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Poll victory will test Alliance By Eva Cheng The November 27 poll in New Zealand gives the balance of power to the centre-left Alliance (which received 8% of the vote and will gain 10-11 seats, depending on the special votes). This will give this
Sound the trumpet And so this is the last edition for now as we turn toward the future with a degree of something or other. On the Y2K thing, we're expectant. Come the end of the year/decade/century/millennium we could see in the new year on
By Zanny Begg Che Guevara was made head of the National Bank of Cuba in 1960. As head of the bank, and later director of industry, Che wrote a lot about the planning of a socialist economy. Implicit in Che's writings on human socialisation and
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522. Access News — Melbourne community TV,
For the capitalists, Che is a marketing gold mine, his face being used to launch a thousand products: Wear a Che Swatch watch; Go to a Che theme night at pubs like Bonaparte's Hotel in Brisbane; Follow Kate Moss by wearing a designer Che
By Marce Cameron "If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine." — Che Deep in the jungles of Colombia, guerillas who call themselves "Guevaristas" prepare for another offensive against the brutal and corrupt
The 'irritant' of affirmative action A bill has been introduced into parliament to amend the 1986 affirmative action act after a government-ordered review of the legislation resulted in a report called Unfinished Business. The gist of the
Aboriginal death in WA prison PERTH — Murray Jones, the new chairperson of the WA Deaths In Custody Watch Committee, expressed his sorrow and anger on November 29 at the death of yet another Aboriginal man in custody. "How many more of our
Dockers There is one talent which the British ruling class possess in abundance, and that is their ability to produce propaganda denigrating their opponents, whilst pretending that they are interested only in revealing the truth. The film
By Allen Myers What's in a number? Nothing, really: 2000 (or 2001 by some calculations) is no more or less significant than 1997 or 2016. But as the new year approaches, the media are overflowing with stories on the biggest/best/shortest/most
By Jon Land As investigations by both the United Nations and the Indonesian Human Rights Commission continue into the Indonesian military's involvement in the killing and destruction which took place in East Timor, the Howard government remains
Review by Tony Iltis Imperialism, The Highest Stage Of CapitalismBy V.I. Lenin (1916)Resistance Marxist LibrarynResistance Books, Sydney, 1999. 147 pp., $10.95Available at Resistance Bookshops, or send $12.95 (incl. postage) to PO Box 515, Broadway