Martà La
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Judy Small, one of Australia's best and most popular political singer/songwriters, is currently touring Australia to promote her album Second Wind. She spoke to Alex Bainbridge about the influences on her life, her politics and her music. "I
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For many Australians, Africa conjures up images of famine, war, poverty and helplessness. But now a campaign aims to show Africa's other face — its many achievements and the superhuman efforts that Africans are making to improve their lives.
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Old and new, both good Second Wind The Best of the '80s Judy Small Larrikin Records Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg Judy Small's latest album, produced as she turns 40, reflects a shift in focus for her musical style. In 1992,
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Rock 'n' Roll Call Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five Bluebird/BMG Records Reviewed by Norm Dixon The greatest myth in modern popular music folklore is that what has become known as "rock 'n' roll" was suddenly "invented" by a motley
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Seeing Voices Seeing Voices: A journey into the world of the deaf By Oliver Sacks Picador. 181 pp. $13.00 Reviewed by Dave Riley This book is not as esoteric as the subject may seem, nor is it a voyeuristic peak at the disabled.