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The Dark Side of CamelotBy Seymour HershHarperCollins, 1998. 498 pp., $22.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon On the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963, a CIA officer was handing a poisoned pen to a Cuban exile in Paris to
Correction In our June 3 issue, a report on a speech by Jose Ramos Horta at the University of NSW on May 25 said that the meeting was organised by the Amnesty club of UNSW. In fact, the meeting was organised by Catholics in Coalition for Justice
The JourneyMaryam MursalReal World through Festival Review by Norm Dixon With this album, Maryam Mursal takes her place amongst the great contemporary women singers from Africa, such as Miriam Makeba, Angelique Kidjo and Oumou Sangare. Mursal, who
By Francesca Davis Yet another round of changes to entry requirements for immigrants has reaffirmed the Coalition government's commitment to ensuring that business gets the migrant labour it needs without taking on any of the cost of settling the
Industrial awards to be gutted By James Vassilopoulos From July 1, all industrial awards (which specify working conditions and wage rates) will be stripped to the bone. The regulation of working conditions will be reduced to 20 items
The success of Pauline Hanson and her One Nation party in the Queensland elections has "stunned" and "surprised" many political commentators in the establishment press. They are now busy condemning Hanson because of the "divisiveness" she fosters and
Following the election of a record number of radical left and ultra-right candidates in the March regional elections in France, Green Left Weekly's LISA MACDONALD spoke to PIERRE ROUSSET, a veteran socialist activist and editor of Rouge, the
By Michael Karadjis Serbian troops in the occupied region of Kosovo are carrying out ethnic cleansing on a scale not seen since the war in Bosnia. Villages have been bombed by helicopters, fighter planes and heavy artillery or completely burnt,
The following is abridged from Cuban President FIDEL CASTRO's speech to the World Health Organisation in Geneva on May 14, when he was presented with the WHO's Health for All medal. The world economy grew six-fold and the production of wealth and
By Martin Oliver Concern about genetically modified foods in Australia is growing, despite the predictable messages being conveyed by the media. Modified foods now include Australian-grown cottonseed oil and imported canola oil, maize, tomato,
By Shane Bentley and Peter Johnson SYDNEY — Members of the NSW Teachers Federation held two-hour stop-work meetings on June 17 to protest against the Howard government's promotion of private schools over the public school system. Concerned parent
MUA-Patrick deal: a great struggle faces betrayal By Dick Nichols The draft terms of settlement of the dispute between the Maritime Union of Australia and Patrick Stevedores, released last week on the Age's web page, raise three