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By Franois Vercammen The dramatic crisis of the European Community in the summer months of 1992 has stimulated a series of Europe-wide initiatives by the left opposed to the capitalist vision of a united Europe embodied in the Maastricht
$8 per week: don't hold your breath In April, the ACTU Executive decided that now was not the right time to lodge a claim for the $8 per week so-called safety net wage rise "promised" under Accord Mark VII. According to the ACTU, the high

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By Max Lane Last week's Business Review Weekly came with a deep purple cover, thick gold lettering and a super-glossy sales insert advertising Florsheim shoes (up to $200 a pair). This is truly an issue the editors and owners were proud of.
Disney Adventures — Ducktails 4.00 p.m. Channel 7, weekdays Rated C, children's viewing Reviewed (by chance) by Sean Malloy In the 1950s, in an environment of McCarthyism, communists were accused of brainwashing. In the 1990s Disney
By Michael Karadjis "It is now a year since the first shells fell on Sarajevo, marking in an explosive manner the beginning of the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina. At that time, very few thought that this war would expose Europe's impotence in
Paul Foot leaves Mirror By Frank Noakes LONDON — Respected journalist and author Paul Foot has quit the Daily Mirror after writing a weekly page for 13 years. Foot, a member of the British Socialist Workers Party since 1962,
Facts on Broadside I would like to correct some misstatements of fact in the broad-brush criticisms of Broadside made by Liam Mitchell in a letter (GLW 19/5/93), without wanting to defend the failings of the Broadside project. Liam uses
74 days of action end after a week By Di Quin MELBOURNE — On May 25, Victorian public sector unions suspended the industrial action component of their "74 days of action" campaign, which started on May 17. Only teacher unions and the
By Deb Sorensen Kakadu National Park — "Along the Stuart Highway, left onto the Arnhem Highway, past the Humpty Doo turn-off and the Hard Croc Cafe. When you reach the Wildman River, you'll know you're almost there." And so I set off
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — "It's not realistic to stick to the law", Sergei Yushenkov, an aide to President Boris Yeltsin, was quoted in the Moscow press recently. "The congress is now illegitimate." More bluntly than Yeltsin,
World Environment Day actions By Wendy Robertson June 5 is World Environment Day, and the Environmental Youth Alliance is organising activities in most centres to get people together and active under the theme of "Environmental Justice
By Peter Boyle Aboriginal groups began negotiations with Prime Minister Paul Keating on April 27 about post-Mabo case arrangements. They had hopes that he was sincere in his public promise to make a just settlement on land rights. But