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On July 13, the United Nations Committee on Decolonisation met in New York and received submissions from a range of human rights, solidarity and Timorese groups on East Timor. The following is an abridged version of the submission from Maureen

China's economy, which as recorded more than 13% growth in 1992 and 1993, is the fastest growing in the world. Despite that, it is a dramatic example of the dictum that, without a profound change in the social relations of

MANAGUA — The size of the turnout at the rally to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Sandinista Revolution surprised everybody this year. The FSLN had announced they did not have the resources to bus and truck people

There are many Guatemalan refugees living in Mexico, most illegally. Many are activists who live in fear of the Guatemalan army and secret police and the Mexican authorities. "Manuel" spoke to Green Left Weekly's ROBYN MARSHALL in March, and

South Africans demand US ends Cuba blockadeJOHANNESBURG — Pickets were held in several South African cities on July 26 to demand that the United States government end its blockade of Cuba. Over a hundred people braved a

The confrontation between Palestinian workers and Israeli soldiers at the Erez checkpoint on July 17, described by the Jerusalem Times as the "revolution of the hungry" has highlighted the desperate need for real change in the

JOHANNESBURG — Twenty five thousand workers employed in South Africa's car assembly industry have begun a national strike in support a 12% wage increase and the elimination of apartheid wage differentials. Speaking on August

[This is the edited transcript of a talk given by Left Business Observer editor Doug Henwood at a panel sponsored by Monthly Review during the Socialist Scholars Conference in New York City in April.] Four years ago, I sat on one of these panels

LONDON — Britain is experiencing the world's worst ever asthma epidemic as high summer temperatures smother big cities in petrochemical smog and ozone. The epidemic began after violent thunderstorms on June 24; at its height,

Despite heavy rains around 40,000 people protested in Manila against the Filipino version of a consumption tax, the Value Added Tax (VAT), which the Ramos government is threatening to introduce during the next session of

MOSCOW — Whoever was destined to head the polls in the second round of the Ukrainian presidential elections on July 10, the real winner was never in doubt. That was to be the "party of power" — the layer of high-placed

In writing this article, I have elected to say relatively little about the matters that have received the greatest press attention, namely the threat of war, sanctions, the sanity and personal habits of North Korean leaders and