Number One By Andrew L. Shapiro After years of slipping superiority and encroaching mediocrity, the "We're Number One" ethos is born again in America. General Schwarzkopf assures us we're the world's only superpower; President Bush hails the
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Cooperation by left journals Green Left Weekly is one of a number of left-wing papers and magazines which have adopted proposals to encourage collaboration and exchange of information. -2>At a conference in Budapest in April, representatives and
By Claire Wagner Brisbane's Fortitude Valley rocketed to national notoriety when the ABC screened scenes outside brothels and disclosed police corruption. CLAIRE WAGNER looks at the less "newsworthy" but more important issue of redevelopment.
By Sissy Vovou -1>The war may well have ended in Kuwait, and the "government" of Emir Al Sabah restored by the "Allies"; women, however, are paying an increasing price for the arrogance of the victors, who are stepping up their violence against
By Mary Judith Ress SANTIAGO, Chile — As many as one in four Latin Americans — 90 to 120 million people — could come down with cholera in the coming months, according to estimates by the World Health Organisation. The disease has reached
Interview by Renfrey Clarke A chemistry graduate, Paul Soler-Sala has spent the past 10 months in the Soviet Union as a representative of the US environmental organisation Ecologia. During much of this time, he has travelled through the USSR
Aiding Israel's land theft Israel is in trouble, and the US taxpayer will soon be asked to bail it out. The absorption of Soviet immigrants is not going well. According to reports in the Israeli press, 40% of those with Soviet visas have postponed
By Andrew Kopkind Capitalism, we are told daily by the commercial media, is triumphant. But is it really? In this article from the US Nation, ANDREW KOPKIND argues that there is still a future for socialism. The great debate about the nature of
By Peter Annear Concluding a series of articles, PETER ANNEAR reports from Prague on the outlook for Czechoslovak politics in the '90s. Once Civic Forum had to turn to constructive tasks of political and economic management after last June's
By Barry Healy Down Under Chelsea By Mona Brand Directed by Sharon Singleton Stables Theatre, Sydney, until July 14 Reviewed by Barry Healy What is the price which communists pay for their commitment? Are the emotional costs of political
Interview by Peter Annear and Sally Low Despite difficulties faced by some of the older Green parties such as Germany's Die Grünen, around the world there is strong interest in green politics as a genuine alternative. ROSS MIRKARIMI works for
By Dick Nichols SYDNEY — In a special one-day sitting last week, the Liberal-National state government of Nick Greiner brought down proposals to lop 12,500 public servants off the payroll, privatise the Government Insurance Office and the State
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