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Non-joker @lctext = "You ask people here, and they'll tell you I never tell jokes." — Brendan Nelson, Liberal candidate for the safe federal seat of Bradfield, after a dirty joke at a Liberal fundraising dinner fell flat. Trotskyist view
By Roger Raven Farmers were among the prime targets of the propaganda of economic rationalism. Many were persuaded of the view that tariffs imposed onerous burdens on the agricultural sector, and that the adoption of economic rationalism (and
Guess what? They didn't mean it! By Kath Gelber @column = Even Labor Party women are starting to criticise their party for not taking seriously the goal of filling 35% of winnable seats with women candidates by the year 2000. The ALP
By Jennifer Thompson "There were real massacres. We knew that this could happen. The Serbs have done this many times. That which is going on is genocide." These words, by Dutch economic development minister Pronk, were reported by Frankfurther
Cuba holds municipal elections According to official figures, 97.1% of Cubans turned out on July 9 to elect delegates to 169 municipal assemblies. According to the official statistics, 7,568,548 Cubans cast ballots out of a total 7,795,623
@9point = Actively Radical TV — Community television's progressive current affairs program tackles the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Friday, 10.30pm. @9point = Archaeology: the Apaches —
NAIDOC march @9point = ADELAIDE — More than 1000 Aboriginal people and supporters rallied for the annual National Aboriginal and Islander Day of Celebration (NAIDOC) here on July 14. Despite torrential rain, a spirited crowd marched through
The music of wandering Latcho Drom: a journey into the soul of Gypsy culture Available through Larrikin records Reviewed by Sujatha Fernandes Latcho Drom is the soundtrack of the film of the same name currently screening around
The following statement marking Cuba's national day was issued by the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance. Revolutionary congratulations and international solidarity are due to the Cuban people and government on July 26, their national
At 1:30 in the morning of July 12, Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) finally began releasing results from the June 25 legislative and municipal elections, the first held since a US-led military occupation began last September.
Greens and parliament The Queensland Greens' decision to direct preferences to the Coalition parties in the recent state election has generated a lot of debate among environment and left activists. While it is sickening to watch the mass media
By Sue Dunn ADELAIDE — The SA government announced on March 21 that it would begin the construction in December of the Southern Expressway, a 21-kilometre freeway from Darlington to Old Noarlunga south of here. Local residents report that