By Barry Sheppard
The "special period" that opened in 1989 as the Soviet bloc collapsed has been a major challenge to the Cuban Revolution. Before the 1959 overthrow of the Batista dictatorship, the United States was Cuba's main trading partner.
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ACT: Canberra — Nikki Ulasowski, Fraser — Sue Bull
NSW: Cunningham — Margaret Perrott, Grayndler — Michael Karadjis, Newcastle — Geoff Payne, Page — Kathy O'Driscoll, Paterson — Alison Dellit, Reid
By Peter Boyle
"At a time when the major political parties are shifting sharply to the right, and with the far-right One Nation party threatening to capture a swag of seats in the Senate, it is time to turn to the left", said John Percy, the
By John Pilger
It doesn't matter whether or not President Clinton fired his missiles in order to distract attention from his troubles with Monica Lewinsky. He would have done it, anyway. We have been through this many times before, with the lies
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All right, maybe some of you will be a little worse off with a GST. So what? Stop being so selfish; lie back and think of Australia. A GST will be good for the country. You can take our word for that, because we own
Gordonstone miners win jobs back
By Bill Mason
BRISBANE — Giant coalmining multinational ARCO has suffered a setback following an Australian Industrial Relations Commission order on August 26 that it reinstate sacked miners at the Gordonstone
By Michelle Sforza
In January 1997, the US-based waste disposal company Metalclad Corporation filed a complaint with the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes alleging that the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí
By Aziz Choudry
POHNPEI, Micronesia — Following in the footsteps of the missionaries before them, the cheerleaders for the free market have flocked to the Pacific. Like their predecessors, they claim that they alone have the truth, the light and
By Francesca Davis
While the Coalition and ALP are debating a GST, the Australian Greens and Australian Conservation Foundation president Peter Garrett are calling for "ecological taxes" instead. Last raised in 1995, proposals for a carbon tax in
By Lara Pull in
CANBERRA — In a surprise attack on women's health and right to control their reproduction, the ACT Legislative Assembly could outlaw most abortions in the ACT within two weeks following the August 26 introduction of legislation by
Employment minister David Kemp hopes to "finetune" the failing Job Network with a $55 million pre-election injection of funds, on top of the $1.6 billion the government launched it with four months ago. At that time, Kemp hailed the Job Network as a
By Zanny Begg
BRISBANE — At around midnight on August 24, residents of a house on the premises of the Resistance Centre were woken by the sound of a heavy object landing on the roof, followed by several small explosions. Rushing outside, they
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