GLW issue 171, published 1994-12-14.

... and ain't i a woman?: Women and the pope

Women and the pope In January, Australians are to be treated to a visit from the pope. He's coming over for the beatification of the person expected to become Australia's first saint, Mary MacKillop. It's an interesting turn of events,

Mobilisations continue in South Africa

By Norm Dixon As the African National Congress (ANC) prepares to hold its first national congress since winning an overwhelming majority in the April elections, there has been no let-up in the wave of struggles by workers, students, the landless

Loose cannons

Cluck "Give a Chick a chance." — Election slogan of Kerry Chikarovski, new deputy leader of the NSW Liberal Party, during her first campaign for parliament, in 1981. New World Order at home "Every American now has a realistic chance of

The ALP: a roadblock on the path to socialism

Jim McIlroy continues a debate In the ongoing debate in the pages of Green Left Weekly recently over the question of socialists, the ALP and the working class, it is important to distinguish two separate (but related) questions. First is

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Australian News

Students plan national campaign against fees

By Kerryn Williams MELBOURNE — More than 200 activists from campuses around the country gathered here on December 5-6 to plan a national campaign in opposition to fees. The conference, held at Melbourne University, was initiated in

Partial victory for NSW forests

By Rebecca Collerson Environmentalists have won the battle to save sections of Croobyar State Forest. However, the battle to save our forests from woodchipping and logging continues. The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service is creating

Further Australian News

International News

Kurdish newspapers bombed

Kurdish newspapers bombed The offices in Turkey of Kurdish daily Ozgur Ulke were bombed on the morning of December 3. The first bomb went off in Istanbul at about 3:30am. About five minutes later, the Ankara office was also bombed. The last bomb

China's long march to market 'reforms'

By Liang Guosheng Amid the rumours of a cover-up of Deng Xiaoping's death, larger foreign investors are becoming increasingly frustrated and concerned by the stop-start nature of the "market reforms" which have become a feature of "market

Further International News

Editorial

History lessons

History lessons It seems only yesterday that we were told of the end of history: that for better or worse, things were the way they were and no more could be hoped for. We'd arrived. This message, universally proclaimed by government and media,

Cultural Dissent

The changing face of Central America

The Pacification of Central America: Political Change in the Isthmus, 1987-1993 By James Dunkerley Verso, 1994. $34.95 Reviewed by Neville Spencer In Central America the 1980s were dominated by civil wars, with casualties numbering into

The day the Devil came to Dangawullah

A short story by Craig Cormick Any of the townspeople of Dangawullah could tell you exactly when the Devil arrived. It was that hot afternoon of October 29, 1929. It was the last day that it rained that year until Christmas Day, and it was the

Further Cultural Dissent

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