By Richard Startari
As Ernesto Samper takes over the Colombian presidency, Amnesty International has called on him to live up to his election promises and respect international law and human rights.
Successive Colombian governments have
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Sea World protest
By Nathan Laurent
BRISBANE — More than 70 people staged a demonstration outside the Gold Coast tourist attraction Sea World, on August 17. This follows the recent capture of two wild dolphins from South Stradbroke
Blues worth collecting
The Blues Collection
CD or cassette
In fortnightly parts
Orbis
$8.95
Reviewed by Graham Matthews
The Blues Collection is a series of CD or cassette recordings of Blues music. Produced in fortnightly parts,
Links: International Journal of Socialist Renewal
No 2 July-Sept 1994
Published by New Course Publications Sydney 128 pp., $6.50
Reviewed by Jim McIlroy
If you want to keep a finger on the pulse of the international left and
Labor Party 1
The Democratic Socialist Party review (GLW #154) avoids a rational analysis of the Labour Party — offering a conspiracy theory in its place. The tone is set in the introduction to Max Lane's "daring to win" article: "As the ALP's
By Irina Glushchenko
MOSCOW — After more than five weeks, a picket placed by environmentalists on one of Russia's worst industrial polluters came to an end on August 7. Defying harassment from local authorities, the protesters outside the
Separate tables
There's this new place where you can get a meal. And every time I go there it's crowded.
Then go somewhere else.
But the crowd's good. There's atmosphere and I know the regulars. And if you know the right people you can
Anti-Violence Project launched
SYDNEY — "In a perfect world homophobia would be dying: not gays and lesbians." This is the theme of a new campaign launched here on August 19 by the Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project (AVP) and the AIDS
By Jon Land
Demonstrations were held across Australia in support of East Timor on August 17, Indonesian Independence Day. East Timor solidarity groups chose the date to highlight the ongoing illegal occupation of East Timor by Indonesia and the
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