Poll 'free and fair'
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — International observers have pronounced the elections free and fair.
While acknowledging widespread complaints about the Independent Electoral Commission's "incompetence",
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Ringing endorsement
"Whatever my personal feeling is, I'm not going to go out and vilify the leader, no matter what I think of him." — NSW right-wing ALP MLA Peter Anderson, after losing his preselection. Anderson was reported to be upset with
Comment on a debate
The ongoing population debate is an important one, which I'm glad the paper is allowing to happen so fully. Many important ideas are leaping from it — like when Athena (goddess of wisdom) sprang directly from the mind of
By Jon Land
The Indonesian government has clamped down on the activities of East Timor solidarity and human rights groups in response to international attention to the plight of the people there. The release of John Pilger's film Death Of A
Anti-union repression exposed
Repression of trade unionists is increasing worldwide, with 92 killed last year, says the International Federation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) in a report published on April 28. The report says that some 2300 trade
Old and proud
Is Green Left Weekly promoting ageism?
Surely not — yet I notice your advert for "Cultural Dissent" describes dissenting alternative culture as "youthful". Which seems to imply that all old people are naturally too
By Catherine Gow
MELBOURNE — Prison privatisation plans for Victoria are the most sweeping of any Australian state. Almost 40% of Victorian prisoners will be in a private prison if the Kennett government's plans go ahead., Victoria will also
American Music and Popular Culture — Rock 'n' Roll — A folk art born and living out its entire existence at the height of commercialism, rock 'n' roll is the first popular music idiom where the intended market is defined by age rather than race
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — When the election results were at last announced on May 6, the African National Congress had swept in with 62.7% of the national vote and 252 seats in the 400-seat national assembly. The ANC won landslide victories
In 1925, there was an international conference on drugs which focused particularly on opium. But it also looked at Cannabis sativa. Egypt was the chief mover in persuading other nations that Cannabis sativa should be banned.
By John Hallam
Eight years after the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, the governments of Ukraine and Russia have opted to proceed with ambitious nuclear programs that they can't afford.
While studies done by the International
ROBYN MARSHALL was one of a party of five Australian women who acted as observers of the Salvadoran elections in March at the invitation of the FMLN. Here she describes some of their experiences.
We're not quite sure how we ended up in Ruben
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