SYDNEY — Four hundred Australian Labor Party left-wingers protested outside a meeting of the party's administrative committee meeting here on April 8; they were demanding the reinstatement of rank and file preselection ballots for two safe Sydney
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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
By Kath Gelber
Female circumcision, more correctly called female genital mutilation, is a crime against women. It occurs in Sahelian Africa, in Arab states, parts of Asia, and in migrant families in Europe, North America and Australia.
The
By Francisco T. Sobrino
BUENOS AIRES — Paraguay, as a result of long periods of political turbulence and war, has remained socially and economically backward. Only 1% of the population of 5 million owns 80% of the land. Nearly 10 million
'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
Printed here are major excerpts from the election manifesto of the African National Congress for South Africa's first democratic election.
On 27 April, for the first time in our history, all of us will stand tall and proud as equal citizens in
On March 27, the Italian right-wing Freedom Alliance, led by billionaire media magnate Silvio Berlusconi, won a big majority in the country's parliament. LUCIANA CASTELLINA, a member of the European parliament for the Italian Party of Communist
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
International Playhouse — Against the Wind — By Shirley Gee. The story of Hannah Snell, an 18th century hero, who, dressed as a man, joined the marines in a vain attempt to trace her missing husband. After gallantly serving in action for seven
By Diana Evans
[This article is a response to "What is an Ecologically Sustainable Population?" by Emma Webb, in our March 23 issue.]
In the debate on the causes and solutions to our rapidly deteriorating global environment and social
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