Canadian businesses to ignore Cuba blockade The Canadian government has stepped up measures to prevent Washington from interfering in its trade with Cuba. On January 18, Canadian foreign minister Andre Ouellet ordered Canadian firms, including US
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By Janet Parker SYDNEY — Activists campaigning for the No Aircraft Noise Party in the federal seat of Sydney hosted a meeting on January 21 to forge links with other community groups in the Sydney electorate. In his opening address, NAN President
What, realistically, could we have expected to hear from a group of pro-nuclear has-beens besides a lot of hypocritical posturing? This was the upshot of last week's meeting of the 16-member Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons,
Hindmarsh Island dispute: what was 'fabricated'? By Philippa Stanford ADELAIDE — On January 16, the federal government announced plans to hold a second federal inquiry into the construction of the Hindmarsh bridge. This inquiry, into a fresh
The Redundancy of CourageBy Timothy MoVintage, 1991. 408pp., $14.95Reviewed by Sean Lennon The Redundancy of Courage is a novel about ordinary people forced to do abnormal things by abnormal circumstances. It is about East Timor, in the guise of the
All You Can Eatkd langWarner MusicReviewed by Jen Crothers I approached the latest offering from kd lang with a great deal of scepticism. The hype about the kd phenomenon was just a bit too much. By the time I heard the album twice, I was getting
Melanie Sjoberg Kernot's economic nationalism Australian Democrat leader Cheryl Kernot says that the alternative to "economic rationalism" is "economic nationalism". But what does this mean? We can agree that the economic rationalist policies of
I think I understand The minds of men Who construct a political system Based on Exploitation, inequality, brutality Prejudice and fear. The tear gas, rubber bullets, truncheon swinging Of the obscenity — Apartheid. I think I understand What made
By Tim E. Stewart DARWIN — The NT Greens have announced their candidates for the federal elections. Margie Friel and Ilana Eldridge are standing for the Senate. Friel is director of the Aboriginal Youth Law Centre at the Northern Territory
André Brie is a National Executive member of Germany's Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS), formed from the ashes of the former ruling party of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). During a January visit to Australia, he addressed public
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