PERTH — Heather Horne and Gail McIntosh, previously employed at Press Clough, a joint venture producing accommodation modules for Woodside's North West Shelf gas rig site, are currently bringing a case of
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Billed as a "war on hunger", the dispatch of 30,000 foreign soldiers to Somalia with instructions to protect food convoys with all necessary force is in reality a mark of just how far the situation has deteriorated there under Western tutelage.
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John Horner The US dollar lost ground today against a strong Deutschmark, and the All-Ordinaries Index finished the day firmer at 1684.1. In the pollution exchanges, rotting fish belly-up in poisoned rivers made strong gains against dying pine
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Unemployment in Australia is currently around the 11% mark. October's unemployment rate was recorded at 11.3% nationally by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). This figure corresponds to 979,500 people out of work. Young
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The Uruguayan writer and historian EDUARDO GALEANO has devoted much of his work to the history of Latin America, attempting to express the point of view of the victims of the Conquest of the Americas after the European invasion of 500 years ago,
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NSW Premier John Fahey has noticed a social problem: given the option, many women and children would rather live in emergency shelters than stay at home with their family. Last week, however, he came up with a solution — remove the refuge
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"We won't organise any Black man to be a Democrat or a Republican because both of them have sold us out. Both of them have sold us out; both parties have sold us out. Both parties are racist..." Malcolm X spoke these words to the
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Liberals on the rampage [Continued from file 2] Public transport is high on Kennett's hit list. Every public transport employee has been offered voluntary redundancy and the government expects to get rid of 7000 of the 18,667 workforce through
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MELBOURNE — The Macquarie Dictionary defines a "vandal" as "someone who deliberately or ignorantly destroys or damages property, works of art, etc". The definition fits Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett and his government,
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Radio National Christmas Appeal for Africa — On the weekend of December 12-13, the Radio National network will be suspending regular programs to raise funds for Community Aid Abroad's projects in Africa. The weekend of live broadcasting will
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During the first international conference on temperate forests, held in Deloraine, Tasmania over the weekend of November 16- 17, Tasmanian Green Party MP Dr Bob Brown was interviewed for 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly by DAVE WRIGHT. We've heard from a
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MELBOURNE — As the Kennett government steps up its assault on working people in Victoria the campaign to defeat these attacks is in grave danger of being subsumed by Keating's re-election bid, according to the Democratic
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Lesbian, gay ban lifted in military but not in TasmaniaThe federal Labor government's decision to lift the ban on lesbians and gays in the armed forces has far-reaching ramifications for the struggle for lesbian and gay rights
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MELBOURNE — In a move calculated to tailor the ongoing campaign against the Kennett government's draconian Employee Relations Act to Labor's federal re-election bid, the Keating federal government announced on
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HOBART — Some 100 people attended a very lively, and sometimes heated, debate called "Trade Unions, Jobs, and Industrial Relations in the '90's", at Politics in the Pub here on December 4. The forum, sponsored
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WICKHAM, WA — Some 40 workers have been sacked as of Thursday December 3, at Robe River Iron Associates Cape Lambert plant. The sackings, along with threats of similar action to scores of others, are a result of the
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Carr crashes at rallySYDNEY — The central city rally on the November 30 National Day of Action here revealed a new level of hatred and disgust with Labor politicians on the part of the 3-4000 workers present. State ALP
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5000 rally for union rights in BrisbaneBRISBANE — Thousands of workers around Queensland stopped work to attend rallies on the ACTU's National Day of Action against Liberal-National industrial policies on November 30. Some
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Carr on the ropes?SYDNEY — NSW Labor Party leader Bob Carr will face a censure motion within caucus and his position may be in trouble according to rumours circulating inside the ALP after his performance at the National
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PERTH — Thousands of workers in WA demonstrated their anger at the proposed Coalition industrial relations policy in meetings around the state on November 30. In the north-west and the goldfields, some 3-4000 thousand
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SYDNEY — For the last few Sunday nights, the small bayside suburb of Kyeemagh has played host to a most unusual phenomenon. At sunset a rather large group (police have estimated 2000) of young people congregate, not (as the
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Thousands march against GroomHOBART — More than 7000 people took to the streets throughout Tasmania on December 3 to protest the Groom Liberal government's new anti-worker industrial legislation. In Hobart, some 4000
World
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Crude fabrication from Indonesian regime A press release and tapes purporting to be comments made by Xanana Gusmao, leader of the East Timorese independence movement for over a decade, were released by Indonesian armed forces in Jakarta on
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Evans gets in on the act Australian taxpayers' funds are providing indirect support to the opposition side of Cambodian politics. In late November, foreign minister Gareth Evans approved a donation of A$20,000 to the "Khmer Institute of
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MANAGUA — Noticieros Univision is a slick pro- imperialist "news" show broadcast in Spanish from Miami and beamed each evening into Nicaragua and the rest of Latin America. On November 16 a lead item announced that
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MANAGUA — Workers and campesinos affiliated to the National Workers Front (FNT) marched on the offices of President Violetta Chamorro in Managua on November 25 as negotiations started between FNT leaders and the Nicaraguan
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After adding political power to his US$3 billion worth of financial strength, Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's new prime minister, is on his way to becoming the Arab world's media tycoon. Hariri, 48, who was appointed prime minister last
