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By Malik Miah The United States is the first country on the planet to completely overcome centuries of racial oppression of African Americans and other people of colour. We can now proudly say, "We are a non-racial, colour-blind society".
By Anthony Benbow PERTH — The latest public sector cuts announced by the Court Liberal government are the most direct attacks so far on working people, and on our right to organise and fight for better work conditions. Behind the somewhat
By Ladislas Niyongira [This article first appeared in the Rwandan newspaper Kinyamateka. An entire edition of the paper has been translated into French and English by the organisations Reporters Sans Frontieres and World Media Network and is
Deal proposed on radioactive waste A leaked letter from South Australian Premier Dean Brown to Prime Minister Paul Keating reveals that the SA government is attempting to trade its opposition to a radioactive waste repository at Woomera for a
On March 31, the East Timorese resistance received news from UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali that the Indonesian foreign minister, Ali Alatas, had asked for a postponement of the intra-Timorese meeting scheduled to be held in Salzburg,
By Bronwen Beechey MELBOURNE — The short film, a poor relation of cinema for years, is experiencing something of a resurgence. Films like Ana Kokkinis' Only the Brave have won international awards and cinema distribution. Some of the more
By Lisa Macdonald Activists from the environment, women's, solidarity and workers' rights movements will be gathering at a Marxist Education Conference in Perth over the Easter weekend, April 15-17. This conference, the first of its kind in
The senator's skeletons The WA senator with domestic violence skeletons in his closet was forced on April 3 to resign from his position as deputy president of the Senate, after his admission of having bashed his wife. Resignation was his only
By Tim Dauth JOHANNESBURG — "Consolidate and advance": these are the tasks, delegates to the South African Communist Party Gauteng regional congress here decided on March 18-19. The congress recognised that the immediate task is to address the
Rob Roy Starring Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth and Eric Staltz Directed by Michael Caton-Jones Reviewed by Barry Healy Robert Roy MacGregor was a Scottish clan chief whose life, mediated through a great romantic book by
Australia 1995 By John Tomlinson As we woodchip our way towards a forest policy, setting up bilby abattoirs in Pitjantjatjara country, our journalists inquire of highly paid bankers whether we should put up interest rates in order to
Poor Super Man By Brad Fraser Sydney Theatre Company's New Stages Wharf 2, Sydney, until April 29 Reviewed by Peter Boyle Q: Have you heard the rumour that Superman was gay? His obituary in the November 20, 1992, Sydney Morning Herald