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In the United States, women's right to choose abortion has been limited not only by court rulings and legislation, but also by a series of terrorist attacks on abortion clinics. CLAUDETTE BGIN is a leader of the San Francisco Area Pro-Choice
By Stephen Robson Dee Margetts is the Greens (WA) number one Senate candidate in the federal elections. She hopes to join Christabel Chamarette, who succeeded Jo Vallentine as Greens senator at the beginning of 1992. Green Left Weekly
By Cameron Parker ADELAIDE — Three stages, 150 performers, multitudes of workshops and 10,000 people jumping about at the same time — the spirit of WOMADELAIDE '93 was upon us. With a vast array of talent from around the globe, this
East Timorese resistance to the Indonesian occupation of their country is continuing despite increased repression accompanying the trial in Dili of Xanana Gusmao, leader of the Maubere National Resistance Council. On the capture of Xanana,
The poet with muddy feet By Fiona McCrossin The Nagara River was the last river on the mainland of Japan whose flow had not been obstructed by a dam. In March 1992 an estuary tide barrier dam began being constructed. In October,
Rosa By Karen Fredericks On International Women's Day we march not merely for our rights as individual women but for the rights of all women around the world. We march for the rights of women who cannot march, who have been imprisoned
Mayibuye, journal of the African National Congress, recently interviewed ANC President Nelson Mandela about the prospects for negotiations this year and the challenges facing the ANC. Mandela was interviewed by Brian Hoga. This is a slightly
Privatisation's hidden agenda Privatisation made a brief (but embarrassing to the major parties) appearance in the election campaign when Prime Minister Paul Keating pointed out that the Coalition's Fightback program counted on the sale of
Candidate launches socialist platform By Sylvia Porter BRISBANE — The Democratic Socialist Campaign launched its policy platform at a meeting here on February 24 with a talk by Brisbane candidate Susan Price. Price outlined the
By our Phnom Penh correspondent The State of Cambodia (SoC) government, through its political organisation, the Cambodian Peoples Party, has stated that it will seek coalition partners even if it wins an absolute majority in the May
By Ben Reid BRISBANE — A rally of 250 people here on February 26 slammed the federal Coalition and its attacks on young people. In particular, the rally condemned the Liberals' policies of "vouchers" for university degrees, a $3/hour youth
Socialist presents alternative budget By Nicole Brett NEWCASTLE — "At a time when major parties are trying to outdo each other on who can give the best offer to business, we are experiencing unemployment of over 1 million, cuts to