Seventy-seven years ago this week, the workers and peasants of Russia "stormed heaven", renewing the revolutionary process which capitalism thought it had crushed in the Paris Commune of 1871. Two years ago, the attempted Stalinist coup in Moscow
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'A plunge into horror' That is how the caption read in the Atlanta Journal Constitution's September 23 issue. Most Australians have heard of the tragic loss of 47 lives aboard the infamous US rail system's death train, the Sunset Limited.
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El Salvador Our people, after a tough and heroic struggle have achieved peace in El Salvador, with the signing of an important round of agreements that have changed our situation, and despite the difficulties, it has only been necessary to fight
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The photo reproduced here was printed in the Newcastle Herald on October 25. It shows Tim Anderson reading the latest 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly after delivering the keynote speech at the annual 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ dinner dance in Newcastle on October 23. The
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CARDWELL — There used to be a time when concerned citizens worried about government disregard for the environmental impact of mega-developments. And about favours done in return for "brown paper bags" passed under tables by
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The traditional image of the true believer is changing dramatically. Union membership is being decimated, socialism has fallen from popularity in the East, and full employment has been reduced to the status of a mythical ideal
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SYDNEY — In the aftermath of an alleged "riot" at Tempe last month, the state Police Association is calling for the introduction of special "mob squads". Gary Dunne from the association's executive board argued that the police
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The establishment press celebrated "middle Australia" on October 30. The Australian Institute of Family Studies, they happily reported, had confirmed that "middle Australia" was alive and well and quite happy with its lot.
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BANGALORE — Half a million Indian farmers took part in a day-long procession and rally in this south Indian city on October 2 to protest against proposals in the Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
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CANBERRA — ACT chief medical officer Dr Cathy Mead told a gathering of concerned parents and health care practitioners at a forum held here on October 23 that modern immunisation practices were in effect a giant human
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A debate on traditional Aboriginal hunting and gathering in national parks is hotting up in Queensland. One of the state's oldest conservation groups, the National Parks Association of Queensland, and a North Queensland
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"It is ironic in this year of 'Europe Without Frontiers' that Britain's imposed border still remains. The Partition Act — the Government of Ireland Act — is obviously not a solution. Since its creation 70 years ago, the
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Code of silence On October 28 Keith Wright, ex-honourable member for Capricornia (ALP), was convicted of rape and indecent dealing with a girl under the age of 14, and sentenced to eight years in jail. Now that the verdict is final, and there
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Hume's Pasteur Exposed is faulty if Rob McKinnon-Lower quotes it rightly (GLW, October 20). Pasteur did not plagiarise from Bechamp's . Partridge's Origins derives microbe from mikros small bios life, and the
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The Coming Out Show — A rare in-depth interview with Ruth Park, one of Australia's most widely read and loved authors. ABC Radio National, Saturday November 13, 5.10 p.m. (repeated Thursday, November 18, 7.15 p.m.). The Siege of Salman — The
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MELBOURNE — It was reported in the establishment media as a shock. However, Moira Rayner, Victoria's equal opportunity commissioner, had been expecting something since July. Her sacking by the Kennett government on October 26
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ADELAIDE — The South Australian Institute of Teachers (SAIT) has endorsed the union's president, Clare McCarty, as an "Education Independent" for the state elections on December 11. 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly spoke to McCarty about
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National women's conferenceCANBERRA — CAPOW!, the Coalition of Australian Participating Organisations of Women!, is a new networking body which is establishing itself as a powerful force for the more than 50 national
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Triumph clothing strike endsBRISBANE — More than 350 women at Triumph International women's underwear factories at Ipswich and Wynnum ended a nine-day strike on November 3, after gaining some improvement in the redundancy
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Action against nuclear submarineHOBART — About 20 activists in kayaks and dinghies braved the wintry conditions on November 4 to protest the arrival of the nuclear-powered and probably nuclear-armed USS New York
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Blacks demand more time on legislationBRISBANE — Three hundred people attended a meeting to discuss the Mabo situation on November 5. The meeting, organised by the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research
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Big business responds "Richard Court sets off alone on his risky Mabo path" ran the editorial in the November 5 issue of the West Australian. Reflecting the concerns of a section of big business that believes a better approach would be a
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PERTH — The Court government tabled the Land (Titles and Traditional Usage) Bill in the Legislative Assembly on November 4 in an attempt to pre-empt the Keating government's legislation, expected to be introduced on November
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Groups oppose cable car in rainforest CAIRNS — The Cairns and Far North Environment Centre (CAFNEC) and People Against Kuranda Sky-Rail (PAKS) on November 5 announced a campaign against a proposed cable-car development through listed World
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CANBERRA — Secondary Students Against Cuts (SSAC) is organising a strike on November 16 to protest against the ACT Labor government's education cuts. The radical youth movement Resistance is supporting and helping to organise
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Recommendation "I don't think the average audience wants an in-depth message." — Liberal back-bencher John Bradford on why he thinks Bronwyn Bishop would be a successful leader (Bulletin, November 9). Closet Marxist? "The proponents of
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Comment by Yaluritja (Clarrie Isaacs) PERTH — The West Australian Liberal Party's anti-Mabo legislation is a crime against humanity. Running true to form, the West Australian Liberal extremists are determined to validate their own leases
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WOLLONGONG — The South Coast Labour Council on November 2 imposed a ban on goods being shipped from Port Kembla to Papua New Guinea. The ban will not be lifted until the PNG government lifts the blockade against
