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Rethinking in Ireland Red BannerPO Box 6587, Dublin 6, IrelandEmail <[email protected]>Subscriptions A$22 Fourthwrite<http://rwg.phoblacht.net&#062; REVIEW BY DAVE RILEY The fallout from the Sinn Fein-sponsored peace process has

EAST TIMOR: Jose Ramos Horta: 'CNRT will cease to exist' EAST TIMOR: Jose Ramos Horta: 'CNRT will cease to exist' DILI — Speaking at a meeting of the just weeks-old East Timor Press Club on August 12, Jose Ramos Horta, vice-president of the

Haider, Austria and resistance VIENNA — On August 10, 3000 people gathered outside Government House to take part in the usual Thursday demonstration against the coalition government of the conservative Austrian People's Party (VP)and the extreme

Major donors to the Democratic convention Organisation Total to convention Total soft money, PAC & individual contributions Dems Repubs American International Group $2,000,000 $774,362 $315,162 $456,700 BP Amoco Corp $1,000,000 $1,008,070

ASIA: Economy recovers, bound and gagged East Asia used to be the Fred Astaire of the world economy until, on a dark night in 1997, it was mugged by the combined crunch of Wall Street currency speculators and the International Monetary Fund. Now,

LOS ANGELES — On the night of August 14, cops showed off their months of anti-protest training for the Democratic National Convention. Police shot high-pressure water and pepper spray pellets at protesters on a peaceful, festive march through

SAN FRANCISCO — It does happen. Not often enough, but it does take place: a defeat for racial bias and white supremacy. On August 2, in a San Francisco Superior Court room, a jury punished the country's largest wholesale baker with a staggering

SOUTH AFRICA: Who is bringing the SACP's name into disrepute? The chairperson of the Johannesburg Central branch of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Dale McKinley, was officially notified of his expulsion from the party on August 16. He

US democracy goes online "In the current election system, the voter is a product to be sold to the corporations. But they're being sold through this convoluted method of advertising, consultants, [and] travelling. Voteauction is making a more

AUSTRIA: Peak union plays dead Austrian peak union plays dead GRAZ, Austria — At a recent government-organised summit, it was proclaimed that the European Union target of a zero budget deficit could be reached only through joint national

Hypocrisy, Republican style SAN FRANCISCO — The four-day Republican Party convention finally came to an end on August 4 with the formal nomination of Texas Governor George W. ("Dubya") Bush, as the party's presidential candidate in November.

Pro-Jakarta militia operating out of refugee camps and other bases in West Timor show no sign of scaling down their attacks upon refugees or United Nations soldiers and humanitarian staff. The increasing number of clashes between the militia and UN