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By John Lindsay-Poland The US military revealed for the first time on March 9 which US bases in Panama it plans to consider keeping beyond the year 2000, when the Carter-Torrijos Treaties mandate their withdrawal. In hearings convened by
By Jim McIlroy So Robert McNamara, the architect of the United States war against Vietnam of the 1960s and 1970s, now considers the war a "mistake", and an "unwinnable war." I doubt it. The real problem was that the US and its allies such as
By Eddy Jokovich The war in Bosnia-Hercegovina has now passed its third year. It has been three years of a public and inept display of international conflict resolution and mediation by the "great" powers and the organisations that purport to
ZR Rifle: The Plot to Kill Kennedy and Castro By Claudia Furiati Melbourne: Ocean Press, 1994. 183 pp., $22.95. Reviewed by Allen Myers Conspiracy is not the cause of history, but history often creates conspiracies. In the three decades
Left wins Italian regional vote By Robynne Murphy ROME — On April 24, the first day after the regional elections in 15 regions out of 20 in Italy, the headlines of the communist journal Liberazione read: "The French teach: the left wins
Trading off basic needs In June 1993 the Keating government reduced a "safety net" wage rise being negotiated with the ACTU by $4 a week. This wage rise had earlier been agreed in Accord Mark 7, before the 1993 election. The pay-off for the
Nomination I'd like to nominate the Honorable Gareth Evans for the inaugural award of the Crichton-Browne statuette to the Australian politician for outstanding achievements in disservices to humanity. The award already affectionately known as
By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Workers at Mount Isa Mines struck for 24 hours on April 24 in a continuing bid to win pay and other demands, and prepared to cut power to the giant MIM mine. The Mt Isa combined union disputes committee has
Adelaide campaign for East Timor takes off By Jon Lamb ADELAIDE — The campaign in support of a free East Timor is well and truly under way here, with several successful meetings and events over the past month. On April 7, Resistance
Protests greet Goss mega-dam plans By Bill Mason BRISBANE — Protests have begun over plans announced by Premier Wayne Goss on April 19 for two huge dams in central Queensland. The dams, part of a major pre-election economic package, would
Principles "We want to make life as difficult for them as they made life for us ... they used their numbers on the floor to block sensible, rational legislation ... they can count on us using all the forms and procedures and every tactic in the
Green elected in NSW By Dave Wright SYDNEY — Ian Cohen from the Greens has won a seat in the state's upper house. Other minor party candidates elected include the right-wing Shooters Party and Call to Australia, as well as a Democrat