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Reclaim the Night in Darwin DARWIN — Speakers from the East Timorese community, the Aboriginal community and the university women's collective addressed the Reclaim the Night rally on October 29. The theme of the rally, organised by the Ruby Gaea
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities may be included in a scientific project to collect genetic material from the world's endangered indigenous peoples. The Human Genome Diversity Project is a five-year plan to
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Perth residents fight freewayPERTH — The City Northern Bypass is a freeway link proposed by the state Liberal government to run across the northern edge of the Perth central area. The government claims that it will help
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Officials 'ignored' illegal sewer dumpsBRISBANE — Brisbane City Council staff have turned a blind eye to the dumping of huge amounts of illegal liquid waste into the city's sewerage system, a Criminal Justice Commission
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Playing God The announcement that 20,000 Chinese students and their families, living in Australia at the time of the Tienanmen Square massacre, have been granted residency is a welcome one. Australia is doing no more than honouring a moral duty
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QUITO — Schools throughout Ecuador have been closed since October 4 by a strike of more than 100,000 teachers. The teachers, one of the largest groups of public sector employees, are asking for a 50% pay rise, which the government of Sixto
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SAN FRANCISCO — John May and Steve McGriff were in town in late September to raise funds for the 17,000 striking members of the United Mine Workers of America across seven states. Already 160 days on the grass, none expect to
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BRUSSELS—Plans by Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene for a social pact with the trade unions to enforce austerity suffered a major setback when 100,000 protesting workers took to the streets on October 29. The
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At least 65% of Palestinians in the occupied territories support the Palestinian-Israeli accords, according to the Centre for Palestinian Research and Studies. The figures are based on a survey carried out by the centre in
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[The author, ALAN WALD, travelled to Haiti in July on behalf of the Washington Office on Haiti as part of a civilian observer delegation to investigate human rights abuses.] On September 30, 1991, Lt General Raol Cedras overthrew democratically
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SAN FRANCISCO — Cable cars, the Golden Gate Bridge and sunshine are the images conjured up by the mention of this city's rhythmic name. Less part of the image is the cold fog that regularly descends during the summer months,
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MOSCOW — Russian officials in charge of parliamentary elections due on December 12 have revealed details of procedures that will give significant advantages to supporters of President Boris Yeltsin. If US Secretary of State
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NEW DELHI — Bhutan, a tiny country in the north-eastern part of the Himalayas, has a population now estimated at around 1.3 million. Since 1988, some 125,000 have become refugees from the brutal regime. Bhutan is ruled
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Fishermen Fed Up With Exxon Alaskan fishers, frustrated by the lingering effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 and Exxon's attitude, blockaded oil tanker lanes for three days during September. The flotilla of 100 boats turned back
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Former army sergeant Noel Beteta, convicted of the 1991 murder of Guatemalan anthropologist Myrna Mack Chang, escaped from Pavoncito prison in Fraijanes, Guatemala, on September 23. Beteta and 40 other prisoners escaped during
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MOSCOW — As campaigning for Russia's parliamentary elections gathered pace in the final days of October, two of the country's main opposition newspapers remained suspended. Another national daily was under heavy government
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PARIS – Two weeks of strike which all but shut down France's major airports forced Prime Minister Edouard Balladur to back down on October 25 and cancel job cuts planned by Air France chief
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AUCKLAND — New Zealanders have sent a clear message to the two major parties that neither is trusted to govern in its own right. The November 6 election has resulted in neither Labour nor National having a majority in the new
Culture
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Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice SBS Television November 19, 8.30 p.m. (8 in Adelaide) Reviewed by Ignatius Kim One of the most fascinating, yet little-known, phases in US history is the period of Radical Reconstruction, which began two
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What's left? Memoirs of an Australian CommunistBy Eric Aarons Penguin Books, $14.95 Reviewed by Stephen Robson Having joined the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) in 1937, Aarons is in a good position to help flesh out the history of the
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Tess McKenna album Make Me Wonder Tess McKenna ABC Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg I first heard Tess McKenna perform in one of the many little bars in Melbourne's Fitzroy; she struck me then as really talented woman. Her style is
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A Place of Greater Safety By Hilary MantelPenguin, 1993. 873 pp. $13.50 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon "But if you had not the King, or Lafayette, or Mirabeau, or the Ministers — and I have heard you speak against them all — who would
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Soweto Flying Squad SBS television Tuesday, November 16, 8.30 p.m. (8 in Adelaide) Reviewed by Norm Dixon Soweto Flying Squad, a documentary by Britain's respected Channel 4, is a more sophisticated version of the many, mainly US-made,
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Lament Various artists Real World, distributed by Larrikin Where Angels Fly Jan CarterLarrikin Reviewed by Bernie Brian Lament was recorded with the express intention of connecting with the people of Derry, and through its music
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Waterland Directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal Nova Cinema, Melbourne Reviewed by Peter Boyle "What's the point of studying history, when the world is about to end?", a high school student asks of teacher-on-the-verge-of-a-nervous-breakdown Tom
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Waiting outside the interview room at the offices of Polygram, I can hear roaring guffaws within. "They're viewing their video clips", I'm told. Tiddas — an Aboriginal word for sisters — are a band that don't take
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CANBERRA — A slab of wood lies deep within the reddest of fibres of a beer-aged carpet. Amidst the remains of mud-encrusted boot marks and months-old spittle, a man is drawn towards it. He touches it and his eyes light up.