GLW issue 174, published 1995-02-08.

Filipino political prisoners on hunger strike

By Max Lane Renato Constantino Jr, president of the progressive federation of mass organisations Sanlakas and convener of the Asia Pacific Coalition on East Timor (APCET), has appealed to the pro-democracy movement internationally to support a

Russian Communists pass a landmark

By Boris Kagarlitsky MOSCOW — On January 21 and 22, the Third Congress of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) was held here. No sensations were expected, and none occurred. Nevertheless, the congress was an important landmark

On the box

Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program, every Friday at 10.30pm. This week's program is a documentary on the history of women's liberation. Guests include Nadia Stani and Francis Peters, who discuss women's

Activists discuss solutions to third runway crisis

By Janet Parker The plague of aircraft noise generated by the opening of the third runway at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport has generated a protest movement on a scale not seen in many years. The draft environmental impact statement in 1991

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Australian News

Public tenants union fights privatisation

Public tenants union fights privatisation By Dave Mizon MELBOURNE — Late last month the Kennett government defunded the Public Tenants Union (PTU) by putting the funding traditionally available to it up for tender. The bulk of the

Film banned

Film banned SYDNEY — For the first time in over a decade, the Censorship Board has banned a film from a film festival. The Spanish film, In a Glass Cage, deals with the themes of fascism, masculinity and physical abuse and was to be screened

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International News

The greening of Cuba: organic farming offers hope

By Peter Rosset with Shea Cunningham* Times are hard in Cuba. The collapse of the socialist bloc has led to an estimated 85% drop in total external economic relations — that is exports, imports and foreign aid. The US trade embargo has been

Russian authorities fail AIDS test

By Irina Glushchenko MOSCOW — When Russian President Boris Yeltsin in late December refused to sign this country's first-ever AIDS legislation into effect, the broad response among health workers and human rights activists was one of relief.

Further International News

Editorial

Another slap in the face

Editorial: Another slap in the face Last year, Prime Minister Keating labelled strident supporters of cuts to the budget deficit as "deficit daleks". This year, following the large increase in the balance of payments deficit, Treasurer Ralph

Cultural Dissent

Sierra Maestra disc whets WOMAD appetite

Dundunbanza! Sierra Maestra World Circuit through Larrikin Entertainment Reviewed by Norm Dixon As the Adelaide WOMAD (World of Music and Dance) festival approaches, world music enthusiasts are licking their lips at the prospect of some of

Blemishes under the skin

Under My Skin: Volume One of My Autobiography, to 1949 By Doris Lessing Harper Collins, 1994. 419 pp., $39.95 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon To read Doris Lessing is to struggle between being unable to put the book down and wanting to

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