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By Sherna Berger Gluck The outbreak of the intifada on December 9, 1987, made the Palestinian cause a reality that could not be ignored. No longer could a Golda Meir get away with her (in)famous pronouncement that there were no
MANAGUA — Hundreds of armed rebels began gathering in so-called "security zones" on January 27 and preparing to discuss with the government the terms of their surrender, the chief of the Matagalpa province police, Roberto González,
By Kevin Healy A week when we all felt a pang as a True Blue Aussie institution, Arsnot's Biscuits, fell out of True Blue Aussie control. After years of supporting the dental, medical and ultimately the undertaking industries, what a national
By Ray Fulcher MELBOURNE — Williamstown residents and users of the Williamstown train line are campaigning to prevent closure of the much used line in Melbourne's west. The Kennett government intends closing the line from Newport to
The Guilt Industry em = By John Tomlinson Don't talk to me of guilt or want, Don't tell me where I'm in default. Your country now is mine by right of English law and oversight. Blackburn did terra nullius decree for mines and
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — As early as mid-year, President Boris Yeltsin's power as ruler of Russia could come to an end. This has become a distinct likelihood with the prospect that massive voter abstention will invalidate the
More cuts in mining industry By Peter Chiltern The mining industry in NSW has been further hit by closures and cutbacks at Broken Hill and the Illawarra. The city of Broken Hill will lose more than a third of its 1350 mineworkers with the
By Sean Malloy "This is a unique historical period. The collapse of Stalinism has opened the way in the US for some regroupment beyond the old formations and the old currents", said Malik Miah, a member of the leading committee of the
Caput Nullius Arch-reactionary Bulletin columnist David McNicoll says that he regards the Mabo decision on land rights "reversing the 200 year old policy of terra nullius, as at best questionable and at worst unacceptable." He goes on to
Questions on national parks funding By Darin Huddy ADELAIDE — Following serious concerns about funding levels to national parks, a federal parliamentary committee has projected that $200 million will be spent nationally on acquiring
By James O'Connor The disintegration of the Soviet Union and the geopolitical and ideological upheavals this has caused have altered the nature of class struggle throughout the world. Without the Soviet Communist Party, parties in the rest of
Bringing up baby En route to see Baby With the Bathwater, our reviewer fell off his bicycle, suffering grievous injuries that prevented him viewing this new play at the Rep Theatre in Newtown, Sydney. So you'll have to see and judge it for