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By Ben Reid MELBOURNE — Around 50 people gathered here for the national conference of the New Labour Party (NLP) over the June 7-9 long weekend. The decision of the conference to proscribe members of the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) from
A teacher at a Melbourne university rang the Green Left subscription hotline last week with a creative idea for helping his students, as well as Green Left Weekly. Having recently discovered Green Left on the internet, he recognised a rich
WA unionists prepare for a fight By Anthony Benbow PERTH — Richard Court's Coalition government and its mates in the Building and Construction Industry Taskforce (whose main "task" consists of attacking construction unions) are trying to
Leaks from Japan N-plant Radioactive water leaked from the Shikoku Electric Power Company's reactor in Ikata City, western Japan, on June 5. The leak was the latest in a series of nuclear accidents and cover-ups, the worst being the March 11
Unfettered freedomUnfettered freedom By Brandon Astor Jones and Sarah Nurses "The African is conditioned, by the cultural and social institutions of centuries, to a freedom of which Europe has little conception, and it is not in his
Kurdish opposition leaders sentenced ANKARA — The State Security Court (DGM) ruled on June 4 that the pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party (HADEP) is linked to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and sentenced party officials and
By Eva Cheng In Mongolia's May 19 presidential election, Nachagyn Bagabandi, chairperson of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP, formerly the Communist Party), won with 61% of the vote, defeating incumbent President Punsalmaagiyn
Portraits from a time of genocide Facing Death: Portraits from Cambodia's Killing FieldsAustralian Centre for Photography, Paddington (Sydney)Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm, until July 5. When Cambodian rebels and Vietnamese troops overthrew the Pol Pot
By Marina Cameron Federal cabinet approved further cuts to youth income support on June 10, when it agreed to in-principle support for a common youth allowance to replace Austudy, Abstudy and the youth dole in 1998. The CYA was flagged in the
JerusalemBy Michael GurrDirected by Bruce Myles The Wharf Theatre, Sydney Review by Brendan Doyle Jerusalem is a fine play. Unlike a lot of recent Australian theatre, which doesn't stray much beyond middle-class angst at the beach house,
By Marina Carman and Ray Fulcher Occupations of university buildings have been an important and useful part of the campaign against education cuts nationally this year. However, a debate emerging at the moment concerns how student occupations
By Micheal MacDonncha "Republicans are the leading advocates for change — political, constitutional, social and economic — in the Ireland of 1997. Achieving lasting peace and real change requires increased political strength for Sinn