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Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal A quarterly published by New Course Publications, Sydney $6.50, 128pp. Reviewed by Martin Roe An exclusive interview with Sandinista leader and former Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega is
By Richard Hindmarsh The challenge to genetic engineering (GE) is meeting strong resistance from corporate agribusiness and its powerful allies within public sector research and development organisations like the CSIRO and pro-biotech government
La Scorta (The Bodyguards) Directed by Ricky Tognazzi Mandolin Cinema, Sydney, from April 14 Reviewed by Paul Walker The crisis of the Italian state, which culminated in changing the electoral system and the victory of the far right in the
No workers' paradise On March 30 civilisation as we knew it ended, or so the employers' representatives would have us believe: Australian workers have been granted jobs virtually for life. ACTU secretary Bill Kelty described the event as the
For the animals In defense of animals Various artists Shock Records Reviewed by John-Paul Nassif "Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its
'Stop Khmer Rouge', say campaigners The frightening possibility of a return to power by Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army in Cambodia has not been eliminated, according to Australian campaigners. Both the Campaign to Oppose the Return of the Khmer
'Socialism alive and well' By Bill Mason BRISBANE — "The success of the Democratic Socialist campaign in the recent Brisbane City Council elections shows there is significant support for socialist policies in the general community", Susan
"I say the land belongs to us, and the Arabs don't belong to us, so the land we should keep. The Arabs we should let go. I think it's feasible to do so. Militarily it's no problem ... "You can't have both a democracy in which any group can
By Max Lane On April 4 the Suharto regime's recently established Human Rights Commission surprised everybody by issuing a two-page statement criticising irregularities in the handling of the case of the murder of worker activist Marsinah.
South Africa's historic first democratic elections are just around the corner. In the last few weeks before this long-awaited event, the mass democratic movement has scored some significant gains: the overthrow of Bophuthatswana dictator Lucas
By Jon Land SYDNEY — The International Green Left Conference, held over the Easter long weekend at the University of New South Wales, brought together a wide range of activists and concerned individuals to discuss and debate the ecological and
Waste dumping loophole closed GENEVA — A major victory was won on March 25 with the consensus adoption of a total ban on the export of toxic waste from OECD countries to non-OECD countries. In what Greenpeace hailed as "a striking victory