World

  • Middle East talks resume

    Middle East talks resumeThe Middle East Peace talks resumed in Washington on April 27. Green Left Weekly spoke to Israeli commentator Amos Wollin on the possible outcome. Wollin said that, under pressure from the

  • The 'stagnation era' enjoys a comeback

    MOSCOW — When independent commercial firms reappeared on the Russian scene a few years back, they naturally enough brought advertising with them. Citizens weren't totally unused to this phenomenon; for years, state

  • El Salvador: The failure of the state

    The armed forces' rejection of the Truth Commission report [an international inquiry into human rights violations during El Salvador's civil war] has brought the nation to the brink of a constitutional

  • Sri Lankan opposition seeks return to democracy

    By S. Piyasena A critical election is taking place in Sri Lanka on May 17. While the vote is for seven of eight provincial councils, whose five-year terms end in June-July, the election is being viewed as a referendum on the country's

  • Los Angeles verdict seen as partial justice

    SAN FRANCISCO — The conviction of two of the four Los Angeles cops charged with violating Rodney King's civil rights by nearly beating him to death was hailed by President Clinton as proof that the "system" works and that

  • Mandela: 'We are all militants'

    This is the text of Nelson Mandela's address at Chris Hani's funeral in Soweto on April 19. It is abridged slightly for reasons of space. Chris Hani loved life, and lived it to the full. But he loved freedom more. Chris Hani loved our people,

  • Leader assassinated

    Leader assassinated This article had already been written when it was learned that DUNF leader Lalith Athulathmudali had been assassinated on April 23. No further information was available at press time.

  • French government attacks immigrants

    Anti-racist activists warned that the new right government of Prime Minister Edouard Balladur would step up attacks on immigrants. Within two weeks of its appointment, four young immigrants were shot by French police. Three

  • Australia's role in Timor's tragedy

    MADELEINE BLACKWELL, the director of Matebian Nia Lian (Voices of Souls), a play by the East Timorese Cultural Group currently being performed in Melbourne's Theatreworks, believes that the story of East Timor reveals ugly truths about the nature

  • Exhaust fumes cleaner than London air?

    Exhaust fumes cleaner than London air? LONDON — The following advertisement was displayed in the April 17 Guardian newspaper: "This Saab refreshes the air other cars leave behind. "Incredible but true. "Proved by government

  • Oliver Tambo

    Oliver Tambo Oliver Tambo, the national chairperson of the African National Congress, died in Johannesburg on Saturday. The next issue of Green Left Weekly will carry a tribute to the life of this outstanding South African leader.

  • New Zealand shifting to new voting system

    New Zealand is in the process of shifting to a new electoral system. The new proportional system will mean a greater representation of alternative forces and the erosion of the established parties, argues Keith Locke.