GLW issue 140, published 1994-04-27.

Why Buthelezi caved in

By Norm Dixon JOHANNESBURG — Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi's surprise decision to have his Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) participate in the national and provincial elections and both the levels was announced on April 19. The Inkatha leader

Mexican government in crisis

By Pip Hunter On April 10, more than 100,000 people rallied in Mexico City in front of the National Palace to mark the 75th anniversary of the death of nationalist hero Emiliano Zapata. Tens of thousands also demonstrated in Michoacan, Jalisco,

Global problems need global solutions

By Emma Webb (Continuation of a debate) Diana Evans (Green Left, April 13) says that in my earlier article I put the environment at the end of what she refers to as a wish list of human needs (health care, education etc). Contrary to this, she

No future for nuclear

Several hundred people marched and rallied in Brisbane on Palm Sunday, calling for an end to the nuclear industry and nuclear weapons. Another theme of the rally was opposition to land mines and support of a campaign to clear land mines from

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Australian News

Pray for a job

Pray for a job "It is essentially an act of faith that the Jobs Compact will improve the job prospects of the participants." — Professor Judith Sloan, of the National Institute of Labour Studies, on the government's green paper on

WA forest meeting well attended

WA forest meeting well attended By Anthony Benbow FREMANTLE — More than 300 people packed the Fremantle Town Hall on April 22 for a meeting discussing the effects of forest destruction and the need for campaigns to stop it. The focus was

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International News

South Africa: beyond the 'transfer of power'

Green Left Weekly's Johannesburg correspondent NORM DIXON talks with JEREMY CRONIN, South African Communist Party (SACP) central committee member, and editor of the African Communist, about South Africa's transition to democracy and the prospects for

Assassination threat to Filipino left

By Max Lane On April 3 Leopoldo "Comrade Hector" Mabalingan, a former commander of the Benahaw New People's Army (NPA) command, was shot dead by NPA units under the command of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) leader Gregorio Rosal.

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Editorial

Peace in the air, but not on the ground

Peace in the air, but not on the ground The visit to Bougainville by an Australian parliamentary delegation, although allowed to see only what the Papua New Guinea authorities chose to show it, was an important step forward on the road to peace

Cultural Dissent

Exploring gender and creativity

Blue Murder By Beatrix Christian Starring Lucy Bell and Jacek Koman Belvoir St Theatre until May 1 Reviewed by Mina O'Shea Billed as "a contemporary Gothic peepshow", Blue Murder is a play haunted by women dripping with blood and a

The politics of hairiness

Where the Boys are: Cuba, Cold War America and the Making of a New Left By Van Gosse Verso, 1993. 270 pp., $49.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon On January 1, 1959, the Batista-Mafia alliance that ran Cuba fell under the weight of its own

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