JOHANNESBURG — Support continues to grow for the right of prisoners to vote in South Africa's first democratic elections. The announcement by the South African Prisoners' Organisation for Human Rights (SAPOHR) that prisoners
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BRISBANE — There's land for sale at Forest Lake. On the outskirts of Brisbane's south-west, you too can settle in "the living forest" and pick up a piece of the continent for as little as $35,000 — or $78,000 if you are after
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That's History — Ephemera Forever — An ephemerist is a collector of the sort of material most people would assign to the rubbish. But ephemerists are convinced that the debris of contemporary life offers a detailed record of the times we live in.
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JOHANNESBURG — Thabo Mbeki, head of the African National Congress Department of Internal Affairs, has appealed for continued international solidarity with the people of South Africa and the ANC. Addressing a meeting here of the
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JOHANNESBURG — The right-wing alliance of parties opposed to the holding of democratic elections has been severely weakened by the Bophuthatswana uprising. The Freedom Alliance has all but collapsed, with a significant component
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[A response to the Committee on Employment Opportunities report, Restoring Full Employment, released in December.] The Committee on Employment Opportunities is made up of four senior Commonwealth bureaucrats, two
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Trials of the 280 peace activists arrested at the US base at Nurrungar last Easter continued in the Adelaide Magistrates Court throughout February and early March. Nearly all the Victorian and South Australian cases have now been "dealt with".
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Based on highly reliably international contacts, leaked documents and horoscopes from several TV magazines, Nostradamus' Media Watch presents a highly accurate forecast of political events across the globe. Budget welfare
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JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela received a tumultuous welcome from tens of thousands of triumphant residents of Bophuthatswana when he entered Mmabatho's Independence Stadium on March 15. The African National Congress president,
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Making historyFor the edification of Australian readers, I should note here that each year the month of February is designated for recognising the accomplishments and contributions that African-Americans have made in
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Pension I was pleased to see mention in the Action Updates (GLW Mar 9) of the fight to retain the age pension at 60 years for women. This campaign was started by three generations of women at the office of the Combined Pensioners Association in
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The elections in South Africa are just over a month away. Shortly, South Africa will have its first democratic government. The coverage of the major political event of the year from the mass media has been stunning. The establishment media have
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Established 50 years ago, the World Bank is now one of the most powerful institutions in the world. It has established a worldwide bureaucracy which is forcing a social and ecological disaster on the poor and heavily indebted
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There is a view amongst a section of the green movement that Australian immigration levels must be slashed. The idea that solving Australia's environmental crisis means closing off our borders from the rest of the world is a
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CANBERRA — After 20 years and numerous attempts, it seems the Australian National University may be no closer to demolishing the controversial Old Lennox House. Used as low-cost student accommodation since the late '60s, Old
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ADELAIDE — Activists have begun a campaign to re-establish the Rape Crisis Centre as an autonomous service. (The state Labor government closed the centre last year.) Initially Rape Action Link Up will provide a phone service aimed at offering
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Fred is a loser Nile saves the world! Apparently that's the headline this self-proclaimed "morals crusader" would prefer. But his latest antics only confirm popular opinion of him as an antiquated, reactionary bigot. Last week Fred Nile
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JOHANNESBURG — Sam Shilowa, general secretary of the 1.4 million-member Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), has described South African employers' resistance to COSATU-organised voter education on the shop floor as
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Unhappy "There is no correlation between happiness and money. I believe the richer you get the richer you want to be and the competition to climb up the rich list causes unhappiness." — Stockbroker Rene Rivkin, explaining that his mate,
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Building workers on picket lineMELBOURNE — Police were used to break a picket at a Department of Planning and Development (Ministry of Housing) building site on March 16. The picket was put on the Crown Street,
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MELBOURNE — A coalition of environmental groups has withdrawn from the environmental assessment process for the relocation of the Coode Island chemical storage facility, calling the negotiations a sham. After repeated
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CAIRNS — The proposed construction of a 7.5km long cableway, from Caravonica to Kuranda, called Sky-Rail, is the first commercial development in a World Heritage listed area. The campaign to stop it must be won to prevent
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Exports poison workers In a report released last week, Greenpeace revealed that waste car batteries from Australia, the US and Britain exported to Third World countries are reprocessed in deplorable conditions. Visiting lead acid battery
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Hawkesbury pollutionSYDNEY — A 25 km stretch of the Hawkesbury-Nepean river in Sydney's north-west is infested with a noxious weed, which is capable of killing fish and plant life, and even threatening human life.
