By Norm Dixon
Moves are under way to begin negotiations between leaders of the independence-seeking Bougainville Interim Government, which controls much of the island, and Bougainvilleans representing those areas under PNG Defence Force
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By Paul Oboohov
SYDNEY — A mass meeting of cleaners from the NSW Cleaning Service (a state government department), on a 24-hour strike, filled the Sydney Town Hall to capacity on July 16. Numerous simultaneous meetings in country centres
As mining companies and reactionary politicians seek to portray Aborigines as threats to the "backyards" of home owners, the sad truth is that too many of Australia's traditional owners do not even have a roof over their heads. In Brisbane's
International green left meeting set
By Claudine Holt
After the very successful 1990 and 1991 Socialist Scholars Conferences, plans are now under way to hold an International Green Left Conference in 1994. The gathering will be in Sydney
A campaign has begun in several Asian countries to oppose deployment of Japanese military forces outside Japan. Both in Japan and in the Philippines, Malaysia, Nepal and India, there has been increasing opposition to any revival of Japan's
Persuasion
"Charm, persuasion, the telephone and supplies of Scotch." — A British government source listing the tools available to ensure a desired vote from hereditary members of the House of Lords. (The government later won the vote.)
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Sun shines on British economy
By Frank Noakes
LONDON — Rupert Murdoch's Sun newspaper slashed its price by 5 pence to 20 pence on July 12 in a bid to win back lost readership. "Well done Sun" it congratulated itself
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — On July 1, 700 teaching staff at the elite Moscow State University held an unprecedented demonstration demanding prompt payment and indexation of salaries. Similar actions, coordinated by the Moscow Council of
After his capture in the attack on Moncada, FIDEL CASTRO was held, mostly in solitary confinement, and finally placed on trial in October. Castro defended himself. His defence speech is known to history by its concluding line, "History will
By Zanny Begg and Sam Wainwright
MELBOURNE — The third Students, Science and Sustainability conference was held July 13-15 at the University of Melbourne.
Judy Lambert, former adviser to environment minister Ros Kelly, opened the
Vanuatu bars entry to unionists
The Vanuatu government has come under attack from trade unions for refusing to allow two South Pacific Council of Trade Unions (SPOCTU) officials into the country.
The action resulted in the cancellation of
By Manrico Moro
I went to Sarajevo last December with a peace demonstration organised by the Italian pacifist group Beati i Costruttori di Pace (Blessed are the peacemakers — BCP).
The peace caravan, consisting of about 500 people,
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