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Farewell to the family farm

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

World War II — Was it right to fight?

By Phil Shannon Was World War II the continuation of World War I, i.e. an imperialist war that the international working class should have opposed? Or was World War II an anti-fascist war that everybody in the Allied countries should have

No Fees Campaign plans conference, day of action

No Fees Campaign plans conference, day of action By Emma Webb ADELAIDE — The South Australian Education Network (SAEN) will be coordinating the second National No Fees For Degrees Conference, to be held at Adelaide University on September

Cuba holds municipal elections

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

Economic worries and the coming elections

By Reihana Mohideen Economics are very much the starting point for understanding Australian politics in 1995. The international pattern of growth without prosperity or a large decline in unemployment very much describes the Australian economy

Action updates

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

Timorese boat people released

MELBOURNE — About 30 members of the Timorese community gathered at Tullamarine Airport on July 20 to welcome 11 of the 18 Timorese boat people who arrived in Darwin on May 30.

BHP confident on plans to sack 2000

By Alex Bainbridge NEWCASTLE — BHP appears confident of little opposition to its plans to eliminate 2000 jobs from its steelworks here before 2002. This will leave only 1000 people employed by BHP in Newcastle, compared with approximately

English protesters stall the bulldozers

By Frances Kelly KENT — Protesters are occupying a piece of woodland as part of a campaign against a new road. The 50 protesters managed to stop bulldozers clearing the last two hectares of a four-hectare area of trees by erecting a hut

Lavalas sweeps Haitian elections

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.

Internal democracy threatened in CPSU

By Frank Gollan SYDNEY — A restructure of one of Australia's largest unions threatens to gut democratic functioning and centralise control over the finances and staffing. Voting on the proposed restructure of the PSU Group within the

Expressway opposition grows in Adelaide

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