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PHNOM PENH — At a press conference on December 1, government spokespeople provided details on recent Khmer Rouge military advances. With government forces partially disarmed under the terms of the UN Paris peace accord, KR
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PHNOM PENH — US Cambodian scholar Michael Vickery ruffled a few feathers at a seminar here on November 28 when he referred to the United Nations project in this country as "the Nicaragua- isation of Cambodia". The comparison
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DUBLIN — "The main reason for this referendum is because the government does not accept that suicidal tendency is a reason for abortion", explained the then Irish Prime Minister Albert Reynolds. On November 26, not only was
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The African National Congress in mid-November adopted its approach to the upcoming round of discussions with the de Klerk regime about the resumption of constitutional negotiations. The document adopted by the ANC National Working
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MOSCOW — "We intend to come to power from below, by winning the political trust of the people." This was how Party of Labour leader Aleksandr Buzgalin mapped out the future of the Union of Democratic Left Forces, formed at a
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US urges Yeltsin to become dictatorMOSCOW, Dec. 4 — If Boris Yeltsin has so far resisted the temptation to shut down the Russian parliament and install himself as dictator, it's not because of warnings from across the
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MOSCOW, Dec. 4 — As a blast of Siberian air held temperatures in the Russian capital around minus 20, deputies gathered in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses on December 1 for the opening of the Seventh Congress of People's
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As with other Third World countries, Vietnam has had a long struggle just to establish some basics of medical care that are taken for granted in industrialised countries. Take the problem of trachoma for example, an issue
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The Alliance is a new progressive force that has emerged in New Zealand politics. It unites the Greens, the movement for Maori self-determination Mana Motuhake, the Democrats (who emerged from the former Values Party), the Liberals and the
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Young Scottish Nationalists call for radical policies Attending the Scottish National Party Conference in Perth in September, CATHERINE BROWN from 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly talked to Nicola Sturgeon and Shona Robison from Young Scottish Nationalists,
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There is nothing particularly remarkable to the casual visitor about Oka, a small town about 60 kilometres north west of Montreal. At the junction of the Ottawa River and the St Lawrence, it is an affluent village with the
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It has been another harsh year for Palestinians. For those in exile it has been a year of frustrating diplomatic work, while at the same time re-winning some ground in the sphere of international support. For Palestinians in the
Culture
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For many years 1950s US films like Reefer Madness and I was a Communist for the FBI have been reliable money raisers for radical and progressive organisations. Deadly serious when they were first made — a grotesque mix of anti-communist hysteria
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On stage, popular vocalist and trumpeter Vince Jones personifies the image of the smooth, laid back jazz artist. His easy rapport with his band and the effortlessness of their performance win the audience every time. But while his
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One Way Street: Fragments for Walter Benjamin Directed by John Hughes Screening on ABC-TV as part of The Big Picture — New Directions series on Thursday December 10, 9.30 p.m. Reviewed by Bronwen Beechey One Way Street explores the life
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Reinventing Socialism Edited by Duncan Kerr Pluto Press Australia Ltd in association with the Fabian Society 1992 122pp. $14.95 A Century of Social Change Labor History Essays Volume Four The Australian Labor Party and Pluto Press
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1492: The Conquest of Paradise Director Ridley Scott Screenplay by Roselyne Bosch Starring Gerard Depardieu, Sigourney Weaver, and Armand Assante Showing at Hoyts Reviewed by Roberto Jorquera The year 1492 has been depicted as the year
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The Long Day Closes Written and directed by Terence Davies Starring Leigh McCormack and Marjorie Yates Reviewed by Wayne Ruscoe "Between my father dying when I was seven and leaving primary school, those years were just so happy I was
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A short story by Monica Gomez Translated by Marisa Cano It was a cool September morning and Spring was in the air, dewdrops slowly melted down the window, and fell in the garden with a rhythmical beat, while I got up to prepare myself a cup
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Jive Soweto — Various artists Earthworks through Larrikin What About Tomorrow — Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse Gallo through Festival Nomari — Sello "Chicco" Twala Teal Records through Festival Siyaya — Stimela Gallo through Festival
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Seeing Red: The Communist Party Dissolution Act and Referendum 1951: Lessons for Constitutional Reform The Evatt Foundation Sydney, December 1991 206 pp. $20 Reviewed by Simon Emsley The High Court decision to disqualify Phil Cleary as
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Original, fresh and funny Life on the Edge Cartoons by Judy Horacek Introduced by Dale Spender Spinifex 1992 86 pp. $14.95 Reviewed by Vannessa Hearman The work of feminist cartoonist Judy Horacek has finally been compiled into a
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"I can't tell you where I'm going but I can tell you where I came from", says Michelle Shocked about her latest album The Arkansas Traveler. This sense of heritage is an important theme that flows through Shocked's music. While
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Trafford Tanzi Written by Claire Luckham Directed by Michael Gillett Starring David Mackennal, Jenny Scott, Suzie Stephens, and Gerry Gould Showing at The Rep, Newtown, Sydney Reviewed by Annabel O'Grady Trafford Tanzi originated in
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Milena Directed by Vera Belmont Screenplay and dialogue by Vera Belmont in collaboration with Marie Genevieve Ripeau, Guy Konopicky, Dan Frank and Lou Garfinkle Starring Valerie Kaprisky, Stacy Keach, Gudrun Langrebe, Peter Gallagher and Nick
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Tomorrow is too late By Fidel Castro Ocean Press 1992 54 pp. $9.95 Reviewed by Sean Malloy Tomorrow is too late presents an overall analysis of world environmental problems and necessary solutions from a Third World perspective. The
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Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick's fascinating Manufacturing Consent, a documentary on the ideas of noted US linguist and political dissident Noam Chomsky, has made a remarkable impact in its all too brief cinema run in Australia.