GLW issue 173, published 1995-02-01.

Profiting from the Cuba blockade

Profiting from the Cuba blockade By Jill Hickson Much has been made in the establishment's media of Gareth Evans' recent trip to Cuba. While he cited human rights and debt repayment concerns, the main reason for Evans' trip — the first

Will Chechnya sink Yeltsin?

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — In the foothills of the Caucasus mountains near Russia's southern border, the battle is still raging for Grozny, the capital of the rebellious Chechen republic. At many other points throughout Chechnya, a popular

Unions oppose woodchipping

By Pip Hinman In the current debate over woodchipping old growth forests, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the union movement had taken a unanimous position in support of the government's pro-woodchipping policy. This is not the case. The

Why be a Leninist?

By Peter Boyle April 22 is the 125th anniversary of the birth of the leader of the Russian Revolution, V.I. Lenin. In the aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, there is increased debate over Lenin's contribution to the movement for

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Australian News

Steel Line poem - 2

We in that factory we were getting tired of the wrong expression we were thinking if the moon is the same and the heat of the sun is still on why are only the bosses and their servants laughing and singing their songs. We, like any man in

Skyrail activists arrested for pot

Skyrail activists arrested for pot By Zanny Begg BRISBANE — A picket was held outside the parliamentary executive buildings on January 17 to protest against the arrest of Manfred Stephens, an anti-Kuranda Skyrail activist who had

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International News

You're in safe hands

You're in safe hands By John Queripel MANILA — In a bizarre case, police senior superintendent Teodorico Viduya has been charged with killing another officer, chief inspector Rocky Victoria, in Santa Lucia, Pasig, Metro Manila. The

Is time running out for the Khmer Rouge?

By Helen Jarvis PHNOM PENH — "Time's up for the Khmer Rouge" was the title of a talk given by Tuon Chay, governor of Siem Reap, at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Cambodia on January 4. Chay, who is running the program to seek

Further International News

Editorial

How to win the woodchip battle

How to win the woodchip battle There's no doubt that the extent of the outrage over the government's woodchip licence decision will force the ALP to come up with a range of "compromises" aimed at the green movement in the lead-up to the next

Cultural Dissent

Love and freedom

I don't want to talk about it (No Eso No Se Habla) Directed by Maria Luisa Bemburg Written by Maria Luisa Bemburg and Jorge Goldenburg Starring Marcello Mastroianni and Luisina Brando Opens at the Dendy, George St, Sydney and Kino Cinema in

Sinead and the Famine

Sinead and the Famine Universal Mother Sinead O'Connor Ensign Reviewed by Tyrion Perkins Sinead O'Connor's latest album begins with Germaine Greer speaking about women making politics irrelevant by a spontaneous cooperative action.

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