By Linda Kaucher
SYDNEY — Cuba's Olympic Committee announced Havana's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games on February 7, during its visit to Sydney. The delegation, headed by committee vice-president Angel Iglesias, came not just to check
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By Rohan Gaiswinkler and Peter Johnston
DARWIN — In a tragic event which puts the Northern Territory's mandatory sentencing laws under the national and international spotlight, a 15-year-old Aboriginal boy committed suicide here on February 10,
As was Hitler
"You cannot compare us with right-wing extremists in other countries. We are a special product of the Austrian political scene." — Jorg Haider, leader of Austria's ultra-right Freedom Party.
That's reassuring
"Their [Romania's]
Whistle-blower versus big capital
Review by Tyrion Perkins
The InsiderDirected by Michael MannStarring Al Pacino and Russell Crowe The Insider exposes the lengths that big business will go to stop the people knowing how much harm it does to make
Burmese demand independent investigation
By Andrew Hall
CANBERRA — Sixty members of the Burmese community marched and rallied outside the Thai and Burmese embassies on February 11. They were demanding an independent investigation into the
To GST or not
Exeunt PRIME MINISTER and POLONIUS. Enter HAMLET. HAMLET: To GST or not to GST — that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take up arms against a sea of
Write On: Letters to the editor
Entitlement fund
The bankruptcy of National Textiles, with unpaid workers and directors getting a bonus for increased productivity, has left workers and the public scandalised and angry. Job security is gone and
Cuba's struggle for emigres' rights
By Gilberto Firmat
The case of Elian Gonzalez has put the spotlight on US-Cuba immigration disputes and the United States' 1966 Cuban Adjustment Act, Cold War legislation which grants all Cubans (except
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Sunday, 9-11pm. Ph 9565 5522.
Access News — Melbourne community TV,
Writings of a Chinese dissident
The Courage to Stand Aloneby Wei Jingsheng — Penguin Books, 1998288 pp. Review by Chris Slee
Wei Jingsheng spent nearly two decades in prison for campaigning for democratic rights in China. He was imprisoned from
Australia's minister for immigration and other politicians accuse people who arrive in Australia "illegally" of being "ungrateful queue jumpers" when they protest against their incarceration in detention centres here. Many of these refugees are from
Union beats Yallourn Energy
By Michael Bull
MELBOURNE — Energy unions have claimed victory in an increasingly bitter battle over the future of Victoria's power industry, after the Australian Industrial Relations Commission ruled in the
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