By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — The African National Congress' ambitious Reconstruction and Development Program (RDP) — the cornerstone of its election campaign — would be funded in part by major cuts in military spending and the nuclear
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True Stories: Mother of all Battles — The Battle of Kursk on the eastern front during World War II was the largest armoured battle in the history of war. Testimony from members of the Red Army gives an insight into their motivation against the
Green Left Weekly's Johannesburg correspondent NORM DIXON talks with JEREMY CRONIN, South African Communist Party (SACP) central committee member, and editor of the African Communist, about South Africa's transition to democracy and the prospects for
Reprinted below is a speech given by Bernard Tunim, foreign minister of the Bougainville Interim Government, on March 8 to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Tunim, who was smuggled out of Bougainville by canoe in mid-February to attend
By John Nebauer
BRISBANE — About 1000 people attended a rally called by the Brisbane Aboriginal community on April 20 to protest against the findings of the Criminal Justice Commission into the death of dancer Daniel Yock on November 7.
Call for labour unity
By Ray Fulcher and Rachel Evans
MANILA — A press conference of six union organisations here on April 18 announced the formation of a Caucus for Labour Unity (CLU) with the aim of unifying the Philippines labour
By Pip Hunter
On April 10, more than 100,000 people rallied in Mexico City in front of the National Palace to mark the 75th anniversary of the death of nationalist hero Emiliano Zapata. Tens of thousands also demonstrated in Michoacan, Jalisco,
Sex information censored in Tasmania
By Jen Crothers
HOBART — The state government has banned posters and displays on sexuality in senior secondary colleges. Secretary to the minister for education and the arts Bruce Davis sent a memo to
WA forest meeting well attended
By Anthony Benbow
FREMANTLE — More than 300 people packed the Fremantle Town Hall on April 22 for a meeting discussing the effects of forest destruction and the need for campaigns to stop it. The focus was
That Dangerous and Persuasive Woman: Vida Goldstein
By Janette M. Bomford
Melbourne University Press, 1993. 264 pp., $29.95 (pb)
Reviewed by Phil Shannon
In 1913, one conservative rural gentleman in Bairnsdale, Victoria, refused to attend
All opinion polls for the last 12 months have shown that the ANC is close to winning the vital two-thirds majority in the national assembly. If it breaks this barrier, the ANC will be in a position to write the final constitution without requiring
Comment by Alexander Schifferegger
Every year more than 250 million animals are used worldwide in medical research — over 2 million Australia wide. Thirty animals die every second in laboratories around the world.
This is claimed to
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