By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — The remaining confidence of many Russians in the economic strategies of their government perished over the weekend of July 24- 25, as a shock monetary reform threw retail trade into chaos and threatened to
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By Bronwen Beechey
Despite the time that has elapsed since the names Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, Donald McLean and Anthony Blunt made headlines, they are still guaranteed to send shivers up the spines of the British establishment.
All
Students Rally Against Education Cuts
By Nathan Laurent
BRISBANE — A rally of more than 600 student teachers at Queensland University of Technology on July 28 expressed anger at proposed state education cuts.
The rally was
By Maurice Sibelle
BRISBANE — Public sector unions remain firm in their opposition to cutbacks proposed by Queensland's Labor government. In the strongest action to date, teachers have called a one-day strike and rally on August 5.
Gross Misconduct
Directed by George Miller
Written by Lance Peters and Gerard Maguire
Starring Jimmy Smits and Naomi Watts
Reviewed by Didit T. and Max Lane
[Note: This review has to reveal the plot of Gross Misconduct. Don't read it
By Peter Boyle
On July 26 the federal cabinet worked out new drafting instructions on a legislative response to the 1992 Mabo land rights case. This represents an attempt to come to a common position with Liberal state governments in Western
From mono-loyalty to real discipline
According to news agency reports, the Indonesian government has decided to impose military training for new civil service recruits in a bid to "improve their skills and mentality".
A policy of
By Mark Cox
South Africa is not a subtle place. On the second day of my work with the South African Prisoners Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) in Johannesburg, a white policeman shot dead one innocent pedestrian and injured another
A jobs levy?
Tax the majority, not the minority of super-wealthy people who live off company profits, dividends, and rent: this is the "solution" to unemployment that the ACTU and the ALP left are rallying behind. They are calling for a
Korean human rights activist arrested
South Korean human rights campaigner Noh Tae-hoon was illegally arrested on July 15 in his lawyer's office. He is being detained under the notorious National Security Law.
When an officer from the
Creating a better Green Left
The Green Left Weekly Equipment and Maintenance Fund was established at the beginning of this year to purchase new equipment for the production of Green Left Weekly. The idea was to raise $30,000 over and above
See no evil: the Sabra and Shatila massacres
SBS TV's Timewatch series
Monday, August 9, 7.30 p.m. (Adelaide 7.00)
Reviewed by Sean Malloy
"Tell the world. Film it, film it, film it", pleads a Palestinian woman who survived the horrors
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