By Michael Karadjis
TUZLA — The recent municipal elections throughout Bosnia-Hercegovina reveal a polarisation between the three ethnic-based parties on the one hand, and multi-ethnic or anti-nationalist forces on the other. The victories of
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By Marcel Cameron
MELBOURNE — Activists are celebrating an encouraging turnout of students and staff for the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) referendum on up-front fees. More than 10,000 students and staff voted on whether they
By Jo Brown
SYDNEY — The election of right-wing candidate Adair Durie as the new president of the University of Sydney Student Representative Council two weeks ago ended 10 years of left-wing presidents. Adair "the Bear" Durie ran on a ticket
Lenin Lives! The Lenin Cult in Soviet RussiaBy Nina TumarkinHarvard University Press, 1997337 pp., $31.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon
Cults come in all shapes and sizes. The Elvis cult is tacky but harmless. The Princess Diana cult is schmalzy
By Justin Harman
When Pauline Hanson wants something done, the Howard government is usually soon there doing it for her. Cuts to ATSIC, the immigration intake: all her wishes are being fulfilled — all, according to a recent New Idea article,
By Norm Dixon
Leaders of the Democratic Republic of Congo have angrily denied claims by the United Nations and western governments that investigations into rumours of human rights violations (during the uprising that deposed the Mobutu
Chiapas rebels declare autonomous county
Unwilling to await the outcome of negotiations with the Mexican government, Zapatista rebels on September 28 declared an autonomous county in southern Chiapas. The government opposes the traditional
By Paul Glenning
EMERALD — Miners have entered their second week of picketing the giant underground Gordonstone coalmine in central Queensland. US mining company ARCO has closed the mine and issued dismissal notices to 312 mining and
By Tim E. Stewart
At stop-work meetings on October 8, more than 3000 Telstra members of the Community and Public Sector Union voted overwhelmingly in favour of a national 24-hour strike on October 17. The Communications, Electrical and Plumbing
detail = Sprout Wings and FlyBy John McCutcheonRounder Records, 1997
detail = Nothing to LoseBy John McCutcheonRounder Records, 1995
Review by Alex Bainbridge
John McCutcheon is a progressive songwriter with an enduring ability to make
Comment by Ray Fulcher (File No 890124)
MELBOURNE — Revelations that Victoria has a "secret police" unit that spies on community and political groups should come as no surprise to activists or students of history. The Kennett government and
Democratic rights at stake in Basque trial
On October 6, Spain's Supreme Court postponed the start of the trial of 23 national executive members of the legal Basque pro-independence party, Herri Batasuna. Defence lawyers asked that one of the
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