The South African Communist Party is the best-known socialist party in the country, and much was made by the National Party of its alliance with the African National Congress and the presence of SACP members on the ANC's candidate lists. But the SACP
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By Jon Land
The federal government's May 10 budget and white paper package looks set to continue attacks on young people and the long-term unemployed. A key feature of the white paper is the introduction of a training wage for all long-term
Mass arrest of miners
More than 300 striking miners at Placer Pacific's Porgera mine site in the Papua New Guinea highlands were arrested after they began an indefinite strike on April 14. The workers were later released because the local police
By Jack Weston and Anthony Thirlwall
ADELAIDE — "This is the deal:, agree to our enterprise bargaining agreement (EBA) and Mr Muluihill can have his job back", explained Terry Pethebridge, Transfield industrial relations manager, to a meeting
Who should pay for Aboriginal health?
The federal government has been flying many kites before the May 10 budget. There is debate on how much extra funding should go to the neglected area of Aboriginal health, and whether it should come from a
Just Desserts
By Jane White
PERTH — The nicely named "Just Desserts", held here on April 22, was Western Australian Campaign Against Racial Exploitation's final push for the South African Election fund.
Hosted by Sheila Suttner, we
The Doctrine of DNA: Biology as ideology
By R.C. Lewontin
Penguin Books. 128 pp. $14.95
Reviewed by Dave Riley
The definitive answer to how much you could drink and still feel good about it was recently supplied by the Sun Herald.
De Klerk's 'last gasp'
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — President F.W. de Klerk's decision to defy the directive of the Transitional Executive Council (TEC) and the Independent Electoral Commission that all prisoners be granted the right to
By Norm Dixon
JOHANNESBURG — The Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand (GLOW), one of the South Africa's two main gay and lesbian rights groups, endorsed the African National Congress in the elections.
GLOW activist Simon
By Rachel Evans
and Ray Fulcher
MANILA — "Women in the Philippines suffer discriminatory hiring practices, unequal wages, sexual harassment in the home, factories and streets as well as the double burden of housekeeping" stated Noime
By Jorge Sotirios
The first images that come to mind regarding the Greek cinema are usually three: Zorba the Greek, Melina Mercouri and Shirley Valentine — a sunny mixture of passion and tourism that lulls the viewer into a false reality.
By Frank Enright
There are those who insinuate themselves into the progressive movements to gain a hearing for reactionary agendas. One such group recently unmasked is Australians Against Further Immigration (AAFI). Their point of entry into the
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