GLW issue 231, published 1996-05-15.

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Iran's Islamic revolution after 17 years

NINA LANSBURY visited Iran in November. Here she presents some of her observations. I had an eerie feeling of living within my novel. I was reading George Orwell's 1984, and each time I glanced up from the pages of Big Brother, the large and always

NZ power price rises 'caused by corporatisation'

New Zealanders have recently been hit by electricity price rises of up to 29%. The opposition Alliance says these rises are a consequence of the corporatisation and privatisation of power companies. Alliance energy spokesperson and deputy leader

Write on: letters to the editor

Gun control #1 A few comments on Pip Hinman's thought-provoking article "Gun control: are tougher laws enough?" in GLW #230. First, a correction of fact. Pip states that "most of the 500 or so gun deaths in Australia a year are due to careless

Defending awards

A major advance for working people this century was the reduction of the working day from 12 or more hours a day to eight. Yet in recent arbitration hearings in the Industrial Relations Commission the CRA-owned coal mining company, Novacoal, has been
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