By Nick Soudakoff
Since the January 1, 1994, Chiapas uprising, the Zapatistas have been a major factor in Mexican politics and an inspiration for struggles in Latin America and around the world. Their example has been used by many, including
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By Sean Jacobs
CAPE TOWN — The powerful ruling alliance of South African President Thabo Mbeki's African National Congress and the 3 million-strong Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is under strain. In August, thousands of public
By Sean Healy
A videotape smuggled out of Burma by Thai drug investigators has provided further evidence of the close links between Burma's military regime and heroin traffickers. The videotape shows an October 1 meeting between intelligence chief
Who Paid the Piper? The CIA and the Cultural Cold WarBy Frances SaundersGranta, 1999509 pp., $49.95 (hb) Review by Phil Shannon
For an organisation which has spied on citizens, manipulated elections, overthrown governments, supported dictatorships,
Bikes for Timor
Some progressive people, such as Patrik, Ian M, Vaugn T, and I set out to rectify capitalism's extreme waste by collecting things and fixing them usually all by ourselves, without enabling ourselves to prioritise our work towards
South American armies sniff a chance for power
By Jorge Jorquera
QUITO, Ecuador — On November 18, the 23rd session of the Conference of American Armies (CEA) concluded in La Paz, Bolivia. At an impromptu media conference following the Session,
By Marina Carman and Chris Latham
JAKARTA — On November 9, we met with activists from Forkap (Women's Communication and Action Forum) at the University of Indonesia. Forkap was formed after a student demonstration in early 1998, during which
Support for refugees
By Lynda Hansen
BRISBANE — More than 150 people packed into St Andrew's Church on November 13 to support the Refugee Claimant Support Centre (RCSC). Guests at the centre's annual dinner feasted and were entertained by the
By Alex Bainbridge
HOBART — A new investigation into the police shooting of Joe Gilewicz in 1991 has been ordered by the state government, after new evidence and further allegations of a police cover-up were presented in the manuscript of a
Correction
In an article in issue #383 about the new charges against framed South African poet Mzwakhe Mbuli, we gave an incorrect e-mail address for those readers wishing to send messages of solidarity to him via the Campaign for Release of
Kuzbass Workers Council elected
By Steve Myers
Four hundred and twenty-five factory committee delegates, plus observers from across Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, attended the Kuzbass Workers Conference in Novokuznetsk this month. The Kuzbass is
Gales natural and human
Voyage of the Pacific PeacemakerBy Win OliveSelf-published, 1999299 pp., $25 Review by Bill Ethell
In 1978 Win Olive was invited by three friends to camp beside the East Alligator River in the Northern Territory. After
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