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By Stephanie Wilkinson In the United States there are currently more than 2500 prisoners awaiting execution. These prisoners are poor and are in their present situation because they could not afford adequate legal assistance. Most are black,
By Steve Painter Recent decisions have cut deeply into the nuclear arsenals of the USA and the former USSR, greatly reducing the potential scale of a nuclear war. But the nuclear threat is by no means a thing of the past. While the USA and the
By Greg Adamson CANBERRA — "Stop the Labor/Liberal program of sack, slash, tax and sell!" is the slogan being raised in the February 15 ACT Legislative Assembly elections by Democratic Socialist candidate Lara Pullin. The Labor and Liberal
Puerto Rico still denied self-determination The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation has adopted a resolution urging the United States to establish as soon as possible a legal framework to enable the Puerto Rican people "to
Wallsend Hospital holds firm By Jane Beckmann NEWCASTLE — After six months, the picket line at Wallsend Hospital is as firm and determined as it ever was. Barbara Hardes told Green Left at the picket, "We are staying no matter what
By Janine Williams When Charles (Paul) Moran became aware that there were health problems related to asbestos mining, he asked his white bosses would they provide protective clothing for the miners at the Baryulgil asbestos mine. Moran says he
By Kevin Healy A week when problems began to be solved for True Blue Aussie workers — and for those True Blue Aussies who don't work because there aren't enough jobs for them, through their own greedy fault, of course — thanks to a
By Bernie Brian WOLLONGONG — Canteen workers at BHP's Port Kembla steelworks have struck for at least five days over plans by their new employer, Advance Food Systems, to reduce their number from 108 to 68. The new canteen contractor wants to
Comment by Vivienne Porzsolt The Women's Electoral Lobby held its 20th national conference in Canberra over the long weekend. "Entitled Looking Back — Moving Forwards", it very much posed the question "Whereto now?" Looking at all the
By Brenda Preuss Since the early 1980s, educational decision making has increasingly been taken out of the hands of educators and put into the hands of government and corporate bodies. This has led to the new vocationalism of the 1990s — a
Early boat people Foreigners invaded Australia on January 26, 1788 to begin the slaughter of native peoples, trees, birds, fish and animals on a massive scale. These new Australians were boat people who came without regard to existing laws,
WA safe sex campaign hit By Leon Harrison PERTH — The safe sex campaign launched by state health minister Keith Wilson has been condemned by ACT UP Perth, the Family Planning Association, the Uniting Church and the Australian Federation of