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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The Fertile Prison — Fidel Castro in Batista's Jails
By Mario Mencía
Melbourne: Ocean Press. 241 pp. $22.95
Reviewed by Sean Malloy
Honesty is the vigour with which one defends one's beliefs. — José Martí
La
Community protests killing of Somalis
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — "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
WA rail jobs to be cut
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — 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
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? Green Left asked Col Cooper,
By Michael Rafferty
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
By Richard Staples
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
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.
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,
By Arun Pradhan
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
Land rights issue at WA TLC
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — 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
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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