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Divide and rule in the Caucasus

A mission from the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO) visited Chechnya and the neighbouring republics of Ingushetia and North Ossetia in December. The delegation investigated the November 1992 conflict over the Prigorodni Rayon

A great beginning

While the Green Left presses may have been silent over the Christmas period, that didn't stop activists from getting out and winning new supporters to the project. Between December 28 and January 1, a team of activists from Brisbane, Sydney and

AIDS drug delay condemned

AIDS drug delay condemned SYDNEY — A community meeting of more than 100 people on January 17 unanimously condemned federal health minister Carmen Lawrence for "inexcusable delay" in approving funding for an effective AIDS treatment drug,

... and ain't i a woman?: Right at sea on affirmative action

Right at sea on affirmative action By Kath Gelber The fight to retain the Coogee women's pool in Sydney for women only is not over. The salt-water rock pool has been used exclusively by women and children for over 70 years, including

Socialists chart plans for coming year

By Jennifer Thompson The struggle for socialism today was the basis for discussion at the 16th national conference of the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP), which took place in Sydney in early January. The conference took up key issues

Russian voters swing left in local polls

By Renfrey Clarke MOSCOW — The mood in the camp of the right-wing Russian "democrats" during the first days of December was savage. After an important round of provincial and local elections on November 29, the time had come to sum up the

Interview: Aboriginal deaths in custody

Handing down an interim report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody in 1988, Commissioner Muirhead stated that "humanity and our country's reputation demand a vigorous approach and new initiatives". Seven years after the

Chomsky lashes West's policy on East Timor

By Max Lane SYDNEY — More than 2000 people attended a public lecture by Noam Chomsky on January 20 organised by the East Timor Relief Association. Chomsky devoted most of his lecture to exposing US and Western foreign policy in relation to

Anti-woodchipping campaign gathers momentum

By Lisa Macdonald Anger and disgust are growing over the Keating government's expansion of woodchipping in Australia's vanishing old growth forests. After recommendations by federal environment minister John Faulkner that the 1995 renewal

Preserving the history of struggle

Preserving the history of struggle By Stephen Robson PERTH — History in South Africa had reflected the "story of 'great' white men", Gordon Metz, a member of the African National Congress' department of the arts and culture, said,

More protests in East Timor

By Max Lane New protests broke out in East Timor during the first 10 days of January, following a series of demonstrations in Dili and Jakarta in November. The new actions occurred in Dili, Bacau, Ermera, Viqueque, Same and Liquica. On

A not so fearful fifty

Fear of Fifty By Erica Jong London: Chatto & Windus, 1994. 390 pp. Reviewed by Melanie Sjoberg Pick up a copy of any of Erica Jong's novels and you will discover an intriguing world of sexual pursuits, bizarre characters and events, along