By Peter Boyle
On May 24, 1991, the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front (EPLF) won its long armed struggle against the Ethiopian government. In April the Eritrean people will freely express their right to self-determination in a referendum on
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Tony Benn, the prominent British Labour Party MP, was first elected in 1950. He has been and remains a passionate advocate of socialist ideas. In London, he spoke with Green Left Weekly's Frank Noakes and Catherine Brown about British politics
By Zanny Begg
"I have been a big fan of EYA since its beginning. Young people have enormous potential to influence the world ... You speak the truth from the most powerful position — it's your future at stake. I hope you will participate in
Students occupy library
Four hundred students occupied the University of Adelaide library on March 27 in protest against cuts to funding.
Prior to the occupation, students adopted a log of claims demanding an increase in funding of
By Peter Boyle
In a frank essay for the March 22 Time magazine, retiring industry minister Senator John Button summed up the federal election result: Labor was seen to have "stuffed it", but "in the end, a skeptical electorate decided that
By Max Lane
After having being forced to accept the armed forces (ABRI) vice-presidential candidate, Try Sutrisno, President Suharto has chosen a new cabinet which deliberately excludes figures close to ABRI. It comprises a select few older
Broad Casting
Saffire — The Uppity Blues Women
Alligator Records through Festival
Available on cassette and CD
Reviewed by Norm Dixon
With the Uppity Blues Women's third album, Broadcasting, they again strike a blow against male
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW, March 25 — On the fifth day after Russian President Boris Yeltsin decreed "special rule" throughout the country, the local administrations in Russia's provinces and republics were splitting into supporters of the
Shot with pleasure
My New Gun
Directed by Stacy Cochran
Starring Diane Lane, James LeGros
At the Mandolin, Sydney
Reviewed by Gabrielle Jean Carey
Forget the futuristic fantasies of Terminator and Aliens; My New Gun shows us what
First private jail in NSW opens
By John Duff
NSW's first privately run jail was opened at Junee on March 19. The curious could pay $100 per head for two days of opening "celebrations" that included a jail meal, a ball, a night in a cell
NEFA calls on West to resign
SYDNEY — The North East Forest Alliance has call for the resignation of Garry West, state minister for Conservation and Land Management, in the light of two recent government reports seriously criticising the
By Renfrey Clarke
MOSCOW — Among television journalists in particular, the practice is quite the norm. You fly in; you get the story; you fly out again. You talk to the people who count, get their statements, frame the interviews with a few
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