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Mexican gay leader assassinated On February 6, Neftal Ruiz became the latest victim in a wave of anti-gay violence in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico. Ruiz was murdered in the town of Tuxtla Gutiérrez when an unknown person
PLO rep visits Vanuatu The Palestine Liberation Organisation's Ambassador to Vanuatu, Ali Kazak, has expressed satisfaction with talks he's held in Port Vila with that country's leaders, Pacnews News Service reported on February 17.
By Dick Nichols Jobs are the centre of this election. The Liberals say their GST will create them; Labor says the GST will destroy them; and in reality (as shown in One Nation and the appendices to Fightback) neither party sees any chance of
By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — In a resort complex north of the Russian capital on February 13 and 14, a "refounding-reunifying congress" re-established the Communist Party. More than a thousand people, including 651 delegates from all parts of
Feminism and socialism: Putting the pieces together New Course Publications 91 pp. $3.95. Reviewed by Anne Casey "The struggle for women's liberation poses the problem of the total reorganisation of society from its smallest repressive
RORY McLEOD is currently on his fourth visit to Australia, promoting his new album, Travelling Home. In his last visit in 1990-91, he played outside Long Bay jail at a concert protesting against the frame-up of Tim Anderson and at one of the
More people get Green Left Sales of Green Left have been rapidly increasing this year. In particular, Resistance and the Democratic Socialist Party branches report enormous success in their street sales, with an increase this year of over 30%
NEWCASTLE — Women from the International Women's Day Collective held a vigil in the Hunter Street Mall on February 18 in response to a call by the US National Organisation of Women (NOW) for protests against the atrocities being committed
For a Hilton inquiry By Ted Mack Fifteen years ago in the early hours of a Monday morning, a bomb was sitting in a council rubbish bin in front of the Hilton Hotel in Sydney. The Hilton was the venue for a Commonwealth Heads of Government
Comment by Steve Painter Anyone in doubt as to what Australia might look like under a Hewson government need search no further than New Zealand and Britain. There is little that's new in the Liberals' Fightback package. It is mostly borrowed
Blockade delays logging By Tyrion Perkins CANBERRA — The Wilderness Society and Deua Action Committee blockaded loggers from an area of wilderness just south of the Deua National Park in NSW in mid-February. This area in the Narooma
Toxic chemical bill launched By Pip Hinman MELBOURNE — Legislation aimed at regulating the chemical industry was launched by independent Senator Janet Powell, WA Greens Senator Christabel Chamarette and Hazardous Materials Action Group