HAVANA, November 10 — Washington's 30-year blockade against Cuba will be up for discussion at the UN General Assembly session on November 24. Cuban foreign ministry official, Juana Silvera, told reporters that the US delegation is already
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By Peter Anderson Richard and Toby Weibe live in San Francisco but over the years they have spent some time in Germany, studying at the University of Münster in 1959 and visiting Berlin in 1987. Last year they went back to see what changes
By Harry Blutstein This year Canada hoped to celebrate the anniversary of 125 years of confederation by resolving its festering constitutional sore, and once and for all end talk in the French-speaking province of Québec of splitting off to
Groom's Christmas present — 174 workers sacked By Dave Wright HOBART — According to Liberal Premier Ray Groom 174 construction workers will be sacked before Christmas because not enough have taken voluntary redundancy. The minister for
Liberal students flout affirmative action laws Since the 1970s, when women's rights areas began to be funded by student unions throughout Australia, progressive students have been obliged to spend more time in defence of the right of women's areas
Fighting gay and lesbian discrimination By Michael Schembri Homosexuality has been decriminalised in all states except Tasmania. NSW has enjoyed an Anti-Discrimination Act since 1977, South Australia an Equal Opportunities Act since 1976,
By Frank Noakes PERTH — No longer on the fringes of Scottish politics the Scottish National Party, is projecting itself as a party preparing for government. The SNP is a party that takes its task and itself seriously, and is gaining in influence
Write on: letters to the editor Liberals copy Labor The Kennett government's neolithic industrial relations legislation and savage cuts to the public services sector have brought new right Thatcherism to Victoria. Schools are in chaos, and
Invisible comrades, Gays and Lesbians in the Irish struggle BRENDI McCLENAGHAN, currently a prisoner of war in Long Kesh Prison in Northern Ireland, wrote the following article for An Glor Gafa (The Captive Voice), the voice of Irish Republican
By Monique Choy and Julie Beesley After a long battle which pitted the NSW government against an environmental activist, the "greenie" lost, showing the direction pollution licensing in NSW is likely to take in the future. The controversial test
By Peter Boyle MELBOURNE — The Kennett government anounced on November 20 that it would close 56 state schools, abolish 4000 teaching positions, sack 3760 school cleaners and 830 administrative staff. Among the schools closing is
Women's Electoral Lobby reborn in SA By Connie Frazer ADELAIDE — About 100 women, young and old, white and Aboriginal attended a Women's Electoral Lobby conference in Adelaide on the weekend of November 14-15. Also invited to the
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