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Troops beat demonstrators outside parliament

Troops beat demonstrators outside parliament By Kirill Buketov MOSCOW — Protesters against the coup d'etat by Boris Yeltsin suffered vicious beatings on the night of September 28, as club-wielding police drove them away from the building

Aborigines reject Keating's Mabo Mark 2

By Tony Iltis and Kristian Whittaker CANBERRA — More than 600 Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders arrived at Boomanulla Oval in south Canberra on September 26 for a three-day conference aimed at formulating a national response to the High

Youth Cultural Dissent

Youth Cultural Dissent By Taryne Laffar PERTH — For a young person, trying to escape the mainstream culture thrust upon us, is difficult. Now Cultural Dissent has given us a chance to express our own music, literature, poetry, film and

Democrats call for opposition bloc

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — A group of Russian academics and political activists has called for the formation of a new bloc of democratic opposition to the regime of President Boris Yeltsin. A statement released by the group begins by

Good turnout for GLW

Good turnout for GLW dinner ADELAIDE — One hundred and seventy people packed into the Eastwood Community Centre for the annual Green Left Weekly dinner on September 24. Guests were treated to an array of Indonesian and African food, and heard

Victorian mining bill a disaster

Victorian mining bill a disaster By Mariana Tomescu MELBOURNE — Mining legislation introduced into the Victorian parliament by the state government last month disregards environmental safeguards and could lead to disastrous and

Greens call for EIS on GATT treaty

By Peter Boyle Should an environmental and social impact study be carried out before Australia signs any treaty coming out of the Uruguay Round of the GATT "free trade" agreements? This idea was raised by Greenpeace Australia spokesperson Noni

US prepares to 'finish the job' in Somalia

By Sean Malloy The United States is deploying further troops and armour to Somalia after 12 US troops were killed, and at least one captured, in its October 3-4 attack on Hawiye clan leader, Mohammed Aideed. The attack killed an estimated 500

Philippine left explores alliance

By Max Lane Several Philippine left groups are holding exploratory talks aimed at assessing the possibility of establishing an ongoing united front formation. The talks, which began on September 28, involve the components of Peoples Challenge,

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Cargo cult Is Sydney 2000 the ultimate in cargo cults? You can feel (and hear) the anticipation that riches and honours will fall out of the sky on us — when the only assured reality so far is a 2 or 3 billion dollar bill and a lowering of the

You shoot parliamentarians, don't you?

By Poul Funder Larsen MOSCOW — The full-scale military attack on the White House (October 4), ordered by Yeltsin, and taking a terrible toll of some 500 deaths, is by all accounts the opening chapter of a dictatorship along the lines that

Transport plan for Melbourne northern suburbs

Transport plan for Melbourne northern suburbs By Alex Cooper MELBOURNE — A draft plan for public transport in the northern suburbs prepared by the Upgrade Upfield Coordinating Committee is a response to "the prevailing view of both