GLW issue 119, published 1993-10-20.

The papal encyclical: a fundamentalist revival?

By Catherine Brown The past year has been a bad one for the Catholic Church hierarchy. In the Catholic heartlands, in so far as there are any these days, popular support for the "moral fads" which Pope John Paul II attacks in his new encyclical

Wingti's gamble sparks PNG crisis

By David Robie PORT MORESBY — A manoeuvre by Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Paias Wingti has plunged the country into a constitutional crisis. The move follows growing unrest about Wingti's plans to abolish the nation's provincial government

South African unions: 'democracy is more than elections'

By Norm Dixon SOWETO — As preparations for South Africa's first non-racial election gather pace, 1600 delegates attended a special Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) congress on September 10-12. Discussion focused on COSATU's role

Radio highlights

International Playhouse: Every Traveller Has Some Luggage — A radio play by Carlos Cerda. Chilean writer Carlos Cerda spent 10 years in political exile in Germany. He returned to Chile in 1984 to write this play. The play's main character finds the

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Australian News

Council 'may destroy endangered species'

KINGSCOTE, S.A. — The nationally endangered dwarf bush, Kangaroo Island phebalium, is under threat from unnecessary clearance of roadside vegetation by the Kingscote Council, according to the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia and the

250 at Women in Asia conference

250 at Women in Asia conference By Helen Jarvis MELBOURNE — The Fourth Women in Asia Conference was held at the University of Melbourne October 1-3. More than 250 people (including about 10 men) attended. Women came from throughout

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International News

Cuba's revolution: can it survive the 'new world order'?

[This article first appeared in the US magazine CrossRoads. It is excerpted from a series of interview which MEDEA BENJAMIN conducted with JUAN ANTONIO BLANCO. Blanco is a former diplomat and senior analyst with the Central Committee of the Cuban

Arthur Scargill on labour's lost opportunity

A year ago the British government of John Major announced a massive coal mine closure plan that within months would have closed 30 pits with the loss of 30,000 jobs. The announcement produced an outcry from the broader community which culminated in a

Further International News

Editorial

Next on the chopping block?

Next on the chopping block? In its decade in office, the federal Labor government has repeatedly demonstrated its lack of commitment to public ownership. Already partially privatised are the Commonwealth Bank, Qantas, the manufacture of defence

Cultural Dissent

Sunduza dazzles Edinburgh

By Norm Dixon In August tens of thousands of people flock to the capital of Scotland from all parts of the world. They come to celebrate the curious and sad fact that the subjugated people of Scotland have provided the cannon fodder and shock

A decade of quality reporting

Patricia Sharpe Inside Indonesia, Australia's best-known quarterly magazine on Indonesian society and politics, celebrates 10 years of publishing this month. Written in English it is a glossy journal of 30-odd pages presenting views and analysis

Further Cultural Dissent

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