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By Reihana Mohideen MANILA — Around 300 delegates representing some 10,900 members launched Akbayan (Citizen's Action Party) on January 17. The Philippines left is gearing up for national elections in May. Well-known Filipino Marxist academic and
Paramilitarism and popular resistance in Colombia By Peter Sullivan On November 21, a paramilitary group assassinated 15 campesinos in the municipality of Viota in the province of Cundinamarca in Colombia. The people of Viota were considered
By Feizal Samath KANDY, Sri Lanka — Devi and Ramani left their one- roomed homes in the tea estates at a very young age to work as maids in Colombo. They returned in coffins. They worked for many years with two families. Both were routinely
Pacific UnionBy Alex BuzoDirected by Aarne NeemeNew Theatre, Newtown, SydneyUntil 7 February Review by Brendan Doyle Pacific Union tells part of the story of Australia's involvement in the first conference of the United Nations, held in San
Commission fails to protect tuna By Lisa Macdonald The future of the critically endangered southern bluefin tuna is now even bleaker after the international body charged with its protection failed yet again to take action to save it. The
January 26 is seen by most people in this country as a day of celebration for the Australian nation. But the reality is that not many of us have much to celebrate — the indigenous among us even less — thanks to the ever more brutal policies of
By Mark Cronin BRISBANE — A trial date of May 12 has been set by the Brisbane Magistrates Court for 17 activists arrested at Canungra Land Warfare Centre on December 7, the 22nd anniversary of the invasion of East Timor by Indonesia. All 17
By Russell Pickering CANBERRA — As the February 21 ACT election approaches, there is a real possibility that another minority government will be elected. A recent independent poll has found that minor parties and independents will do well, and
Indonesia's economy in free-fall By Eva Cheng On January 22, banks in Indonesia demanded a massive 16,750 rupiahs for every US dollar they put on offer, but paid only 11,000 rupiahs for each dollar sold to them. The banks created the 5750 gap
Looking out: The children By Brandon Astor Jones "Standing with reluctant feet,/ Where the brook and river meet,/ Womanhood and childhood fleet!" — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 180782 ARE THESE CHRISTIANS? They demand that I kill many others
details = Prison Songs Volume 2: Don'tcha Hear Poor Mother Calling?Various artistsRounder Records (through Festival) Review by James Smith John Lomax and his son Alan might best be remembered for travelling across America and discovering Huddie
NTEU members save unionist's job By Tim Gooden CANBERRA — The president of the Australian National University branch of the National Tertiary Education and Industry Union, Dr Doug Kelly, has had his forced redundancy withdrawn after NTEU