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Cuba: selecting a candidate

By Santiago Cardosa Arias First it was the rain, torrential and somewhat cold. Then when we sheltered in "old Rafael's" carpenter's shop, with its pleasant, pungent smell of sawdust, plywood, pine and caoba shavings and neighbours' furniture

Abortion in the US: still under threat

Twenty years ago, on January 22, 1973, supporters of women's reproductive rights in the United States rejoiced at the surprise Supreme Court decision to legalise abortion. Yet abortion in the US today is anything but a guaranteed right. Claudette

The fallacy of symmetry

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

Haitian refugees still held at US base

Haitian refugees still held at US base Attorneys at the Center for Constitutional Rights in New York City are still concerned about 271 Haitian refugees imprisoned in the US military base at Guantánamo in Cuba. All have credible

Write on

Wills overturn Last year the High Court decided to remove Phil Cleary from his parliamentary seat, because at the time he nominated for election he was a government employee, though on leave without pay. It is outrageous that the decision

WA voters dump Labor Inc government

By Stephen Robson PERTH — The government of Carmen Lawrence was dumped on February 6, bringing to an end 10 years of Labor in Western Australia. It was a decade marked by shonky business deals with the big end of town and of corruption.

Montreal protocols tightened as ozone hole widens

By Peter Boyle Following the development last spring of the deepest and widest ozone hole ever recorded over Antarctica, the governments of 93 countries agreed in November to speed up the phasing out of ozone-destroying chemicals. However,

Referendum threatens Yeltsin's powers

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

Nicaraguan rebels begin to disarm

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,

The week that was

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

Nigerian musician faces the gallows

By Norm Dixon Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, one of Africa's most popular, courageous and politically outspoken musicians, may finally be silenced, much to the relief of Nigeria's corrupt political and military elite. Having suffered decades of

Williamstown fights transport cuts

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