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Indian homeland in Nicaragua threatened

Indian homeland in Nicaragua threatened By Darwin Juarez A 720,000 hectare forest reserve in north-eastern Nicaragua, home to 95% of Central America's Sumu Indians, is under attack by a Canadian mining company, Nicaraguan

World Bank: 50 years is too many

By Lyndall Barnett The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were founded at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, held in the New Hampshire resort of Bretton Woods in July 1944. Designed to regulate the postwar

Strong opposition to DSS agency bargaining agreement

By Afrodity Giannakis Social Security members of the Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) recently voted on the DSS "in-principle" agency bargaining agreement for 1995. Although the agreement was accepted on a national level, in NSW it

On the box

As it Happened — Sweet Home Chicago — In Chicago, the delta blues evolved into a city style of hard-driving, electric urban folk blues. By the 1950s, Chess Records succeeded in bringing this music, now called rhythm and blues, to an international

Caught up in the coils of bureaucracy

Ladybird, Ladybird Directed by Ken Loach Screenplay by Rona Munro Showing from mid-October at Dendy Cinema, Sydney Reviewed by Peter Boyle This is a sad tale of injustice at the hands of the British welfare bureaucracy.

Health and the 'new world order'

By Karl Miller Last year the World Health Organisation (WHO) released its eighth report on world health. The document, which evaluates WHO's global strategy, "Health For All by the Year 2000", in place since 1981, measures its success by a

The Workers Party and the Brazilian elections

By Mario Marcio Freitas-Nantes In the 25 years following the military coup of 1964, the Brazilian population was progressively marginalised from the decision making that governs Brazilian political and economic life. This was achieved

Reactionary to the bootstraps

Dateline: Menzies' Legacy SBS, Saturday, October 1, 7.30pm Reviewed by Frank Enright It is rare that "elder statesmen" and good mates Gough Whitlam and Malcolm Fraser disagree nowadays. The historical record of twice prime

Crumbs

Crumbs The federal Industrial Relations Commission decision on September 21 has been hailed by the ACTU as a victory for the Accord process. The decision, which awarded a paltry $24 wage rise for workers in three stages, has been

Inside the Chancellery

Sydney Uni Resistance activist MARINA CARMAN travelled to Canberra last week to participate in the ANU Chancellery occupation, and here describes its success in organising students to campaign against fees. After the first few hours in the

Rising unemployment in Russia signals new conflicts

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — By the standards of most countries in most epochs, the Russian government, led for almost two years by Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin, should have perished long ago. It has survived largely by resorting to

Protests against 'butcher of Dili'

By Holly Doel and Sujatha Fernandes SYDNEY — Try Sutrisno, commander of the Indonesian armed forces and vice president, arrived here on September 21 on his official visit. It has been suggested that Sutrisno's visit is a trial run for a