By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — The last hopes held by Russian coal miners in the regime of President Boris Yeltsin, historians may yet decide, expired on August 11 in a potato field south of the Ural Mountains city of Chelyabinsk. That was where some
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... and ain't i a woman?: A shove into enslavement
One of the more ignorant and backward diatribes against feminists' criticisms of the federal government's tax "reform" package appeared in the Daily Telegraph on August 18. There, Miranda
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ACOSS and poor people are complaining about a GST on food. But what about multimillionaires? We haven't paid taxes on much of anything for years, and now the government is going to make us (or our companies) pay GST
Democracy in Cuba
By Barry Sheppard
In early August, my companion Caroline Lund and I visited Cuba as part of the Eighth US-Cuba Friendshipment, organised by Pastors for Peace. As with all Friendshipments, this one openly defied Washington's
Old Indonesian communists still imprisoned
On August 17, justice minister Muladi announced the release from prison of 78-year-old Manan Effendi Tjokroharjo and 80-year-old Alexander Warouw. Both were Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) leaders in
Government adopts One Nation's policies
By Margaret Allum
Despite trying to distance itself from One Nation's policies with the launch of its "Harmony" anti-racist propaganda campaign, the Howard government has adopted more of the policies
More budget cuts for schools
By Melanie Sjoberg
ADELAIDE — South Australia's specialised adult re-entry schools are facing cuts of $1 million each year for the next three years. Adult re-entry schools cater for people returning to study, as
By Sue Boland
The federal government's campaign to convince us that we'll all be winners under its tax package (code for the goods and services tax) has suffered setbacks from criticism by lobby groups representing people on low incomes. After
Xanana denies BHP meeting
Xanana Gusmao, the imprisoned leader of the East Timorese resistance, has rejected an article in the August 20 Sydney Morning Herald which reported that a high level BHP petroleum representative recently met with him in
Labour Party formed in Sindh
By Sean Healy
KARACHI — The struggles of workers and peasants in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh have taken a big step forward with the formation of the Labour Party of Pakistan in the province. The Labour
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