GLW issue 86, published 1993-02-03.

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'We have to learn to work together'

By Michelle Hovane [This is the abridged text of a talk at a Perth Politics in the Pub on the topic "Prospects for a Left Alternative" on January 22. Hovane is the Democratic Socialist candidate for the seat of Perth in the WA election.]

Introduction

Today that chorus is considerably quieter. For the Third World, the "free market" has long been synonymous with extreme poverty. But in eastern Europe, the dreams of Western-style consumerism have vanished, and even the highly developed countries

Russian neo-liberalism on the rocks

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — Russian Premier Viktor Chernomyrdin on January 18 abandoned price controls imposed several weeks earlier on a range of food and household products. The decision to lift the controls, which were introduced in

Action updates

ADELAIDE — The Environmental Youth Alliance had stalls in front of five schools last week in the northern, southern and western suburbs, where urban environmental issues are most pertinent. Many young people who had never heard of EYA wanted to
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