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SYDNEY — As the 1994 Rugby League season got under way, players, through their union, registered their first dispute with the clubs in the Industrial Relations Commission. On March 17 the commission declared that a dispute
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Military tourism comes to Darwin By Tim E. Stewart DARWIN — This backpacker capital of the north is opening its doors to foreign military exercises. For 10 months of the year, locals will be host to air and naval exercises by visiting
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PERTH — "Kids swept from streets" was the headline on a recent edition of a community newspaper. Operation Sweep was launched by police on January 2 and has operated from 8pm to 4am on Friday and Saturday nights for seven of
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SA bill to overhaul IRADELAIDE — The Industrial and Employees Relations Bill, being introduced into state parliament this month, is predicted to generate the biggest overhaul of the industrial relations system since
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Business opposes environmental controls The Business Council of Australia is to begin immediately lobbying new-old environment minister Graham Richardson for Australia to repudiate certain future international environmental accords. BCA
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Socialist candidate slams Valley Mall 'racism'BRISBANE — Susan Price, Democratic Socialist candidate for the Central ward in the March 26 Brisbane City Council elections, has condemned the "racist harassment" of Aborigines
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Heat danger for sports peopleSYDNEY — Following the pre-season Tooheys Challenge competition, played in the heat of rural New South Wales, some Rugby League officials appeared contemptuous of concerns expressed by
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Greens' results PERTH — The Greens (WA) polled 8.36% in the March 12 Fremantle by-election, a gain of 1.6% compared to the last federal election. In some booths the vote for the Greens was as high as 17%. Labor candidate Carmen Lawrence
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Coal workers threatened with mass sackingsWOLLONGONG — Metropolitan Colliery in Helensburgh threatened on March 14 to sack 70 workers unless seven workers targeted by the colliery's owners, Denehurst, resign and accept a
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Toxic waste plan for SAADELAIDE — South Australia could be the site of Australia's first high-temperature toxic waste incinerator. The state Liberal government has revealed that the Environmental Protection
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More jobs under threat on Sydney docks SYDNEY — Australian Stevedores, the company at the centre of last month's waterside dispute, was castigated by Industrial Relations Commission deputy president Simon Williams on March 18. "It [AS]
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Time to end the profits blow-out "Companies don't invest in new projects for the public interest or the national good, they do it if they think the project will make a quid", notes Australian industrial correspondent Peter Wilson, in response to
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ROBYN MARSHALL, ROBYNNE MURPHY and MARGARET GLEESON are in El Salvador as observers in the March 20 elections. Here they report some initial impressions. To celebrate the winding up of the election campaign, 8000 FMLN supporters filled the Plaza
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SAN SALVADOR — One of the jokes told at the left's closing election rally here referred to the big letter "Z" emblazoned on the T-shirted chests of "Zamora for President" supporters. The story goes that when Calderon Sol, the
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GUATEMALA CITY — The Guatemalan public hospital system has collapsed as the country's economic, social and political crisis deepens. Those seeking treatment are required to provide their own medicines, bandages and
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VIVIENNE PORZSOLT of Green Left Weekly spoke to Amos Wollin, an Israeli political commentator, on the Israeli response to the massacre at the Ibrahimi Mosque. "In large numbers, Israelis have said they understand the murderer", Wollin reported.
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A test of strength between the left and right of Italian politics takes place at the March 27 general election. Two major election blocs will confront one another. On the right, racist and reactionary forces are grouped
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Private armies of wealthy landowners in Chiapas state are attempting to block a settlement between the Mexican government and peasant rebels. Round one of negotiations between the government and the Zapatista National Liberation
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International Women's Day in GuatemalaGUATEMALA CITY, March 8 — More than 5000 women converged on central Guatemala City today, stopping traffic everywhere. Many different indigenous women's groups
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French protest against youth wage cuts Hundreds of thousands of people demonstrated in Paris and other major French cities on Saturday, March 12, against government plans to abolish the minimum youth "wage". This minimum, about A$400 per month,
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As the trade ministers of the world prepare to make the trip to Marrakesh for the final adoption of the Uruguay Round accord in April, each country should be doing its sums. Where has it gained, where has it lost, and
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The next offering from Brisbane's Sitting Duck Folk Club is Peter Hicks, returning on March 27 to his native Queensland (born in Chinchilla in 1964), from his present home of Sydney. Peter has made a significant impact on the national folk scene
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The Dragon Bride SBS TV Wednesday, March 30, 8.30pm (8 Adelaide) Reviewed by Sujatha Fernandes I have a lone buffalo How much can I milk her I want to laugh but my heart weeps How much can I cry Some are happy, some are not Our
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The Sorrow of War By Bao Ninh Secker & Warburg, 1993. 217 pp., $24.95 (pb) Reviewed by Phil Shannon The one voice rarely heard from the Vietnam War is that of the Vietnamese, drowned by the babel of Hollywood, official Western historians
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Free to Hate: The rise of the new right in post-communist Eastern Europe By Paul Hockenos Routledge. 1993. $49 (hb) Reviewed by Phil Hearse As the mass anti-bureaucratic movement gathered pace in East Germany (GDR) in November and December
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The Cutting Edge — Agatha's Curse SBS TV Tuesday, March 29, 8.30pm (8 Adelaide) Reviewed by Jill Hickson This moving program alerts us to the grim picture for women in Australia. Breast cancer will kill 2500 Australian women this year.
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But The Dead Are Many By Frank Hardy University of Queensland Press. 293 pp., $16.95 Reviewed by Dave Riley The image of communism promoted during the Cold War years was that of the great purges. Leading communist cadre were executed as
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No corn whiskey required The Tinkers: Traditional Irish and American Music Cassette available from Tim Meyen (06) 230 2504, or Sean Kenan (06) 2470 294 Reviewed by Denis Kevans If music means timing, then this tape by the Tinkers, which
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Four generations A dance event directed by Norman Hall Performance Space, Surry Hills Wednesday-Sunday until March 27 Reviewed by Gary Boyle Four Generations is a poetic dance event which lives up to the designer's claim of uniqueness.
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Return of the boom bap KRS-ONE Jive Records through BMG Available on cassette and CD Reviewed by John-Paul Nassif Rap philosopher and metaphysician KRS-ONE (Knowledge Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone) is back with a new album. Return
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International Women's Day art exhibition White Egret Gallery, Darwin Reviewed by Deb Sorensen Ten women artists, eight of them from the Northern Territory, were represented in this exhibition, which ran for two weeks from International