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DAELE HEALY describes her experiences at the International Youth Forum held in South Korea August 11-21, organised by the Korean National Commission for UNESCO. The forum was made up of around 100 people from more than 30 nations. The

Arrests in East Timor Amnesty International has announced its concern for the safety of 53 students, and possibly many others, who were arrested by Indonesian security forces in East Timor in advance of a visit to the territory by

September 11 marks the 20th anniversary of the overthrow of Socialist president Salvador Allende by the Chilean military.

Why, in the present Australian federal and state governments, is there not one vocal politician with enough backbone to tackle the "drug problem", not as a legal, but as a socio-medical issue? The overwhelming

Gyorgy Scrinis continues a debate In his response to my article on "Industrial Cuisine", Dave Riley's dismissal of my critique of supermarket culture and the modern diet, and his attack on food cooperatives, show how out of touch he is with some

(This is the abridged text of a speech made in Sydney on August 25 at the launch of the second edition of the author's book Mabo: A Symbol of Sharing. Sean Flood is the NSW public defender.) Mabo ditched terra nullius, the

FSLN to hold extraordinary congressMANAGUA — The Sandinista Assembly, the highest decision-making body of the FSLN, has called an extraordinary congress in May 1994 to chart out new strategies for struggle and

Green Left Weekly's MIRIAM TRAMER spoke to journalist and political commentator AMOS WOLLIN in Tel Aviv about the agreement between the Israeli government and the Palestine Liberation Organisation. What are the responses of Israelis and

US blockade of Cuba opposed PANAMA CITY — Cuba has taken its case against the United States' 30-year blockade to the Group of 77, made up of developing countries. The head of Cuba's delegation, Angel Gomez Trueba, attending a

SYDNEY — Activists from the Bougainville Freedom Movement picketed the regional headquarters of the Australian Defence Force on September 9. They demanded an end to Australia's involvement in Papua New Guinea's attempts to quash

MANAGUA — Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro used her Armed Forces Day address on September 3 to announce that the head of the Sandinista Popular Army, General Humberto Ortega, will be sacked early next year, plunging the

Since August 28, Indonesia's media have been preoccupied about a speech by Vice-President Try Sutrisno in which he talked about "internal elements who are prepared to become traitors to their people and nation". Although ex-general Try did not