By Jennifer Thompson
The struggle for socialism today was the basis for discussion at the 16th national conference of the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), which took place in Sydney in early January. The conference took up key issues
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Preserving the history of struggle
By Stephen Robson
PERTH — History in South Africa had reflected the "story of 'great' white men", Gordon Metz, a member of the African National Congress' department of the arts and culture, said,
AIDS drug delay condemned
SYDNEY — A community meeting of more than 100 people on January 17 unanimously condemned federal health minister Carmen Lawrence for "inexcusable delay" in approving funding for an effective AIDS treatment drug,
Fear of Fifty
By Erica Jong
London: Chatto & Windus, 1994. 390 pp.
Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg
Pick up a copy of any of Erica Jong's novels and you will discover an intriguing world of sexual pursuits, bizarre characters and events, along
By Lisa Macdonald
Anger and disgust are growing over the Keating government's expansion of woodchipping in Australia's vanishing old growth forests.
After recommendations by federal environment minister John Faulkner that the 1995 renewal
MIXOLISI NKOSI was in Perth to attend the Indian Ocean Trade Union Conference. A member of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Nkosi is the assistant general secretary of the SA Democratic Teachers
Unusual
"That is an unusual display of candour and openness by the United States." — US secretary of state Warren Christopher, describing the US admission that one of its helicopters had crossed into North Korea before being shot down.
The struggle of the Basque people for self-determination is one of Europe's most significant and protracted, yet little-publicised, conflicts. While in Madrid recently, Green Left Weekly's NORM DIXON spoke to KARMELO LANDA, a leader of the militant
Labor's role in the Liberals' crisis
For most people, including members of the Liberal Party itself, the ongoing leadership saga is more like a bad joke rather than something to be taken seriously. After all, there have been five leadership
By Geoff Spencer
MELBOURNE — A significant victory was won against the Kennett government on January 11 with the dismissal of all charges against eight activists arrested at the Richmond Secondary College (RSC) in December 1993. The
Handing down an interim report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1988, Commissioner Muirhead stated that "humanity and our country's reputation demand a vigorous approach and new initiatives". Seven years after the
New party to contest NSW election
By Dave Wright
SYDNEY — More than 150 people attended the first meeting of the newly formed No Aircraft Noise (NAN) Party on January 10. The party was formed to mobilise the anti-third-runway vote at the
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