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
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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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Israel's treatment of Palestinians in the Gaza strip has reached terror proportions in the last three months. Tikva Honig-Parnass writes in the March issue of News From Within, "Since the 'left government' took over the reins,
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FRANKFURT — Anna Seifert, a Green member of the Frankfurt city parliament, talked to Green Left Weekly about the local elections in the state of Hesse on March 7. Smaller parties of the left and right achieved swings,
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Panama's Censorship Board gave in to international pressure from human rights and media groups, journalists and other prominent individuals on March 18 by lifting its ban on the film The Panama Deception. The retreat came only hours before the
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In a significant vote that has gone largely unreported by the Australian media, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights meeting in Geneva has called on the Papua New Guinea government to end the economic blockade of
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March 15 was a historic date for El Salvador. The Truth Commission, made up of US jurist Thomas Buergenthal, Colombian ex-president Belisario Betancur and Venezuela's former foreign minister, Reinaldo Figueredo, released
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South African solidarity with CubaIt is time for the liberation movements in South Africa to repay the debt they owe to Cuba by organising solidarity with that island. This is the message of the solidarity group, Friends of
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Last year the Italian government announced plans for extensive privatisation of government-owned industry. Now, the prime targets for privatisation are in the thick of a massive corruption scandal. All major state companies
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Secret radioactive dumping in Pacific WASHINGTON — Reports from the European press that the Soviet Navy secretly dumped nuclear reactors and radioactive waste into the Sea of Japan indicate a more damaging nuclear legacy of the Cold War
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On February 28 exactly 50 years ago, a few hundred women began a historic demonstration in Nazi Germany — perhaps the only public protest against the Holocaust ever to be staged under Hitler. Yet the demonstration is
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Campaign for jailed publisher An international campaign in solidarity with South Korean publisher Ilbung Choe is being stepped up with the launch of an international petition. Choe was jailed for two years in October merely for publishing