By Allen Myers
The January-February issue of New Internationalist contains an article by Jeremy Seabrook, "A world to be won", subtitled "The future of the left". The topic is one that has been much discussed since the disintegration of the
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Education needed to combat AIDS
By Marina Cameron
Recent reports from Brazil indicate that lack of education is a significant factor in the growth of AIDS, particularly amongst women. Of the first AIDS cases registered in Brazil in 1983,
By Tim E Stewart
DARWIN — A screening on March 27 of the new documentary There is Only One Word — Resist! ended a week-long visit by Nico Warouw, international representative of the People's Democratic Party (PRD). The film, shown at the NT
By Adam Hanieh
Large demonstrations across the West Bank have protested against Israeli settlement and the continuing violation of Palestinian rights. More than 400 Palestinians have been injured by tear gas and rubber bullets in clashes with
Anger grows at education cuts>
By Marina Cameron
The successful national day of student action on March 26 was a clear indication to the federal government and to campus administrations that students are still willing to fight attacks
Losse cannons
Forgive and forget
"Chemical manufacturing giant ICI may escape prosecution over a series of gas leaks and a fire last year at its Botany plant, despite State Government criticism and threats at the time to close the plant and
By John Nebauer
MELBOURNE — On March 14, the Minister for the Environment Senator Robert Hill announced a decision to proceed with the excision of Point Lillias from Ramsar Convention-listed wetlands in Port Phillip Bay to facilitate the
By Michael Bramwell
PERTH — "The Court government's attempt to rush through a 'third wave' of attacks on industrial relations before they lose control of the upper house on May 22 shows its complete contempt for WA workers. They have no
The Meagre Harvest: The Australian Women's Movement 1950s-1990sBy Gisela KaplanAllen and Unwin, 1996. 242 pp., $29.95 Reviewed by Jo Brown
The Meagre Harvest surveys the experiences, successes and failures of the Australian women's movement over
Since the December 23 High Court decision that native title could co-exist with pastoral leases — the ik case — state, territory and National Party leaders and the National Farmers Federation (NFF) have demanded that native title rights be
The Colston affair
The federal attorney-general, Daryl Williams, will continue examining until April 18 whether "independent" Senator Mal Colston's claiming of 43 days' of travel allowance when he wasn't travelling is sufficiently serious to
Frontline in trouble?
By Sue Bolton
MELBOURNE — The non-appearance of progressive newspaper Frontline for four months has been accompanied by rumours in union and left circles that the paper has collapsed. Frontline was a free newspaper
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